Snowfall at The Palace...

A couple days ago, I told the ladies that I was afraid the weather was going to get worse before it gets better. Sure enough, the nighttime temperatures in Olympia have fallen to the mid-20s, but the girls are doing well. Claudette, Heddy and Gabby sleep together on the top bunk, while the old matriarchs, Noodles and Stella, share the bottom bunk. 

The bunks are actually their nesting boxes. They have a roost, but they all prefer to sleep in their nesting boxes. I've read on many websites and forums that this is a "no-no" but I don't have the heart to close off the nesting boxes at night. I just clean the boxes up every morning. Easy-peasy. 

Pluckingham Palace was completed in October 2017, so this is the ladies first winter in deluxe accomodations. While temps have been in the 20s, I've never seen the thermometer in the coop dip below 36 degrees. Still, the last couple cold nights I've covered the opening of their nesting boxes with a moving blanket so they stay warmer. During the day, they don't seem to mind the cold... they "free range" in the fenced garden scratching through the dirt, grass and today the snow.