Security Breach

I mentioned in my last post that we got a lot more snow.  This time, I didn't shovel the snow from the roof of the coop.  I meant to, but laziness/stupidity took over.  It warmed up a little, and then froze again, and the snow turned into a huge sheet of heavy ice.  The giant ice block slid down the sloping roof (how did I not see that coming?!) and collapsed/tore the netting.  It was a huge pain to clear the ice from the netting so I can repair it.  I may have to bribe CNA2 to help me when he gets home from work.   For now, the chickens have to stay in the coop so they don't become hawk food.

Notice the icicle hanging from the netting.  It's really hard to
clear the ice without tearing the netting even more!

I got smart and shoveled the ice that was still on the coop.  It broke off
in HUGE sheets and was very heavy!

I was glad that the ice fell while the girls were in the coop for the night so that it didn't fall on them.  It was really heavy!  I'll head over there later with some twist ties and "stitch" the netting back together.  Next time I will be sure to shovel the snow right away!