I brought Martha inside and gave her a warm bath. I decided to set up the basement just in case, and changed out the light blub for the brooder bulb which is much warmer. I tried to block them into the warm coop, but they protested and broke down the barrier and got back into the run. Their combs looked a bit more red and healthy than this morning, I am not sure I can do much else than to keep aan eye on them and hope for the best. Tonight we’ll lock them into the coop, because I think with the light on 24/7 they are forgetting to go back up into the coop and then they are getting cold.

I was thinking how one of my first memories was when we made snowflakes cutting them out of paper in school, and someone told me each snowflake was different. I remember looking under a microscope and seeing them, I was smitten by design and nature even at a young age. I always loved frost too, I think it’s so pretty.