There's something about the snow that seems to make our hens more willing to share their food.  They seem less obsessed with the pecking order and no longer force the new comers to wait their turn.  This change of mood may evapourate once the snow melts, but maybe there's a lesson in there somewhere.  If we were to share more, we would undoubtedly consume less and given today's report on the global environmental threat in today's Guardian that says the average American consumes more than his or her weight in products each day, this can't come soon enough.