Winter is here

So Winter is now officially here, and It kinda came all at once. since it showed up, it's been snow filled, and freezing. I foolishly have all my trout outdoors in the barrel, and it's frozen over. I can't tell if they're still alive or not. They've all gone to the bottom of the barrel to the buried portion that isn't freezing. I'm not exactly sure what to do at this point. I moved the trout out there because a hundred guppies in a 15 gallon fish tank got dirty quickly, and I was constantly needing to be cleaned. This may need to wait until spring to try again if this has killed all the trout. On a happier note, the previous owners left behind an old wooden play set that they had rigged into the crappiest chicken coop ever. It was a super eye sore, and my wife wanted it gone. I was in the process of tearing it apart when one of my rabbits escaped for a few days in my back yard. I knew she wouldn't go very far since all her little rabbit friends were still in their hutches. Anyhow, she took shelter in the old crappy chicken coop/play set that was in the processing of tearing down, and it gave me an idea. I gutted the thing, and changed it into a fully enclosed rabbit run. I moved it from the middle of the yard, and now it looks awesome. The rabbits love it, and I'm pretty proud of my handy work. I've now got seven rabbits. five females all in the run, and then two males still in the hutches. So my animal facilities as well as my back yard are looking quite a bit better. I'm pleased with it for the time being. Lets just see what I can do about the trout in the barrel.