05 Jan Tue 2010
snow,snow,snow
Our poor chickens and in their houses with straw on the floor to keep them warm and plenty of warm water, yet they have to stand at the door and look out, knowing full well a trip in the snow may be one way. The geese have even given up after the total on the ground exceeded a foot and the temperature highs got below 20 degrees. the dogs and cattle are the only things going out regularly. The sows are getting stiff from the cold. we are deepening the straw beds, but have an older one that I am very worried about. We have not let the baby goats out of the barn- an extreme rarity here. The next ten days is cold and snow. I know it is January, but many warm winters have lulled us to believe all the global warming is going to turn us into Florida any day now.Wrong. We are still in the mountains of WV. We can get an old time winter anytime mother nature decided we need one. The farmers almanac predicted this and was laughed at by modern scientists. We are now thankful that past years storm damage has provided us with an overstock of good firewood.I had planned on picking up the rabbits this weekend and now the weather is calling for a major snow event. We shall see. Well, stay warm and safe on the highways until we talk again. We will try to keep all the animals as comfortable and well fed as possible.