I don't know about ya'll, but I am tired of winter! I have never liked cold, snowy weather, so this winter has not been high on my list of favorites. It seems like everything has been frozen forever! There are visions of palm trees dancing in my head, and I can faintly smell the salty air - but I digress...
Have you done anything special to keep your livestock warm this year? I always take extra precautions, especially when the highs are not expected to get above freezing, and the lows are in the single digits (or sub-zero a few nights!). I re-purposed some empty feed bags (never just toss those babies..they have too many good uses!) to wrap my hen house and keep the wind out. I also hung some Christmas lights inside, both for supplemental light, and to add a degree or two of warmth while the girls are on the roost.
Have you done anything special to keep your livestock warm this year? I always take extra precautions, especially when the highs are not expected to get above freezing, and the lows are in the single digits (or sub-zero a few nights!). I re-purposed some empty feed bags (never just toss those babies..they have too many good uses!) to wrap my hen house and keep the wind out. I also hung some Christmas lights inside, both for supplemental light, and to add a degree or two of warmth while the girls are on the roost.
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The ladies must appreciate the changes because they seem happy, and they even laid an egg for me (of course that could have been because they overheard me making plans to "thin the flock").
I showed you a while back how I prepare the rabbits for cold weather, and how I make sure they have water, even in sub-freezing temps. They sure enjoy burrowing in the hay, and I collected quite a few ice blocks out of their water bowls, since it was too cold for them to melt. A couple of mornings when the actual temps dropped below zero, some of the longer haired rabbits had frost on their facial fur (where their breath froze). Even those girls didn't seem to mind the weather - but they did enjoy a nice drink of hot water!
Clearly everybody and everything is cold around here. Fortunately however, the critters seem to be tolerating it much better than I am. Do you think if I were to throw a temper tantrum, I could have spring NOW?
Yeah - somehow I knew you were going to say that.
Apparently Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday, but Beauregard Lee did not. Nothing against you Pennsylvania farmers out there, but I like the Georgia groundhog better.
Clearly everybody and everything is cold around here. Fortunately however, the critters seem to be tolerating it much better than I am. Do you think if I were to throw a temper tantrum, I could have spring NOW?
Yeah - somehow I knew you were going to say that.
Apparently Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow yesterday, but Beauregard Lee did not. Nothing against you Pennsylvania farmers out there, but I like the Georgia groundhog better.
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