Good Morning! <=2017

Post by **WLLady** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:52 am

Very little snow here but what there is is blowing around like crazy! Farm we are sitting about 15km away was under at least 12 inches of snow. Road not plowed. Took truck with 4x4...made it ok. Stopped to check a car in the ditch-empty with police tape on it. Snow was deeper than the cats were tall! Chores. Shovelled....they were supposed to get in last night. Told them to stay overnight in woodstock. Theyre on their way now...hopefully in ok soon. Plow went down road while we were there. Then feed store. Back home and staying here now. Stay safe folks. Not worth dying on the road.

ross · Post by **ross** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 11:56 am

I always figure one more "idiot" on the road ( me ) isn't worth it haha Luck

Bayvistafarm · Post by **Bayvistafarm** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 12:08 pm

NOT so cold here..... only -20C compared to some of you... and my daughter is North of Peterborough... and she says its -30
C up there. She said the warm air hits the open door area, and turns to ice crystals! I'm sure glad I don't have a cottage up there... because honestly. The guys are going to try and snowmobile... but driving all that way to sit inside the whole entire would drive me insane.

It was cold enough... but dressed and working I was perfectly fine. Had to wait until my fingers did that BURN after they were so cold, then I could use them again. Took many jugs of hot water out, and everyone got a nice warm drink. I think they appreciated that alot. Warms them up.

Cows got extra straw too, I actually dropped a couple cores from the round bales down, and went down and spread it nice. Kind of hit and miss, when your firing forkfuls off the walkway down to them.

Wind is really howling now... Gary just got called in to plow/salt. Figures. Him and Dave were going out to play in the woodshop. We just got back from Lee Valley... Son Dave had to take back a router bit that broke within 5 minutes of using it on a heart shaped jewelery box small thing he was making... first time I was in the store. I can SEE things better online, or in the catalogue. They don't really have tons of stuff to look at. AND no soap making supplies/moulds. Sheesh. Oh well.

Well, Gary didn't remind me to go get eggs when we got home, so seeing as how I remembered on my own, I'd better go get them, before they freeze.

Stay warm everyone!!!!!

Jaye · Post by **Jaye** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 2:07 pm

STILL only -25C here (started the day at -30C). Can't get the coop temp any higher than -15C with the heater, even though the sun should be be warming it up with radiant heat through the windows. It's the wind that's doing it.

Ontario Chick · Post by **Ontario Chick** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:05 pm

At noon temperature in the main barn -16C in the addition with more windows -8C, sun seems to make quite a difference, the addition is more exposed then the main barn.
Ameraucanas went out in to the quonset, Wyandottes just game me a dirty look.
Outside still -26C and "snow devils" all over the place.

Post by **Home Grown Poultry** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 3:17 pm

just got out of the bush from cutting wood into handelable pieces and brought them out into the field with my crazy lawn tractor... I took the blower back off haha. didnt even need to use it. man I was fine in the bush but heck is it ever cold in the field! now I gotta go back with my truck n trailer n finish cutting then bring it up to the house for splitting. a couple more hours work yet... almost done. gotta be at least a cord there I hope... a week or 2 of heat anyways.

stay warm!

Flat Rock Farm · Post by **Flat Rock Farm** » Sat Feb 13, 2016 6:41 pm

Water line up top of barn was frozen this morning so had to bucket it up from the bottom. Had to work today so DH had to go a couple of time to keep the chickens in some "drinkable" water. The bottom of the barn is much warmer but the water bottles did slush up pretty good at days end. Just got in from emptying them all and stocking up the feeders. Boy this cold snap has sure made me appreciate the milder winter we have had so far. Just remembering last February......brrrrrrrrrr

Keep warm all!!

Post by **WLLady** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:23 am

Happy valentines day folks! Looks like a cold but sunny one...and thankfully not windy. Woke up this morning SICK. Gah. I tell ya...virus breeding numbnuts that come to work......hate them!!!! Ha ha losing my voice with this one. That should be fun. Lol quiet day for Martin coming up.

Hope everyone has a great day!! Tomorrow should be warmer and that sun feels nice and warm already.

Post by **Killerbunny** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 8:32 am

Watered the birds, all cranky and want out. Suddenly changed their minds but the AUssies don't care!

Brebis · Post by **Brebis** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:31 am

Sunny and still cold here but the worst is over thank goodness. All have come though it well except the poor light Sussex roo who's comb (what was left of it from last winter) now has serious frostbite on the rest of it and wattles arghh. Poor fellow, may have to put him out of his misery. Very nice too, quiet and friendly. Everyone else all have small combs so are fine. Why I don't get any more with single combs...

Just wtnessed the driving of the local sheep flock in front of the house. It's amazing to watch, 700+ sheep, several guys on atv's and finally 2 trucks side by side bringing up th rear. Takes about 5 minutes to go by. They move them around to all the spare fields over about 5 km or so. They have electro net fencing they move as well that is run on several massive solar panels they move on a trailer. Large bales are rolled out on one side of a fenced area then the sheep let in and bales put on the other side for the next day and so it goes. Really nice family, wife is from New Zealand, thus the low input grass based system. They own part of a small island off the mainland and in the spring hunt the coyotes off and ferry the flock over there for the summer. We took our 4H kids over to their farm one summer and watched her herd the sheep with the 2 types of herding dogs they use.

Well back to the weekend tidy up, keep warm everyone!