Animals
- Thankful
Old Man Winter has cast his icy stare down upon us,pointed his finger and frozen our world. We still have not reached the record cold temperatures of the past two winters,but, it is the coldest to date for this year. This is not a complaint.I've...
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- Happy Chickens...abundant Eggs
In caring for my animals, I am always trying to find the "best way" of doing things. Each morning, I open up the chicken houses and allow the girls out for free ranging. After they have all hastily exited their houses, I clean their waterer, refill...
- Keeping Warm
Baby, it's cold outside!Night time temperatures have been dipping below zero.You might wonder how our equine friends stay warmthrough this harsh weather.Especially because they are not put away in a stall each night. No, our horses live out of doors...
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
This has been the coldest December that I can remember. Our Decembers are usually temperate...and snow for Christmas is often a long shot. However, it looks like the snow on the ground will still be around for the holidays. The snow on the ground makes...
Animals
Did We Put Our Summer Clothes Away Too Soon?
Yesterday had us thinking twice about the decision to put our warm weather clothes
away for the year!
With temperatures approaching 70 degrees,
the goats were wishing they could take off their thick wooly winter coats.
Hang in there, kids...
Old Man Winter is fast approaching.
Fast...as in tomorrow.
We are predicted a 3 to 5 inch snowstorm tomorrow,
so those winter coats will come in mighty handy!
Our goats grow the wooliest fur in the winter time...
insulating them from even the harshest cold.
And when the snow flies, and the cold winds blow,
they stay tucked warm and dry inside their houses with plenty of hay to munch.
I should be so lucky!
Here's what Moonbeam thinks of 3 to 5 inches....
- Thankful
Old Man Winter has cast his icy stare down upon us,pointed his finger and frozen our world. We still have not reached the record cold temperatures of the past two winters,but, it is the coldest to date for this year. This is not a complaint.I've...
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- Happy Chickens...abundant Eggs
In caring for my animals, I am always trying to find the "best way" of doing things. Each morning, I open up the chicken houses and allow the girls out for free ranging. After they have all hastily exited their houses, I clean their waterer, refill...
- Keeping Warm
Baby, it's cold outside!Night time temperatures have been dipping below zero.You might wonder how our equine friends stay warmthrough this harsh weather.Especially because they are not put away in a stall each night. No, our horses live out of doors...
- Baby, It's Cold Outside
This has been the coldest December that I can remember. Our Decembers are usually temperate...and snow for Christmas is often a long shot. However, it looks like the snow on the ground will still be around for the holidays. The snow on the ground makes...