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[Mrs MIA]

No, here in ALASKA we don't ever get that much snow...

 

[havingfun]

I'm not sure if the 3 pictures are going to show I'm not very good at this. My chickens have had access to the outdoors all winter I covered a section of their run to keep the snow out. We have had long stretches of below zero weather and everybody seems to have faired well. One rooster had some frostbite but has recovered without any interference from me.

 

[Catalina]

Thought I would reopen this thread, since we just got 8 inches of snow, it's 5 F degrees outside with 40 mile an hour winds.

-20 F degrees forcasted for tonight.

Yay it's Spring! Wait.......snow +cold ....Ok I think there's something wrong with my calendar.
Is it March or January?

 

[Mrs MIA]

This is the time of year when we're warmer than most of the cold states Outside... it's 29°F right now, and yesterday we got up to 38°F and started to thaw. We were warmer than parts of Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming (where family/friends are).

It's not spring here until I start seeing leaves budding on the cottonwoods.

 

[LynneP]

Yep, Tori, now we're on the cusp of MUD SEASON!

 

[luvmygirlsinAK]

I only wish we were on the cusp of mud season!

We just had 15 inches of snow in the last week!!! What's with this weird weather?!!

It usually starts melting in the middle of February so I can get a full tan by the middle of May!

(I know, I put my order in late this year for sunny weather, so we finally got some sunshine today-wow! Was that nice!!! 50 F. on the deck today!!

I know, you want to know just what I'm complaining about, right?!! Now we have all this snow that needs to disappear!! (don't worry, hubby out tricked the weatherman-he started pushing the snow to other parts unknown so that we don't have a real mess come spring break up!!

(Just don't tell the neighbors!!)

Well, it came close to their property, but not on it!! Now it looks like it should look in the middle of March, way less snow, but it looks like we're surrounded by a moat!!

 

[LynneP]

I spoke too soon, the chill factor today is -18C.
Tori had been saying AK was getting nicer weather- enjoy!

Time to start seedlings and think about a garden...

 

[RlgNorth]

Here's a link. http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html

Here is a link to find your zone by zip code.
http://www.gardenweb.com/zones/zip.cgi

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/7883_picture_1.png

Hey look at that I am ZONE 1 hehe sure hope my ladies make it this winter.

 

[LynneP]

...I hope so!

Nor'easter coming to eastern Canada Friday! Wahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[Mrs MIA]

We went from a low of 3°F yesterday to 34°F this morning.
12 week old chicks out in the general population, doing great!