I spent yesterday afternoon chasing some troublemakers. They were so desperate to keep their feet out of the snow, that I found this:
The cockerel flew onto the wrong side of the fence, of course. It took me a while to get him and put him back in the run. The pullet flew to the roof of the coop. Then, another pullet got out. I got close enough and grabbed her tail, so I could get another hand on her back and all of her tail feathers came right out. I got her, inspected that she wasn't injured, and put her back in the coop. Then I tossed snowballs at the pullet on top of the coop until she flew down where she was supposed to be.
Darn no water this morning, Really could use a shower about now.
pipes are frozen. It dent look like anything cracked but will se later once they defrost
Woke up to 6" of light, fluffy snow this am - the Christmas lights in the crabapple tree on the corner of the house look beautiful. And not bad to shovel. Unfortunately the garage rearranging project is not progressing very quickly, so the car is still out on the driveway - got to get that going again, it is so nice to climb into a not-frozen snow-covered car. And get the snowblower on the tractor.
Darn no water this morning, Really could use a shower about now.
pipes are frozen. It dent look like anything cracked but will se later once they defrost
Woke up to 6" of light, fluffy snow this am - the Christmas lights in the crabapple tree on the corner of the house look beautiful. And not bad to shovel. Unfortunately the garage rearranging project is not progressing very quickly, so the car is still out on the driveway - got to get that going again, it is so nice to climb into a not-frozen snow-covered car. And get the snowblower on the tractor.
it seems like an atmospheric inversion has set up here in Sonoma County -- according to the Nat'l Weather Service it's approx. 20° down in Petaluma & Santa Rosa, but up here on the mountain its 32° -- my chickens are quite relieved...
24 degrees this morning. It's nice to be on a warming trend! I can't wait for temps above 45, so I can feed my bees. I had quite a few dead bees when I looked yesterday. I'm hoping there are enough to keep going!
(it takes 21 days to hatch a new bee) The hive was strong going into winter, but I'm paranoid since I lost my hive last winter.
Darn no water this morning, Really could use a shower about now.
pipes are frozen. It dent look like anything cracked but will se later once they defrost
Woke up to 6" of light, fluffy snow this am - the Christmas lights in the crabapple tree on the corner of the house look beautiful. And not bad to shovel. Unfortunately the garage rearranging project is not progressing very quickly, so the car is still out on the driveway - got to get that going again, it is so nice to climb into a not-frozen snow-covered car. And get the snowblower on the tractor.
We've been working on our own garage rearranging project, the tractor and implements now fit in the garage while the cars sit outside. DW wants the tractor in the garage since its the only vehicle we bought new. We are close to being able to get one of the cars in, too.
24 degrees this morning. It's nice to be on a warming trend! I can't wait for temps above 45, so I can feed my bees. I had quite a few dead bees when I looked yesterday. I'm hoping there are enough to keep going!
(it takes 21 days to hatch a new bee) The hive was strong going into winter, but I'm paranoid since I lost my hive last winter.
