We don’t have a video, but I think I have a good excuse. It has been downright, positively TOO COLD TO FILM!! It hasn’t been over 32*F since Christmas, and seeing single digits on the thermometer has become pretty normal.
Plus, I don’t think Anna and I are too photogenic with umpteen layers of winter gear on. Good grief, my sheep didn’t even recognize me the first time I went out to the barn looking like an overstuffed winter scarecrow.
So….I thought I’d give you a written update instead of a video since I can do that from the warmth of the house while drinking coffee.
All our animals have been handling this never-ending-arctic weather extremely well. The pigs have made themselves a huge, toasty hay nest and are sleeping the winter away, and the chickens and rabbits are happily munching all the extra feed we have been putting out. The cows are getting fatter, the goats are more than happy to stay in their shed, and the sheep don’t seem to know anything is different than usual. BUT, the sheep are FINALLY using their calf hutch barn shelters! I guess the weather finally became cold enough for them to bite the bullet and quit sleeping under the stars.
(If you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out THIS VIDEO where my sheep are sleeping out in the snow.)
See! I even snapped a photo with my phone as proof!
Well, I need to go chop ice off the water buckets…again.
So till next week, keep warm and stay hydrated.
Sarah
Never Done Homestead 