Wednesday, December 8, 2010

COLD

Yep, it's cold out here on the farm.  No precipitation, just nights below 20 degrees.  Any temp below 20, we feed everyone twice a day.  Everyone gets their regular diets in the morning, then in the afternoon, they get another helping mixed with hog feed.  We used to mix it with cracked corn, but since we got the piggies, we've learned that hog feed has 9% more protein than normal cracked corn.  The protein is was warms the body up on the cold nights.  Keeping everyone hydrated is the other key to surviving Winter.  Dumping all the frozen buckets of ice and refilling with fresh, ice cold water...sometimes twice a day.
Other than that, nothing too exciting happening out here.  The ducks have permanently moved into the chicken house.  And as usual every winter, Remus, the Great Pyrenees, sleeps in the llamas hay basket at night.  One night he is going to fall through the damned thing.  It's just made out of rusted rabbit cages.  Some good pictures on the way!

1 comment:

  1. Jimmy cracked corn and I don't care.

    Love the blog.....please keep it up....love knowing what you guys are up to!

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