What a Difference a Week Makes

It seems like I got things fixed up just in time. Winter has settled in with a vengeance, here in the foothills. For the last few nights it has been down below -20 (that’s below 0 for those of you still on the old British Fahrenheit scale). Cold……

The chickens are huddled (literally) in the corner and the heat lamp is needed to keep the waterer from freezing (and hopefully throws out a bit of warmth into the coop also)… although the fact that they’re not huddled beneath the lamp means they must not need the heat that much. The pond has a good 2″ layer of ice on it, although the stock tank heater is keeping an opening and I can still see fish swimming slowly in the bottom…. so it won’t freeze solid.