bergie
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My hens don't want to leave the coop when it's this cold!
I've placed a heat lamp over the hens for years, and discovered they really don't need it. I just make sure the coop is draft-free at nite, and they do fine. Although the temp gets below zero here, the birds are better off if they're hardened up, although egg production stops.I have a heat light in my coop they stay under it.
The squirrels havnt even been out for the past 3 days..Its not THE coldest we have seen, and its supposed to break up into the 30's in a day or two, and the Winter seems to be shorter or moving farther around the Calendar than before...like Jan/Feb/Mar...
It used to ice up in November and be good and frozen until April..at least thats what I remember..
Mud.
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I have noticed the winter moving father a round the calendar to. Same here in my area used to start snowing last of October and didn't see the ground till April. Now it is warm clear up till January my brother and I have a hard time making Maple syrup. Used to start 1 March tapping our trees now it's usually 1 February. Hard to get the right weather conditions either too hot to cold for the trees to produce a good flow
...I hate it that my inlaws dump on my hard earned syrup like its Aunt Jemima though. Like no appreciation! Just pouring it on like its nothing! Running/boiling sap is tough duty! A little bit of home made syrup can go a long way!
Mud