Blizzard of 2015

Well, it turned out that the blizzard at Glen Hill Farm was lovely! I was getting really nervous beforehand because of the media calling it "historic" and all that nonsense. Why do they do that? It's really kind of mean. Honestly, I was most afraid that we'd lose power. In our old neighborhood, we lost power once (that Halloween storm a few years ago) for about 4 days, and that was pretty miserable. It was literally colder inside my house than it was outside, we lost all our food, blah, blah, blah. So I was dreading a similar experience. But we were pleasantly surprised that we kept our power the whole time this storm! Woohoo! I love a snow storm when we have power! I cooked a bunch of yummy food while Jonathan broke in the brand new plow for our tractor, and the kids and dogs played in the snow. The chickens chose to stay in their coop, and they seemed perfectly happy in there since I occasionally scattered chicken scratch all around to keep them busy. Two thumbs up for the Blizzard of 2015!

I can tell that Spring is on its way because the hens are starting to lay more eggs! Yay!
Even Penelope and Daffodil have started laying again. (Dark brown egg & green egg).
Penelope hadn't laid an egg since Halloween! 

Okay, this was taken during the storm BEFORE the blizzard.
A giant branch from our big pine tree came crashing down onto our ramp leading into the barn.
I was in the the chicken coop when it happened, and I have to tell you, it scared the living daylights out of me.
I walk up and down that ramp about 20 times a day. It easily could have squashed me if my timing was off.
And we recently had the trees pruned, so I wasn't expecting this! Yikes!

I do love winter. So pretty.
Maybe it's just a little too long. Cut off a month or two and it would be perfect.

This was the chickens' view of the storm from inside their coop.

Ryan heading off to play in the snow.

We have a loooong driveway to plow.
Nice work, Jonathan!

Jessie keeping warm

Cooper keeping warm

The downside to having a male dog living with us.
Cooper needs to mark every snowbank he finds in our yard, ruining my beautiful white snow. Blech :(
In case you weren't sure, this is Cooper's house. At least according to Cooper. See how he has marked it as HIS?
Don't eat the yellow snow.
Ben & Ryan came inside and said that they built a snowman.
I said, "Look again, you actually made a peeing post for Cooper." Yup, Cooper peed all over it. Lovely.
Girl dogs rule. They pee down, only when they need to pee. None of this marking craziness! :)

Snow buddies 

Jessie loves the snow!

Jonathan snow-blowing out some of the chicken run.
In a chicken hat, of course.

Traffic jam on the chicken coop steps due to mealworms.

Penelope sat on my foot, so I gave her a ride.
She liked it.  

Once I laid down some hay and sprinkled the mealworms in it, the girls ventured out for a bit today.
They definitely prefer walking on the hay, not the snow.

Here's a video of the dogs playing in the snow so you can see how much snow we got over here. Keep in mind it wasn't done snowing yet. The snow was so light and fluffy! Click on link here: Jessie & Cooper enjoying the blizzard 2015

Another video to share... While checking in on the hens during the blizzard, I happened to catch Daffodil laying an egg. Click on link here: Daffodil Laying An Egg

In other farm news, I discovered that the sink in the barn had a crack in it. Since I use it everyday, that is not a good thing. But I bought some epoxy thinking that I might be able to just fill in the crack? Success! This morning I mixed up the epoxy, filled in the cracks and voila! This afternoon, I have a leak-free sink. Keeping my fingers crossed that this solution lasts a while.

Also, update: Happy to report that Cooper's sore on his shoulder has totally healed. Phew! One less trip to the vet for the most-expensive-free-dog-ever is always a good thing. :)