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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Think overgrown deer. They are pretty big.
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    I'll never forget the blizzard of 1978. It started the day before as a heavy thunderstorm, and transitioned over to snow during the night. The next morning... almost 3 feet of snow was on the ground. You couldn't see out the windows, partly because of the drifts. The drifts...went from ground...
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Wind chill makes a big difference.
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    That's sad.😥 I had a Dominique go that way
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    It came and went. Uneventful... Other than my ladder getting blown over.
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    So yeah The last couple winters have been rough. And yes... me and my chickens went through negative 50 wind chills 2 years in a row. Vornado space heaters are the only reason I still have my flock. Now watch this year be mild temps and heavy wet snow. 🙄
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    Granny's gone and done it again

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    Granny's gone and done it again

    I was wearing 3 pairs of gloves too.
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    I work construction, sometimes on wind farms. Wide open farm fields. When I got to work, everything was froze up. It took 2 hours to get the equipment running... another 2 hours to get it moving. By the end of the day we were loading the last windmill blade. A gust of wind whipped in behind my...
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Those 2 winters were miserable
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    With wind chills...it is. Great lakes area in Ohio.
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    people will surprise you.!

    On another note... https://www.kalmbachfeeds.com/blogs/chickens/rooster-nutrition-it-isnt-all-about-the-hens#:~:text=When%20roosters%20consume%20the%20high,accumulate%20in%20organs%20over%20time.
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Aunty Em!!! Aunty Em!!!
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    Granny's gone and done it again

    Space heater will be on in the coop. The last 2 years of negative 50 temps was brutal. However, I did get a Christmas card from my power company. 🫤
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