Sandy is coming!!!!

[20kidsonhill]

I was wondering if you were in the path of the crazy snow storm they predicted to happen after the hurricane. I heard that parts of West Virginia could get 3 FEET of snow! Glad you have missed all the bad weather so far.

We are 30 minute drive from the west VA, border. Which is of course on mountain ridge, so they are probably getting snow.
Neener is probably getting snow right now. maybe out of power. I know her internet doesn't always work the best I haven't seen her on-line.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

We had high winds and minimal rain overnight. Lost power at 4:30pm yesterday and got it back at about 10:30am today. One tree on our cows electirc fence and one part of the chicken run, so those had to be fixed asap. Then we had one turkey that we had to put down. We aren't sure if she got trampled or what happened. She was the smallest, probably 25lbs live weight. She was all muddied, pushed up against the wall and waterer with head all beat up. She was still alive, but one eye missing. We were going to butcher them all next weekend so we did her this morning instead.

 

[SkyWarrior]

Haven't been on in a couple months. Life got crazy. Glad people are ok in the storm. Lots of power outages in our area but so far so good. We had a doeling born yesterday in the thick of it. Calling her Sandy.

 

[neener92]

We got some rain yesterday morning then it started snowing. Wind picked up and so did the snow, power went out about 11 last night and didn't come back on (that I know of) till around 11 this morning. Power went back out around 1 this afternoon and still isn't back on. We do have a generator so that helps! Critters are all cuddled in the barns, sheep cuddling with the cows and chickens cuddling with the goats. Last night when the power went out we had chicks hatching...yep, you see that right! My stupid silkie chicken wouldn't stop sitting til I let her hatch out some chicks, she and her three chicks out of 6 eggs are sitting in the dinning room keeping warm. Stupid bird! haha!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Just checking in to say we're okay. No power or
water still. The creek flooded our lower paddocks very badly. We thought we lost a horse in the creek but we found him at neighbors farm this morning. It was a rough night indeed with 8 inches of rain overnight and 65 miles per hour wind all night. Whew! Will post pictures when the power comes back on. A lot of our fencing along the stream is gone so we will have a lot of work to do. Luckily all if our animals are accounted for and safe. Hope everybody else is safe!

Bridge

 

[bonbean01]

Thanks for checking in folks...was sending prayers for you all...Bridge, sounds like you have so much work to do to get back to normal...wish you were closer...I'd help!

Neener...your silkie and chicks are in your dining room??? LOLOL....you are as bad as me!

Glad you are all safe!!!!

 

[SheepGirl]

26 hrs and counting with no power...which means no water either :/

Things really picked up at about 8 pm last night and all you could hear is wind & rain up until 3 or 4 in the morning. I was watching the sheep and the darn critters were out in the hurricane the ENTIRE time. I went out this morning to check on them and they were SOAKING wet. The ground is saturated and you know when you can step on the ground and water comes gushing out? Here you don't even have to step on the ground for the water to come out. It's just sitting there...and we live on top of a hill so I can only imagine what the bottom looks like--I haven't gone down to check.

We went out to eat today so we could have a hot meal and all the rivers we cross to get to downtown have completely flooded into the road. Our house is about 50* and we are all cuddled up in our blankets, trying to stay warm

We only lost some shingles, but my neighbor lost the top half of her tree. Otherwise no damage.

 

[Pearce Pastures]

I sure hope you get some heat/power soon SheepGirl. That is pretty chilly! Glad for no serious damage.

And Bridge, so glad your horse wasn't gone. Sounds like you have some yuck to deal with once this is all over

 

[Pearce Pastures]

My stupid silkie chicken wouldn't stop sitting til I let her hatch out some chicks, she and her three chicks out of 6 eggs are sitting in the dinning room keeping warm. Stupid bird! haha!

LOL, oh come on, like we haven't all had a chicken, goat, or even cow in our house at one point or another, no storm needed!

 

[bonbean01]

So true Pearce!!!! One of my fondest memories as a kid is when our milk cow had twins and it was 45 below...my Dad put plywood on the living room rug, then sheets of plastic, then built a temporary wooden fence around it...straw...and that night we had the tiny twin calves in for the night...too cute and we had a hard time going to bed that night!!! First thing in the morning, he carried them out back to the Mama to nurse and be with her during the day...we wished we could have them in our house forever...LOL!