Dear Farmer has been preparing for winter. It seems it will come without our opinion on when or how much...So, Dear Farmer has placed the mobile coop in it's winter location(it can't move through snow) and placed hay bales around it so the cold wind doesn't blow so much through the floor. And he's set up feeders for the hay to be dropped in, so it stays off the ground and snow. Now he's making level ground for the water-tanks to sit on, installing heat-tape on hoses and heaters in tanks, so in the freezing temperatures, all the animals have water. The cows will lay out in the field, nibble on hay and lick snow, but they really enjoy a long drink of water! The chickens will cuddle in the coop and peck the scratch and water nipples. The goats keep us entertained with their antics and the children prefer to not have to bring them cups of water when they look thirsty. All the creatures need water all year long.
Have you ever thought to winterize your water? Many people live in houses where pipes don't freeze in the super-cold northern winters. But the animals don't have that luxury. So, Dear Farmer is caring for them, doing what they cannot, and spending a week leveling ground and insulating water systems. Farmers don't just twidle their thumbs and look at the sky when the weather turns cold. There's still bunches of work to do. Like figuring out how to get a drink of water to an animal in the middle of a freezing cold winter.
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