NH Weather

Merrimack County, NH

Winter Storm Warning:

Issued at: 10:59 am EST on February 9, 2013, expires at: 4:00 PM EST on February 09, 2013

...Winter Storm Warning remains in effect until 4 PM EST this afternoon...

locations...much of New Hampshire as well as the western Maine mountains.

Hazard types...heavy snow...with blowing and drifting snow.

Accumulations...additional snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches...with total snow accumulation of 12 to 16 inches.

Timing...the heaviest snow will fall this morning with rapid improvement foreseen this afternoon.

Impacts...snow covered roads...with sharply reduced visibilities in blowing and drifting snow.

Winds...northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

Visibilities...one half mile or less at times.

Temperatures...5 to 14 above. Precautionary/preparedness actions... A Winter Storm Warning for heavy snow means severe winter weather conditions are expected or occurring. Significant amounts of snow are forecast that will make travel dangerous. Only travel in an emergency. If you must travel...keep an extra flashlight... food...and water in your vehicle in case of an emergency. During extended power outages one of the greatest hazards is the improper use of generators...as well as alternate heating and cooking sources...that result in Carbon monoxide poisoning.

Read more: http://www.wmur.com/weather/alerts#ixzz2KQ7TxCRW

 At least delivering mail Tuesday and Wednesday will be nice. 

Monday, not so much. Although I was thrilled that they closed our Post Offices today.

So glad to be home!!

16" and still falling!

 My constant companion, Jack Black.

He only got a few steps away from the deck in the cleared path 

and decided with the wind and the snow, that was enough.

He squatted, peed, and ran back into the house.

 Big baby!! And, he has a fur coat!!

 16" in front of the house.

 Above my snowmobile boots!!

 The girls are NOT coming out.

Well, I might get off my perch/roost for some scratch.

 A little less in front of the barn where the wind is blowing.

 Some one the ewes started out, and then turn rain and barreled back in.

So, I filled their feeders to the top with hay. Gave them all extra water, 

and came back in for another cup of coffee, after I got out of wet clothes!

 Shoveling to the chickens.

Only one ventured out and then hightailed it back in.

She is probably one of the ones to lay her eggs in the barn. 

 I am NOT shoveling a path in front of the barn.

The tractor will do that!

I forgot their mixed scratch, so they got straight scratch.

I forgot egg crates, so I use the grain bucket.

10 eggs on a snowy blustery morning is not a bad thing.

After one of us takes the tractor out to do a little more cleanup, I will collect eggs correctly.

And, I will bring them their correct scratch....

Which is the 'stuff' you buy at the grain store in a 50 pound bag,

sunflower chips and meal worms. To about 6 cups straight scratch I add

~1/2 c. sunflower chips and ~2 T. mealworms.

70 hens get 2-4 handfuls 1-2 times a day.

My hens also have a couple of feeders that are almost always full of layer pellets and production   

pellets mixed 1/2 and 1/2, to 2 layer and 1 production. Depends of the time of year.

This time of year it is less production pellets.

A day like today, even though the feeders are full, they are locked in their yard, 

I will have to fill their feeders again tonight as they will be empty or almost empty.

I much prefer them to free range!!!

I will most likely take more pictures later. But, I'll let the wind calm down a bit. I hope it does!

Nor'easter Nemo

 I will take more pictures later, but this is just a 

quick shot from my front door. And, it is still snowing.

Wednesday. Breakfast and more lambs

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 Morning started out with dropping Jerry's car back off at the garage to see what is wrong with it.

Then breakfast with Pam and John of Old Mac Wylie's Farm.

Guess what I had for breakfast? The upper berth. See menu above. 

Jerry gets a little breakfast and we split mine. I like the pancakes, the hash, toast and eggs.

Crisp bacon and sausage, and he gets some potatoes and the ham.

 Home in time to catch a chicken sheep hopping.

She is also eating hay seed off their backs.

 This is Keira, a Dorset/Romney with her black baby beside her.

Next is her mother Victoria, the polled Dorset.

 From there the chicken heads for Cassidy.

She is Dorset/Romney/Shetland.

 Candace entertains her twins.

This is another reason we try to keep them jacketed.

 Bardo and some of his hens warming their feet on the manure pile.

He is just singing his heart out!

 Later in the day Rachael went into labor.

She presented us with a little girl.

Then she started pushing again. But, the 2nd was breech.

The toes are supposed to point up with a normal presentation.

 Sometimes they can deliver a breech on their own, but because we were there,

and did not want to chance losing the lamb and possibly the ewe, Jerry helped.

 With a breech it is even more important to make sure their airway is open. Often when the umbilical cord is broken during a breech delivery, the lamb may take a breath and aspirate the birthing fluids. We want to make sure the airway is open and most often, as this one did, they will sneeze out some of the fluid.


 Birthing is a bloody mess. It is amazing to me that the breech baby is white while the 1st born here is yellow. She won't be for long! Mom will make sure of that.