well we're officially snowed in uh we got eight
inches of snow and my daughter can't even get out the driveway stay tuned
foreign
hello welcome back to Pine Meadows hobby Farm I'm your host Jerry Hansen yeah we're
officially snowed in eight inches of snow uh we can't even get up the driveway this is as
far as my daughter can make it I could get out with my all-wheel drive and my pickup just broke
I did a B I did a bad thing I came out and poured water on the windshield to get all the snow and
ice off of it it worked but the water rained down into the electronics of the engine compartment
and fried my brain Yep this will be the third brain I would have to
or the electronic controller for this pickup I I have to buy and replace and
it's like 255 dollars each time I do that it this thing is sensitive real sensitive
anyway we're snowed in and the power's out uh no worries we've got backup power sources I've got
a generator I've got these power units to plug in like a laptop and a lamp inside the house but we
just won't have power enough for the water well but we do have this tank that we can gravity feed
off of if we have to so I think we're settled in plus we've got the fireplaces propane only
uh it'll keep us warm so we're set for a while we got propane which is for the warmth we've got
a little bit of power not a whole lot we got some fuel set aside for the generator so if we have to
we can just do that so let's go out and check out how the animals are faring through all this snow
uh I've seen 18 inches of snow land overnight so this is eight inches this is nothing uh I
could still get in and out like I said with the all-wheel drive but anybody with two-wheel drive
they cannot get anywhere anyway let's go take care of the livestock get them fed and go forward
the geese seem to be doing what geese do in the snow
and my pecan Ducks almost disappear into the snow
okay let's go give the goats some hay and uh the birds some grain
the turkeys are staying dry my my turkey house is working very good at keeping the
my two jennies and my Tom dry
my goats have taken shelter in here I'll uh freshen up their water over here if my
I can find my lines but I got another water font over there by the gate
but they don't like to be out in the wet
look at that duck trying to get through the deep snow up to the feeder
you'll make it
this one found a shallower snow
we've got one system after another coming through so we're gonna get a lot more snow than this but
this isn't as heavy a snowfall as I'm accustomed to I've seen worse the lights on in here hey girls
let's give them their breakfast come here baby there you go
there's the little ones
thank you
luckily I have another bag down in the back of the car to get me through
foreign
manly muscles
thank you
foreign
get the boys their breakfast and let the chickens out even though the house is without power my barn
ain't this is a solar powered Barn off-grid yeah I have a video that demonstrates how I
installed the solar panel on the barn and all the solar powered stuff so check that video out
thank you
gotta make sure I keep the boys in their place it works
got to make sure the rabbits have water
now the key reason why I built the bunny Bungalow was to keep the water from freezing
especially during weather like this I'm gonna go ahead and close these windows a little bit
still at least some cross ventilation because they don't want ammonia to build up in here
I keep a supply of water right here looks like I needed replenish my water supply yeah
these rabbets on the top are pregnant they're due to Kindle on Saint Patrick's Day
because I I bred them on Valentine's Day
I gotta get in here and vacuum out some turds and
put them in a compost pile and give me something to do
foreign
and they're set for the winter nights and yeah it was a good idea to build
this shelter for the rabbits because I fought for years with frozen bottles
don't have to do that anymore let's go make sure the goats have plenty of water
I keep my hoses at a slow drip that way I don't have to worry about Frozen water
and it works just a slow drip
oh yeah our power's off I'm running the water off of the holding tank in the well
but I do have that big holding tank uh gravity feed if I have to
okay everybody's got water
well I'm Jerry Hanson your host that's the sum of uh taking care of the livestock in the winter
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