Hell has frozen over...

And landed in Minnesota! 

We have had a very cold busy day around here!  Bill was put down this morning due to an injury. Which saved him from the freezing -18*s but made Rosie loose her snuggle partner.  To improvise I gave the girls jackets. It did take a bit of trial and air though.  I learned regular ACU tops will come right off if they are not covered by another jacket with a draw string and the waist.  You can see with Buttercup here this was prior to me learning this, notice how loose it is at the "waist".  

Buttercup

I went outside around 9 p.m. tonight to double check on them, the temp right now is -18 windchill has to be somewhere around -40's.  When I got out there buttercup was topless.  So I added a fleece that had a snitch at the waist, which should fix the problem.  Right now both girls have two layers added an ACU top with a jacket over.  

Rosie and Buttercup

I keep bringing buckets of hot water out for them.  Rosie seems to enjoy the fresh water over the main water bucket (which is heated).   Right now we're just trying to make it through tomorrow, they say it will start to warm up then!

 

  Rosie seems to be missing Billy too, they've been together for over a year now, she will not leave the gate, and keeps calling for him.  When we got Billy the people told us he'd need to be re-dehorned, I didn't think it would be a big deal I saw the paste at the store.  The more I learned about it I realized it couldn't be done anymore, since he was older.  The only way would be to have a vet put him to sleep and surgically remove it, since a piece of skull would need to come off too.  I had noticed his horns growing in but figured they'd turn back out. Yesterday, I went out to feed them and he was bleeding.  The horn had been growing in  and down the top of his head had split open. He didn't seem to be in pain, but we didn't want an infection to set in either. Nor did we want him to get to the point of pain.  This morning Billy was taken to the butch and we should be eating Billy Burgers this weekend. . . hey come on now this is a farm! What does goat taste like?  Not a clue I'll fill you in later, I was told though he's going to be more gamey tasting since he was not a wether. We'll see I don't have anything to compare it to yet. . . Any of you want some meat to let me know there is going to be well over 100 lbs! 

The Chickens have three heat lights going constantly and seem to be okay.  Baloo and Lady are nice and cozy in the laundry room, and the kitties have been banished to the basement since one of them hasn't figured out the litter-box up here. Causing way more laundry than I'd like. 

  Speaking of kitties, funny story...

    Sarah's, Thing 1, likes to dominate Micah's, Thing 2.  Lot's of "wrestling" Eye-roll I think one of them will be neutered in the near future!

   Overall, were just trying to stay warm and inside! Brian should be off the next few days so if he can just make it through tonight he should be good. The trains don't stop for anything apparently!

  Thats all for tonight I want to get this house picked back up before I head to bed.