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A New Year

On January 2, 2010 in General by spope

We’ve been through the heavy wet snow, and we’ve seen the ice – now its bitter cold. The temperature here right now (10 am Saturday morning) is 0 degrees. Read More »


Christmas Day!

On December 25, 2009 in General by spope

It’s been a little over two weeks now since the big storm. For the most part the farm has returned to normal – the damage to the pens is there, but the pens have been secured, or in some cases emptied of birds for the winter and shut down. Read More »


One Week After The Storm

On December 18, 2009 in General by spope

It’s been a week since I last made a post to my blog. Last weekend the temperature was a few degree’s higher than freezing and our crew made the most of the opportunity. Read More »


Nearly Overwhelming

On December 10, 2009 in General by spope

We have had another day to start to actually realize the extent of the damage to our farm cause by the 10″ wet snowfall. We have thousands of birds that have escaped. Read More »


The Aftermath

On December 9, 2009 in General by spope

We got smucked (if that’s a word) by the biggest snow storm in years. Last night we had hours of steady, heavy wet snow. There was even lightning and thunder. Read More »


A Big Storm!

On December 8, 2009 in General by spope

The media is filled with the news of a big storm. We are preparing to hunker down and wait til the storm passes, yet we still have birds to take care of and birds to ship. Read More »


It’s Snowing!

On December 3, 2009 in General by spope

It’s snowing. We have been watering 100,000+ pheasants this week – what a job. It’s supposed to snow 3” – 5” tonight. Read More »


Dodged a Bullet

On November 27, 2009 in General by spope

Late Wednesday night (or early Thanksgiving morning) we had a minor snowstorm – by daylight all the snow was gone. But the 1” – 2” of heavy wet snow that did fall was enough to collapse a number of pens on our farm. Read More »