Life in Southeast Alaska

Winter Weather

Well, so much for global warming - at least in Southeast Alaska!  Our average temperature for December was 6.5 degrees lower than normal.  I'm glad it has warmed up over the last few days, but now we have snow - and lots of it!  Light and fluffy and not too heavy to shovel.  It has been snowing here at our house about steady since Friday, small flakes to large flakes.  I took a few pictures Saturday morning when Rod and I went out.  Here is the chicken coop - I shovel the snow around the base of the coop to try to keep the heat in for them.  Our wood pile is off the back of the coop so we have just one path to keep clear instead of two.

Here is a shot of the garden with the coop in the background - the twigs in the foreground are my red current bushes.

I shovelled the chicken yard, but they didn't venture out.

Here are a few chicken pictures - it is difficult to get good pictures because they are always on the move.  Here is one of the Buff Orpingtons with a Barred Rock on the left and a Wyandotte on the right.

Here is a Buff Orpington, Wyandotte, Light Brahma, Barred Rock and Aracauna in the back.  The Light Brahma is one of the younger chickens, but she is huge!  Rod thinks she is part goose  :o)

Here is one of the Rhode Island Reds in the nest box.  We have been getting around 6 eggs per day.

Here they are trying to clean the snow off my boots for me!

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1:50 PM, Monday, January 5, 2009 .. Posted by CitySteader

Your snow pictures are so beautiful. We got some snow ourselves yesterday (about 6 inches) here in Colorado Springs. But today most of it melted away.

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2:28 PM, Monday, January 5, 2009 .. Posted by Schatzi

Love your pictures...looks like the chickens are cozy and warm:-)

Happy New Year!
Connie

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5:06 PM, Monday, January 5, 2009 .. Posted by Anonymous

Oh your hens are beautiful! from wykate

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6:18 AM, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 .. Posted by morningsunshine

oh, thank you for sharing how you take care of your chickens in Alaska winters! I figure your winters are worse than ours (hehe), so whatever you do for yours I can do for mine and keep them happy and healthy!

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11:54 AM, Tuesday, January 6, 2009 .. Posted by mooremama

I've been missing you on the homemakers homestead board so I thought I'd check up on you. It's good to see that you're still up there in Alaska, surviving the snow. Congrats on your soap business. It is keeping you busy, isn't it?

Beth (mooremama)

Glad you are back blogging

6:55 PM, Thursday, January 8, 2009 .. Posted by Anonymous

Really enjoy reading your blog. I live in Texas and have always wanted to vist Alaska.

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6:57 PM, Monday, January 12, 2009 .. Posted by godsgirlalways2001

Wow the snow is crazy were you are, I am in Ontario Canada and we have snow and more on the way but nothing like you have....But I see the Chickens are doing well, My grandfather had Chickens and they liked the winter time, Not sure about your's :) But I love the pictures of the snow too preatty...But Im counting down till spring :)
Blessings
~Ruth

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6:26 PM, Saturday, February 7, 2009 .. Posted by HopefulHeart77

The chickens are so cute. :) You should check out rstewarts blog at one log at a time. He is choosing someones pictures of their homestead to paint. I think the first picture in this post would make a beautiful painting.