Brrrr, It's Cold

This morning the temperature was 16.9. At least it was on the postive side. There were a few days before Thanksgiving that it dipped down to -2.9, then back up to 35 and snow for Thanksgiving Day. Yesterday was warm enough for all the hose bibs to be thawed so I filled the water tanks.
The chickens are still laying eggs but are down to two per day for the 20 hens. I believe it is two of the three Australorps that are doing the laying. Sometimes one of the Delawares gives up one egg as they are a light pinkish color, very different from the brown of the Australorps. We have several breeds because I like seeing the different colors in the egg carton when they are all laying.
The ewes are halfway to lambing now. This year I used five rams so am looking forward to tracking the lambs for my production records. Four of the rams were from the UK, therefore the ewes were bred via LAI (Laproscopic Artificial Insemination) and one was a natural colored ram I purchased this summer. With the cold weather the girls like to stay closer to the barn, just to make sure they don't miss a meal. The fence is now repaired and this morning's project is to resort the bred ewes from the open ewes.
The greenhouse is an iffy project. The lettuce seems to be holding on but nothing else survived the cold dips in temperature. It is still in the final stages of construction so next year should be more profitable. The garden yielded a good crop except for the corn. Our summer did not get as HOT as usual and we had more bleak days than normal. Every day on the high desert is different and I am thankful for each one.