First Freeze on the Farm: Prepping Horses, Cows & Pastures for a Kentucky Winter

We hit 24 degrees F the last couple of days. Really early for us in KY to hit that cold this early.

Which meant we were scrambling to get everything ready for the animals.

Winter is another ballgame if you have livestock. Especially large animals.

Horses wormed – check

Cow shelter put out – check

Fresh hay bales put out for everyone – check

Blankets folded, organized and put on- check

Hoses drained – fail. We have been scrambling so I  just ran out of time. Thankfully the cold snap is going away so I have some more time to really get ready.

Yesterday was Veteran’s Day so both SO and I were off work. And not one to let a day off go to waste, I schedule a farrier visit bright and early. It was absolutely freezing and my toes were numb afterwards.

All 3 horses are done and the next visit we will try to pull everyone's shoes to give their feet a chance to grow out and make it easier with the snow /ice to not pack down.

However I am tentative on Murphy if he is ouchy for more than a couple days I’ll have the farrier back out to put shoes back on.

We also decided to go ahead and stock up for winter since SO found horse hay round bales for sale. 2 trips later we are stocked up! It is a nice feeling.

His & Hers farm edition

And in the avenue of spending money my SO found a really good deal on a grass seeder for our pastures.

It was super sketchy going to get it, just a muddy area to try and back around in. Thank goodness I wasn’t driving. Trailering new places is stressful for me. Especially when they don't have good gravel for grip and a very tight space. Fight me but a bumper pull is way harder to back around than a gooseneck. Everything except our horse trailer is bumper pull.

this thing is absolutely massive. After I helped take the straps off I skeedaddled because unloading this was sketch.

Well happy fall/winter? It feels very merry this year I do love the festive spirit as we get closer to Christmas.

This is my favorite field for the view. The cows are quite happy with this and they have a big round bale + shelter.