Kentucky Sheep and Goat Development Office

We live in Oldham County and were without power for 6 days, therefore without water for our livestock, including 40 head of sheep. Our barn water is supplied by a cistern with a pump. We had to carry water in 5 gallon buckets from the house several hundred yards away. The water froze almost immediately in troughs, making it almost impossible to keep drinkable water available. To complicate matters, I was out of town in Utah for a wedding when it happened and had a farm sitter here. It was the first time this young man worked for me, which made it very difficult. I had to fly home 3 days early on standby, as it was too expensive to rebook my plane fare without notice. American Airlines did not recognize KY as a state of emergency. Needless to say, I had to pay the farm sitter extra to care for my stock under those conditions.

I am thankful we did not lose any livestock.