Weather Effect on Sheep-Polar Vortex

[wlane87]

Anyone have any thoughts on the extreme cold temps to hit Canada and the Northern US. Worried it might cause a die off or since it should only last a week do ya'll think the sheep could manage?

Heading the NWT in July. Thanks!

 

[4ester]

To be honest I think people are overreacting to the whole thing.

-25 degrees in Chicago.......close the schools, buy milk, bread, and stay indoors

-30 degrees in Wyoming.......Anybody want to go coyote hunting?

 

[Yellowknife]

Yeah, "extreme" cold is the norm in the NWT and AK mountains, and temps are actually pretty mild right now. Just because is relatively cold in Chicago doesn't mean much in the NWT.

It's actually the warm weather that causes die offs. Freezing rain or chinooks that crust the snow are brutal on them.

 

[wlane87]

Ahhh gotcha. Just checked the weather in Norman Wells and it was dropping from -6 to -31

I completely agree on the media over reacting to this stuff tho. My only concern was the sheep. I'd heard about die off's in AK from some really harsh winters. I'm sure the coastal weather is much worse though.

 

[VernAK]

A very mild winter with little snow here in DCUA and TMA ........the real danger to sheep is a winter rain that freezes the grass down.

 

[fatbacks]

Like others have said, relatively warm winters with freezing rain seem to be the worst enemy of sheep. Freezing rain can build up ice and make their food inaccessible. At least this is my understanding.




Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk