Ladies - Shoes for the Farm

Boots..hands down. waterproof duck boots..the bomb.
From a farm gal of nearly 35 years. You do not want cold, wet feet.

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Boggs!!!!! They are cute & comfy keep feet dry & warm. DD even wears hers to school! They come in men & women's

Google & you should be able to find some discontinued styles for around $40. I pd $37 each for ours. One of my girls got short ones, the rest of us got the taller version. I now want a pair of short ones too.

They are light weight-- as comfy as house shoes & have entry of support. I mention lift weight since I had some boots that seem heavy.

I do have a separate pair of boots I use to slaughter chickens in-- just because not sure how easy the blood would wash out of the neoprin uppers. But dirt & mud was out fine.

Look at www.sportsmansguide.com for some nice prices and boots although many are imported. Also..if you can find a pair of Mickey Mouse army boots at an Army/Navy store they are wonderful in wet and cold weather. Sportsmans guide actually have them but in smaller sizes. Good Luck !!

Another vote for Muck Boots! I've only bought the low version in the Daily and Pet Lover styles and have been very happy with them. Got my last pair off ebay for only $30!

Bogs. They are the way to go IMO. One pair of boots person serves as both mud and snow boots for about 2 years.

Mrs Whodunit

I have ordinary chore boots that can be bought at any small town hardware store. They are waterproof and have a steel shank and after about 10 years the insoles are still looking like new, and I wear them spring, fall and winter. Paid only $30.00 for them, and my feet stay nice and toasty all day long especially when ice fishing.
http://www.outfitters.ca/cms.Details...r_Winter_Boots

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The only boot or shoe that I have found to hold up to the manure and urine are the Muck brand boots.
I did suggest to the representative to make them with more support.

I still have Moon Boots ... what can I say?? Although most of the time I wear my Crocs. During deep snows, DH has the paths knocked down and I wear hand spun, hand knit socks so my toes keep nice and toasty.

DH wears Muck boots. I bought him some felted alpaca insoles to help keep his feet warm this winter.

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The guys at our dairy got me hooked on Muck boots. That's all we wear in the winter. I splurged and got two pair--one low-cut and one high-cut to right below my knee. What can I say? Sometimes "it" gets deep around here...

As for comfort, that's what I wear to do my winter walking, and I find them very comfortable. I prefer to run, but the farm paths are often too mucky for running shoes. If I walk very fast in the high-cut Muck boots (heavier), it's a pretty good workout!

Muck Boots! They are super comfy, waterproof and hard wearing.

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I live in Dansko clogs and they now have rainboots and shoes out! Nothing feels as goo don my feet as Danskos.

I am in the northwest like some of you, west side of the Cascades. so not much snow really except once in a while. But to me the deciding factor with what to wear through our winters depends on if the sole can stand up to sharp rocks and other types of footing while gardening , out with the dogs and down to the river etc. I have both Muck Boots and my LL Bean slip ons and in rocks the Muck Boots hurt my feet. So they sit in the back porch shelves gathering dust and spiders while I slip on my LL Bean mudders.

So, I am with dave745 re LL Bean. These Bean slip-on's are great. I don't have to bend over to put them on, they are waterproof with good tough soles that stand up against gravel driveways and rocks here and there and provide needed traction in our slippery, clay soils. I can also walk to the mail box at 2/3's of a mile in them. Can't do this with my Muck Boots, they hurt 'my feet when we have rocks to traverse on the logging road. I order a pair of the LL Bean's slide on muders along with LL Bean flannel lined jeans about every other Fall.

LQ

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