wow it was really nice today for a little while. had short sleaves on. Took the babies out for an hour. Then it clouded up and having light rain, temps dropping. Then it gets bad. Strong winds and the lowest temp we have seen will be upon us soon. Said going to feel like 0 brrrrrrrrr!!!!
Don't know what 0 feels like and don't think I want too. Hoping my animals do o.k. we are so unprepared that that kind of weather down here
O.K. who did it!!!!!
The same thing is happening here. I spent all day scurrying around trying to freeze-proof the farm. Among other things I wrapped 19 exterior water faucets. Also had to pick as many oranges as I could off our loaded trees before they became orangesickles. I hate cold weather.
Better than pigsickles, but I feel your pain...
The pigs are warmly snuggled under mounds of hay in their house. They came out for breakfast wearing thatched roofs. And inspite of the water troughs having an inch of ice on them, and a pipe burst in the barn, the oranges still on the trees are not frozen - yet. That's about the only good news around here.
so sorry PP and after you ran around all day covering all the faucets
its so cold here you can't begin to describe it.
I am toasty, not from the heater... but
Laptop on lap, blackie the cat curled on the left, Zipper the puppy on the right, and my feet encased in lovely worshiped feet warmers... LOL The Divine Demi Socks..
it was so cold that My lovely NWD wasn't even keeping my runny nose from freezing into snot cicles. First time in my life that's every happened & let me tell you having ice particles in your nose is not a comfortable feeling. Try breaking in thru that! Took me nearly 20 minutes to be able to feel my hands again. We seriously thought i had a slight case of frost bite. (yes I had gloves on) the 8 yr old didn't get so cold but i had him thoroughly bundled up so tight he complained he was hot. that and when the 30 mph wind gust came up with the -25* wind chill i put his face inside my jacket & held him there till it stopped.... The chickens didn't even complain when we switched coops on them.. they just tucked their heads into my jacket & were quiet. It kinda scared me.. they are never quiet.. especially with a clumsy 8 yr old attempting to pull them off the roosts I couldn't' reach & hand them too me. snowed all day. -3* here tonight. 7 for the high tomorrow & -20 wc again. We do have a heatwave of 34 with no wind chill coming on Sunday. I need to go hunt up my flip flops... its going to be warm!
:) my cat went outside to take his 60 second jaunt in the snow to pee.. well.. he came back in & sat in front of the electric fireplace for an hour. I think he thought it was a little cold outside.
Grey sorry I laughed but the way you reported all that was funny. Thanks for the laugh but please stay warm.
I went out earlier and turned on the water-have a misster (?) on the end of the hose. Hoping to get snow one way or another. Andre wants snow!!!! LOL
It was 0 here this morning. Horses have blankets because they don't have a barn. Chickens and goats have roofs. Chickens are laying 4 and 5 eggs a day. Gotta love my girls. I have to bring hot water up the hill everyday for them. Pigs are doing well. I'll sure be glad when it warms up.
CajuninKY - why hot water?
Stays thawed longer. And I think drinking warm water is a good way to warm them...
I pour the hot water on top of the ice block in their tub. It melts some of the ice making more water for them. that way i don't have to carry so much up the hill. They also like drinking the warm water. Like us drinking a hot beverage on a cold morning.
Well its comming this way,its 10 out right now and the wind is blowing,shut the vents in the coop and turned on the heat lamps.Only going to be 4 tomorow and blow 0 tomorow night.
Weather says we will be up to 50 sometime next week. I sure am ready for it. I got 3 eggs this morning and went back up the hill at 9pm to check one last time. Picked up another one. Slid down the hill REAL fast. Kinda scarey in the dark. But i live on the edge. LOL
Since we both work all day, we're getting frozen eggs. The girls aren't coming out of the barn at all. Luckily the water is staying thawed with the box we made.
Weatherman said tonight, this time last year it was 70.... right now it's 7 this is the coldest for the longest time we've had in 25 years--that year the Ohio River froze. I think we're at 10 days below freezing right now... but it's supposed to be up in the mid 30's Wednesday. It'll feel like a heatwave.
Still no eggs... I am so crushed. I even scoured both chicken yards hoping they are laying somewhere, but nope I cant find any. Tomorrow I am going to put clean hay in the nesting boxes. They are using them, they have moved the old hay around, just not laying eggs... OHHHH how I miss fresh eggs...
Melissa I slightly remember the Ohio freezing over, I lived in Owensboro at the time... I also remember when it crested and flooded the river walk and came up on to the sidewalks of the businesses... That was a trip.
but hot water freezes faster than cold water thats why you're suppose to take out cool to cold water
When it's this cold, I don't think it really matters, and they do like warm water.... ours are getting lukewarm all the time with the lighbulb setup... it's funny to go out there and see steam coming off of their water, but touch it, and it's just slightly above "cool"
Missjester, I'd send you and billy some eggs, but they'd freeze enroute! LOL Hubby has lived near the river his entire life, and one of his buddies actually drove a car out on the river... stupid, but they did it and drove right back off. Lots of people could walk over to Kentucky if they were so inclined!
Yes, it's never fun when the river floods... luckily we're up high on a hill over the river, so it would never reach us... but the folks that live right on it get flooded out every so many years it seems... and they go right back.
It's 5 here now.... brrrrrrrrrrrrr
Thats cold... I do miss Kentucky sometimes, but I am thinking now is not one of them... LOL
No, now would not be a time to wish you were in Ky! :)
April, maybe... not January or February.
I love the fireflys in the spring...
I just like spring!! LOL
I do not think I well complain about it being to hot ever again. Well maybe when it gets to over 98 degrees. LOL
The big chunk of ice cools the hot water for them to drink it. They drink most of what I bring before it has a chance to refreeze. Picked up another egg this morning. I'm sure there will be more this afternoon. Our church service has been moved to 2pm so I will have to go up after that and hope the eggs are not frozen.
Hot water does NOT freeze faster than cold water. Nor does cold water boil quicker than hot water. Science v.s. urban legend.
Either way, hot water thaws ice quicker than cold water. How I kept my critters going in the ice storm last year. Boiling water which got rationed out among 'em which thawed enough water that they could get a good drink in and their water dishes, buckets troughs etc didn't overflow with ice.
Yes Gnut, if you have to keep taking out the ice, the water level goes down fast, and with everything frozen, water is an extra valuable item.
I'm sorry but it is science. We tested this theory repeatedly over several years of science classes in junior high, high school & college classes to learn exactly why it does it. Maybe it just does it with Missouri water but it does do that.
I guess it was just colder here than where you guys were bc every time i attempted to melt the ice blocks out with hot water it was slushy & they couldn't drink it within 5 minutes... with cold it lasted a good hour before I had to start replacing it. That's why i asked why you were using hot water. I was curious to the reasoning behind it.
Everyone is right!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mpemba_effect
LOL, Catscan! I knew it and now my head hurts!!
Ok so I am reading the link and get down to the bottom and what is the first topic I see under references?
How to Fossilise Your Hamster: And Other Amazing Experiments For The Armchair Scientist
Ummm....I noticed that too....
We learned about the hot water freezing faster in Jr high science. It's because of momentum or so we were told. LOL Mine doesn't slush. It melts part of the ice and gives them more water. Water that I don't have to carry. That's a good thing considering the hill I have to carry it up.
Same here Cajun...
Maybe because we don't get the extreme extreme cold that GK does? That has to make a difference in how quickly things freeze... I'm sure the experts will say it doesn't, but -30 is ALOT colder than +30 even though both are below freezing....
Cold water freezes on top. Hot water freezes on the bottom. For our purposes ice on top is a bigger problem. Stick with the hot water.
2 here this morning.30 in the big coop and 28 in small coop.Both have heat lamps.Going down to 20 below tonight.BRRRRRR
we are missing the next round.. gonna be 50 here this weekend!
It was 50 here, this morning, at 4:30am. Is it spring yet? LOL! Glad to hear it's warming up elsewhere too.
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