The Evolution of Atlas: A Breeding (and Chat) Thread

[1muttsfan]

We are a little warmer here in the Eastern UP, highs in the 0-10 range all week. Glad the gas pig is full!

Merry Christmas, friends

 

[holm25]

Good morning... Cold isn't bad as long as you don't have wind. We are SURROUNDED by lakes and ponds and streams and there is a lot of moisture in our air which makes it that much worse...

 

[speckledhen]

Good morning... Cold isn't bad as long as you don't have wind. We are SURROUNDED by lakes and ponds and streams and there is a lot of moisture in our air which makes it that much worse...
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VERY true! We are usually more humid than some places, but because of our elevation, definitely not as bad as further south toward Atlanta.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

We are freaking freezing here. I always feel bad for some of my chickens, some always look worse than the others, a few are still molting too, but they will be okay, and when it warms up it will feel warm.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I just look at our weather, it's only -2, but wind chills are -26. It will be -13 tonight. Not the worse yet, but definitely cold enough so chores require a few trips to the house to warm my fingers. I cannot find gloves that are both warm and functional. When they are warmer I have to remove my gloves to do stuff like open latches.

 

[1muttsfan]

I got a new pair that has a pouch on top to put a heat pack, hoping that will help out on the tractor. My hands get so sore and stiff when cold, didn't used to, guess it's from multiple near frostbite episodes.

 

[speckledhen]

I crochet fingerless gloves, but they get picked up on wire around the chickens. They help, but I expect if I wear them for chores that they will be destroyed quickly. My dad gave me some mittens where the top folds back to show gloves with half-fingers and they work pretty well, but I still have trouble wearing gloves in the barn.

These are what I have made in the past:

 

[kitkat5505]

Oh boy! So glad I don’t live where it gets that cold! We’re at 41* and sunny today, most of the snow we got last night has melted.

Love those fingerless gloves! I need to make myself some.

 

[speckledhen]

We have cold stuff on the way here, with days following at 12* and 14* for lows. I hope our power stays on those days, for no other reason for the sake of my old hens.

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

I crochet fingerless gloves, but they get picked up on wire around the chickens. They help, but I expect if I wear them for chores that they will be destroyed quickly. My dad gave me some mittens where the top folds back to show gloves with half-fingers and they work pretty well, but I still have trouble wearing gloves in the barn.

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I have two warm pair of those finger mittens. I still need to remove them for grasping some stuff, and exposing just my fingertips is no better in such cold weather anyways. Lots of making fists in my gloves to warm my fingers.

You are pretty good at knitting.