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Well, the cold just impressed me. This morning at about 10:00 I broke any ice that had formed and refilled the water. Fresh flowing water. Well since then, at the "warmest" part of the afternoon, I checked: frozen solid. I'm getting a better understanding of the frozen north. I broke the ice and refilled again. The water in the coops was solid ice too. So I got a bunch of hay and stuffed the coops, put in corn scratch and black oil sunflower instead of layer pellets (just for the night) bec I heard it keeps them warmer and loaded on more blankets. The bunny hutch was down right cozy and their water never froze. Unhooked all hoses and put on faucet insulators. My hands were really really hurting so I wrapped them in the clothes I was drying. I don't like this super cold weather. I see a lot of posts of chickens happily scratching around in the snow, but I do have an enhanced appreciation for those of you trying to keep animals safe in super cold weather. And an awe of those that do this for months below 0 degrees.
 
I will be going home to start fires in the 55 gallon metal barrels and the fire pits. I have fire wood to load in the wheel barrow and tarps to put over the coops. Kinda reminds me of this pic and what I will look like later on. :lau

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PrimroseMom1 said:
Well, the cold just impressed me. This morning at about 10:00 I broke any ice that had formed and refilled the water. Fresh flowing water. Well since then, at the "warmest" part of the afternoon, I checked: frozen solid. I'm getting a better understanding of the frozen north. I broke the ice and refilled again. The water in the coops was solid ice too. So I got a bunch of hay and stuffed the coops, put in corn scratch and black oil sunflower instead of layer pellets (just for the night) bec I heard it keeps them warmer and loaded on more blankets. The bunny hutch was down right cozy and their water never froze. Unhooked all hoses and put on faucet insulators. My hands were really really hurting so I wrapped them in the clothes I was drying. I don't like this super cold weather. I see a lot of posts of chickens happily scratching around in the snow, but I do have an enhanced appreciation for those of you trying to keep animals safe in super cold weather. And an awe of those that do this for months below 0 degrees.
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No kidding, it gives me a whole new appreciation for those who live in Wisconsin & places like that too! You have to really have dedication to your animals! I’ve spent enough time visiting up there the past 35 years, like I was telling somebody, sure the snow plow comes through & clears the streets but you still have to get from your garage to the street!
And I can remember my late FIL shoveling snow off of his roof, so it wouldn’t collapse.
 
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Wish some of y'all lived closer. Ron spent a couple of hours picking our oranges,lemons, and limes. My table is full of citrus. I guess we'll have orange every way you can think of for the next month. Pam
 
Ron Skekel said:
Wish some of y'all lived closer. Ron spent a couple of hours picking our oranges,lemons, and limes. My table is full of citrus. I guess we'll have orange every way you can think of for the next month. Pam
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Sounds nice! Makes me think of warmth on this cold day. You could can some or give some away. With a simple syrup it would be both low sugar and quick to process.
 
foreverlearning said:
Sounds nice! Makes me think of warmth on this cold day. You could can some or give some away. With a simple syrup it would be both low sugar and quick to process.
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They are really sweet. I thought about juicing and freezing . Or maybe orange and lemon curd,
I was planning on making more soap but it might have to wait. I wonder if I could use orange zest. To sent soap. Pam
 
glebreton said:
Any of you Louisiana peeps with houses on piers have this problem? My hens seem to have taken an interest in the insulation under my Acadian style house on piers. There is Styrofoam board across the joists and it has a shiny shell. I guess they pecked at it once and then exposed the white Styrofoam. Now when they get bored they start jumping up and picking at my insulation. It looks like snow under my house and I have seen some hens eating the small bits of Styrofoam. I guess I will really feel it tomorrow and Tuesday when the temps drop!

Anybody else have this issue? Any ideas to deter them from picking/eating my Styrofoam insulation?
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Our previous Rottweiler would mess witha small tear in our under home covering(plastic), then insulation wojuld fall and he would make it worse and worse etc. THEN, my Bantams started hatching their babies ANYWHERE up in there for the last 2 years. There's just so many spots ripped to shreds. I re-insulated and covered w cut tarp to most of them. BUT, last night, the two spots I hadn't gotten to, were on opposite sides of the house yet in between were our water pipes. Guess whose pipes froze? I had to sit under the house with a hairdryer, thawing the pipes most of the day today. DH came home with a roll of insulation so we have it all covered now.
Drove me cray, cause NOT ALL EGGS hatched, and our summer heat, well, they exploded! The smells were the worst.
Only thing i can recommend is another cover type to seal over the styrofoam. They seem to love the stuff. Bout the size of small grains all I can think of? Maybe a giant tarp or two or three depending on your house size taped up? Cause ours wouldn't quit when we had some outside.
 

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