You are right: There is nothing better than the radiant heat from a hot wood-stove. The warmth goes under the skin, straight to the cold bones.
Those cleats are on my amazing wish-list for years now, and i always remember to order them when its already too late...
I'm a dumbass…
We're at 3 this morning with wind chills -15FI lost my tiny OEGB hen yesterday to this horrid weather. I have a tiny Cochin bantam inside too. I am pretty sure she'll make it now.
I am ready for spring anyone else?
So sorry for the little one!
I am amazed how good the dux are holding up in that horrific weather! No frostbite anywhere, and they all eat like they have tiny little conveyor belts in their throats. A full bag of scratch grain alone over this weekend. I'm not sure if they eat out of boredom or to stay warm. The dux-house stays below freezing during the nights, so they may really need to burn those calories.Mine seem okay. Although I worry a bit about how much they've been eating these past few days (the ducks, the chickens will eat anything in sight). I don't want to feed them in their coop, but they dislike the cold so much they've been leaving food out. My chocolate barred drake lost his webbing to frostbite.Apart from that, they fared fairly well. Even the OEGB. They're in with three fluffy banties, so I assume they all pile together for warmth at night.
It is available in three sizes:
I would check with them Frank. If you enclose that patio as you talked about I would think they would try to say it is part of the house and not cover you if there were a fire. They worry about fires and since the patio is attached to the house and will be enclosed I would think they would think if it caught on fire the house could go with it. My brother-in-law a few years back burned his house to the ground with a wood burner and boxes stored too close to the stove. They had coverage though since it was in the basement like ours is and were able to build a new house on the site of where the old one stood. He was fortunate no one was home when it burnt.I cannot install a woody in the house right now, the insurance companies go crazy about open flames inside of houses. You cannot get home-insurance if you have a wood-stove or a fireplace (except fake or gas ones). Still have to pay off the mortgage and the lender insists in carrying comprehensive insurance. - So technically, a wood-stove on the patio isn't inside the house is it?
Better late than never Frank. They don't spoil so order them now and you will have them for the next round of bad weather. We are far from done with winter. Just my thoughts.Those cleats are on my amazing wish-list for years now, and i always remember to order them when its already too late...
I pray that she feels better soon. I am sorry that she is injured. Sometimes it just takes time. She is soooooo pretty.With all that cold weather topics, i have forgotten to report about Blanca Duck!
That's her, enjoying the warmth on the patio on Friday, just before the cold rolled in:
Today she is still unable to walk more than three steps before her right leg just collapses. So
we decided Water-Therapy might be good for her. [She also started to smell, but don't tell her, she is a very vain duck…]
Very happy duck in the tub, me not so happy because i will have to mop the bathroom now…
While in the water, she moves her right leg almost normal, but it curls up when she is just bobbing around:
more detailed:
As said, she is able to slowly walk, but after a few steps it is like her leg gets pulled to the back and she falls down.
