Wind chill doesn’t count, right?

[SourRoses]

Good morning from Florida. Now that I'm older, I put on socks at 30, thank you. Going down to 19, maybe 17, tonight. Wind gusts 45mph+

My chickens do fine w/o heat in this, just as they did last year when we had inches of snow on the ground for weeks - and they were chosen for heat tolerance, not cold heartiness. While they have plenty of dry, draft free places to get out of the wind, some of my idiots will likely choose to roost in full view of mother nature again tonight. and not for lack of space. I have roostings under shelter in wind blocked locations for a flock 6-8x my size. They are all adult birds, of course.

How are yours doing after last night?
Mine were very grumpy this morning that their water was frozen. It may be the first time that's ever happened for us.
Our RV water supply hose was frozen too. But thankfully we had gallon jugs of bottled water available to bring out for them.

Not sure if the plants will make it. I performed a very... umm, "creative" wrapping job with all the frost cover, tarps, and even a shade cloth we had, and lashed it down against that terrible wind. Put a spare brooder plate in there on high.
So I hesitate to unwrap it all before tonights freeze.
My mother was laughing at me last night, wearing TWO pairs of socks, two pants, and three long-sleeved shirts, to go out there. I mean, it's not like most of us Floridians have the garments for this stuff.

But you panhandlers have it worse! Did you get any of the snow?

 

[U_Stormcrow]

How are yours doing after last night?
Mine were very grumpy this morning that their water was frozen. It may be the first time that's ever happened for us.
Our RV water supply hose was frozen too. But thankfully we had gallon jugs of bottled water available to bring out for them.

Not sure if the plants will make it. I performed a very... umm, "creative" wrapping job with all the frost cover, tarps, and even a shade cloth we had, and lashed it down against that terrible wind. Put a spare brooder plate in there on high.
So I hesitate to unwrap it all before tonights freeze.
My mother was laughing at me last night, wearing TWO pairs of socks, two pants, and three long-sleeved shirts, to go out there. I mean, it's not like most of us Floridians have the garments for this stuff.

But you panhandlers have it worse! Did you get any of the snow?

Thanks for asking. All the critters here are fine. MAY have some damage on the plants in the greenhouse. No supplimental heat, big open space, some air gaps left to fill. Dropped to 28 last night in there. But I don't think I lost anything (apart from a few eggs that froze solid), just some leaf damage.

Hope your plants pull thru.
No snow, no moisture at all. Just cold and windy. Very, very windy.
I was pulling sweats over jeans, long sleeve (thin)shirt, tshirt over that, sweater on top of that to take the dog out to do her business. My wife was laughing too, till I told her I was going to warm my hands back up on her. Wisely, I put gloves on instead - so we're still married.

No broken pipes, either. At least, none that I can see. Warming trend starts tomorrow, I'll see if I lost any sacrifice PVC for the spigots in the pasture and the yard - but I'm not expecting to. Most of the water lines were empty, and the hoses disconnected.