Wing It Ranch

[WingItRanch]

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[WingItRanch]

We've got some nasty weather coming this weekend. Lows hovering around 18. It won't get above freezing on Sunday. Nasty freezing rain.

I'm not worried about the chickens. They're pretty much set up. Except for their waterers, of course. I'll have to just bring the water all inside at night. Hopefully the rain barrel system I build will withstand the freeze.

The goats I worry about. Especially knowing Daisy is going to have a baby any day now. I'll move them into the maternity ward with a heat lamp secured. I'll then move Beau back into the goat pen (he's currently living in the large pig pens) because there's deep straw for him to cuddle into. He loves the cold so he'll be just fine. I'll have to remove his water at night too.

And.... drip all the faucets. Yay...
I honestly don't know how people who live up North deal with this. Texas basically shuts down during our rare winter storms.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

We've got some nasty weather coming this weekend. Lows hovering around 18. It won't get above freezing on Sunday. Nasty freezing rain.

I'm not worried about the chickens. They're pretty much set up. Except for their waterers, of course. I'll have to just bring the water all inside at night. Hopefully the rain barrel system I build will withstand the freeze.

The goats I worry about. Especially knowing Daisy is going to have a baby any day now. I'll move them into the maternity ward with a heat lamp secured. I'll then move Beau back into the goat pen (he's currently living in the large pig pens) because there's deep straw for him to cuddle into. He loves the cold so he'll be just fine. I'll have to remove his water at night too.

And.... drip all the faucets. Yay...
I honestly don't know how people who live up North deal with this. Texas basically shuts down during our rare winter storms.

Yep, old man winter couldn't just let us keep rolling on with our nice mild winter, oh no, gotta throw some BS at us! I swear we get at least 1 of these events every year I'm sure Beau will make sure the goats are snug as a bug!

 

[WingItRanch]

Yep, old man winter couldn't just let us keep rolling on with our nice mild winter, oh no, gotta throw some BS at us! I swear we get at least 1 of these events every year I'm sure Beau will make sure the goats are snug as a bug!

I'm actually still keeping Beau separate from the goats when not supervised. He's still showing too much interest in them and I'm afraid he's going to hurt them trying to mount. Vet says he should calm down after being neutered in a couple months. He's about 14months old now so hopefully matures soon.

 

[Mother of Chaos]

... I honestly don't know how people who live up North deal with this. Texas basically shuts down during our rare winter storms.

As someone who has lived mainly in the South, I figure it's because of two things: (1) they get more serious winters, so they're prepared: their houses are built tighter, pipes are better protected, more snowplows and quickly deployed, and they've learned to drive on snow, and (2) they are more likely to get "just" snow, but we get freezing rain. No one can drive on slick, solid ice!

(My first husband was from New Jersey, and he scoffed at #2. But let's just say that at the end of one Knoxville TN winter, it wasn't MY car in the body shop getting repairs.)

 

[Tstraub]

I honestly don't know how people who live up North deal with this. Texas basically shuts down during our rare winter storms.

I feel like I can weigh in on this a bit. I’m from Indiana so not the coldest place around but I did work outside in single digit temperatures for a 12 hour shift Monday night.

I work at a Walmart Distribution Center. I move semi trailers to and from the dock doors so the people inside the building can load or unload the trailers. I spend approximately an equal amount of time in and out of the truck as I hitch the trailers and chock the tires of the trailers.

The secret is wearing good cold weather gear. I certainly wouldn’t want to do it wearing your coat and shoes but with my boots and coat I’m pretty comfortable. I drive with the window down and only enough heat to keep the windshield clear.

I often take my breaks in my truck because if I go inside the building wearing all my cold weather gear for more than a few minutes I’ll start sweating and if I do sweat then go back outside I’ll be miserable for at least an hour as I adjust to the cold again.

 

[Molpet]

I often take my breaks in my truck because if I go inside the building wearing all my cold weather gear for more than a few minutes I’ll start sweating and if I do sweat then go back outside I’ll be miserable for at least an hour as I adjust to the cold again.

I worked snow removal, shoveling drains, doorway entrances and stairwell at a college. I wore layers and the Carhartt bibs, coat I took off when I went inside for break.
One time I had a warm bottle of pop in an outside pocket and it was slush after less than an hour. -20f out of the wind.

 

[Tstraub]

I worked snow removal, shoveling drains, doorway entrances and stairwell at a college. I wore layers and the Carhartt bibs, coat I took off when I went inside for break.
One time I had a warm bottle of pop in an outside pocket and it was slush after less than an hour. -20f out of the wind.

-20f is a whole different kind of cold. I’ve only experienced it a few times that’s the kind of cold you feel in your lungs.

 

[WingItRanch]

This conversation is making me feel glad I live here and also bad for complaining

I did just buy my first pair of insulated overalls. My partner made fun of me but I'll be laughing (in my overalls) when he's freezing his butt off in jeans trying to get the generator started.

@Mother of Chaos I do agree about the level of preparedness being a major factor. Pipes and houses aren't insulated around here and there's no such thing as snow plows or salting. Our power lines aren't buried so freezing rain can cut power. A lot of people don't even have fireplaces.

I suppose it's the same in regards to hurricanes. I've been through quite a few and you just manage with your checklist but that time the hurricane made it to the NE, no one was prepared and it was a major disaster.