Wing It Ranch

[WingItRanch]

It is so freaking cold. That wind! Everyone is fine except the goats were shivering. I decided to turn on the heat lamp I have (secured away from them). It makes me nervous but I have a camera to check on everything. I gave them extra grain and they have plenty of hay to eat and straw to bed down in.

 

[Auntiejessi3]

Today the automatic door is frozen shut

Same here, but mine is frozen open, lol. The hubs built a backup manual for inside the coop, so I've been closing and opening it. I'm ready for some sunshine and warmth

 

[Mother of Chaos]

Post freezing rain: Kitchen door to outside frozen shut this morning; padlock key mechanism (where you twist the key) + then the shackle (the bar that slides into - and out of - the padlock body) both frozen and had to be thawed separately. It took quite a while to get into the run this morning!

I believe I’ll skip using the padlock for the next several nights. It’s inside resting on a floor vent drying out, then to be drowned in WD-40 or some such.