omicron1792
5 year old buck +
My weather app shows a cold front coming through Saturday with nice and cool temperatures after
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- Thread starter Howboutthemdawgs
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Looks like we're projected for about 54 straight hours of below zero temps this weekend, with feels like temps as low as -40. I'm sure lots of you will have it even worse.
My biggest worry for this is our chickens. Their coop is draft free but no heat source for them. They did ok in our previous weekend at -10 with a little bit of frostbite damage to combs but nothing major.
Our Saint Bernard will probably take a nap outside. Lol
My biggest worry for this is our chickens. Their coop is draft free but no heat source for them. They did ok in our previous weekend at -10 with a little bit of frostbite damage to combs but nothing major.
Our Saint Bernard will probably take a nap outside. Lol
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Same concern at the gypsy house. No heat for our chickens either. A couple dumb ones try to sleep in the run every night and we need to put them in the coop when it's really cold.
South AR is predicted to see 0 degree temps, with 1 to 2” ice and five inches of snow. That is at the very least a property damaging storm and at the worst - a killer. No power for a couple days and the waterlines freeze. Folks down here dont have basements - mostly pier and beam. I cant even imagine 1 to 2 “ of ice. We got a 1/4” last year and I had to cut about 15 trees - mostly cedar - to get out of the driveway.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Better keep that water running and have alternative heat sources! Good luck to the folks down south without the infrastructure designed around such weather!
chucker66
5 year old buck +
Just make sure your birds have plenty of fresh water and lots of food. They will be fine. A little frost bite wont hurt too bad. That's why I like chickens with small combs like Brahmas. I do have a small electric oil heater that I sometimes put in the coop when its this cold. Looking like -31 here Friday.
Hoytvectrix
5 year old buck +
I was studying up in Fayetteville in January 2009 for that really bad ice storm. I remember it being somewhere between 1-2 inches of ice. Probably the nastiest winter storm I have ever experienced. Most didn't have power for 3-5 days. I remember walking with friends at night around town and seeing the transformers all blowing up like a blue/green firework show.
Jerry-B-WI
5 year old buck +
I hope Texas doesn't have a replay of the weather they had when Ted Cruz took his snowbird vacation.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
Any local pet store should have an IR heat lamp for reptiles. That might work in a pinch.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
If you have a crawlspace, get a propane heater and blow hot air in there. You can also get a Bluetooth thermometer to monitor the temperature. Just be careful of CO and CO2.
My dad has a generator and propane heater and several thermometers attached to his weather station. I think they've gone as long as a week without power. It's really nice to avoid the potential catastrophy that comes with winter storms. Some of their neighbors lost all their food and were using buckets for toilets.
Wind Gypsy
5 year old buck +
Just saw some pretty scary warnings for the south. Hope you guys got the essentials to hang in there and/or a decent plan to get somewhere that does if it gets really ugly.
Howboutthemdawgs
5 year old buck +
Headed to my farm in 30 to do what I can to winterize. -3 on Monday will test a lot of things.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
A well designed overhead electric system can generally withstand extreme temps and extreme snow very well. However, when you start getting over a quarter inch of ice, get ready for some trouble in most locations in the south.
They were forecasting 1-4" of ice here, but last I saw that has been reduced to less than 1". Either way, we have enough propane to cook and supplemental heat with for a while in addition to the gas log fireplace that will keep the living room warm. Also have extra gas in case we need to go sit in the cars to warm up and charge phones.
Biggest issue is my daughter is a nurse @ CHOA (Scottish Rite) and it is basically mandatory that they come in, so I am sure I will be transporting her back and forth as needed.
Biggest issue is my daughter is a nurse @ CHOA (Scottish Rite) and it is basically mandatory that they come in, so I am sure I will be transporting her back and forth as needed.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
In Norway we get a lot of ice and snow in the winter. If you absolutely have to be walking and driving around, a few cheap emergency products can really make a difference. I keep a set of emergency tire chains, and a set of "brodder" in my garage and throw them in my car when weather gets nasty.
Like this:
And these:
Telemark
5 year old buck +
Here's an example of a pair I have hanging by the door with my shoes:
They're cheap, and I've had them for years. You can get aggressive spikes like these for snow, and you can get smaller studs for glare ice. An absolute lifesaver when you need them, and they pack away pretty small for when you don't.
They're cheap, and I've had them for years. You can get aggressive spikes like these for snow, and you can get smaller studs for glare ice. An absolute lifesaver when you need them, and they pack away pretty small for when you don't.
Native Hunter
5 year old buck +
Those must make your roundhouse kick very effective.
Telemark
5 year old buck +
Hah! I won't be executing any roundhouse kicks on ice, and on hard ground it's like walking in bicycle shoes. Ice cleats can be helpful hiking on steep terrain, though. I have 3 or 4 different styles, and they really come in handy as long as you don't put them somewhere "clever" and forget. There's a pair in my car and a pair by my shoes.
