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Temp drop between 3pm (52) & 5pm (7) for a 45 degree drop - wind came up from 5mph to 40mph. Made sure to fill fuel (and add double dose fuel additive with cetane boost). Dealt with similar before, so have a good idea of how to cope. Expect temps to fall to -20 or more.
Horses blanketed, water tanks full & heated.
Son dealing with worse has 45 head of cattle in MT, been below 0 degrees for a few already, expect -30! Stock tanks require ice off multiple times a day. Tractor and loader winterized as best as can, stored in enclosed shed (coal heat but out of coal - THANKS EPA!).
Stay safe and warm, we will be OK (stocked up on strong coffee & Canadian). Staying inside except to care for stock - been through this before! Old Home Place December 2006
Don't know how those animals survive out there in subzero temps like that. Always thought that was amazing.
No kidding, don't their feet get cold? Forecast here is 53 for Friday and 8 Friday night with the change happening in a short time, like Horseman reported.
Stores around here are like a Bulgarian market. One stale loaf of bread, and a nasty bottle of vodka nobody will drink.
Supposed to start in the mid 30's, front rolls thru about daybreak, below zero by midnight. Gotta go plug in the 7.3....
spent today doing blown in insulation in my attic space to help hold the heat in the house. Poorly insulated for a 20 year old house, and the oil is expensive these days.
Temp on the TDI this evening when getting home. Had to start it without plugging it in. It didn't like it! 7.3 will get about five hours on the block heater before firing it up tomorrow to get to work...
Northern CO mountains here - your day yesterday sounds much like mine...
Only -12 this morning when I fed, and NO WIND! What a blessing. Horses will be getting extra rations for the next couple of days, and I'll try to avoid having to plow until it warms up a bit.
Temperatures here are only supposed to dip down to around zero overnight and tomorrow night, but, a foot of snow blizzard warning until Saturday afternoon, so it will get a little exciting for the next 48 hours or so. I'm on day #5 of the worst flu virus I've had since I was probably a teenager, so I'm already aggravated and bored to death sitting around the house. Needless to say a tough week this year when it should be happy time. Next weekend is calling for 50 and rainy for a few days so that sounds just fine.
Feed, water, shelter - same needs as us, except the booze!
The horses at my Mom's house in WA are known to drink a beer or two.
I mean in general it's amazing how well animals are adapted to surviving outside in temps that would kill a person. Step dad's German Shepard will go sleep outside in 20F temps at night for fun. One thing if you're out moving around with layers on but just laying there is awful. I've slept in trucks with no heat down to around that temp or maybe a bit less and it doesn't matter how many layers it's still a bad night of sleep.
Northern CO mountains here - your day yesterday sounds much like mine...
Only -12 this morning when I fed, and NO WIND! What a blessing. Horses will be getting extra rations for the next couple of days, and I'll try to avoid having to plow until it warms up a bit.
Stay warm and enjoy that Canadian!
Merry Christmas all!
A little extra molasses feed for the ponies? Do they get cranky when it gets cut back?
A little extra molasses feed for the ponies? Do they get cranky when it gets cut back?
Ha! Nope - just extra hay for most of them. Hay helps keep their furnace going. Have an old mare who gets bagged (senior) feed and alfalfa pellets. At the age of 31, she's earned some special treatment. The extra hay helps keep them occupied as well, and hopefully out of mischief while they're hanging around the barn.
Ha! Nope - just extra hay for most of them. Hay helps keep their furnace going. Have an old mare who gets bagged (senior) feed and alfalfa pellets. At the age of 31, she's earned some special treatment. The extra hay helps keep them occupied as well, and hopefully out of mischief while they're hanging around the barn.
IMHO plenty of straight grass hay is best to keep horses warm and busy.
BEWARE of some alfalfa cubes -
-20 & 6 inches snow last night. Tried to start truck, after 20 seconds crank I could tell she needed to be plugged in. Ran engine heater 2.5 hours, cranked her and she fired up fine. 6 miles @ 1500 rpm and up to operating temp. Pretty much as expected. However auto lock hubs fail, had to lock in manually. When we get better weather I need to service those hubs!
