Extreme Cold!!!!

[muffin57]

Man, is it ever cold and apparently to continue into February. At 10pm we are -30 feeling like -43. Hydro went out at 2pm today until 4:30pm. We were the lucky ones though, as we have wood heat and some others in other rural townships were out from 7:30am until 4:30pm. Great time for the hydro to go out when it is so cold. Terrible time for pipes freezing and other things that can go wrong in these temps. We have been fortunate so far with no pipes freezing, but I don't know about others. How are you all making out in these temps? I hope everyone stays warm.

[muffin57]

I should have mentioned that last night we were -33 feeling like -44, so I believe it is going to be a lot colder tonight.

[kenya]

Thank goodness we haven't gotten that cold here, I feel for you. We have a small generator that we turn on here as the hydro frequently goes out here.

[windwalkingwolf]

Brrrrrrr! It hasn't been that cold here yet either. We had a couple days of -35, and burst a pipe, then it shot up to plus 1, and then back down. Minus 32 at the moment, too cold for comfort!

[Killerbunny]

We have a generator too. -31 was our coldest before wind chill. Even the turkeys didn't want to come out that day! Chickens are hunkering down and so far managing . We get wind where we are so it's not even fun to go out and Xcountry ski.

[WLLady]

okay, so inuvik, up north, is warmer than we are....and we're in southwestern ontario snuggled up to a lake. go figure. i'm not complaining, because you folks up there closer to ottawa are a ton colder than down here! my weather station this morning ready -24. for here, that's awfully cold! especially with the lakes not frozen over yet! so looks like it's gearing up for snow, keeping an eye on the weather today. horse trough had ice over it this morning, even with the heater running....so broke that out for the horses (they eat snow of their own volition anyways). all the turkeys and chickens were singularly unimpressed. i feel for all livestock in this weather.....but everyone seemed warm, and even my moulting turkey jenny was snuggled up between another hen and the tom this morning staying warm. her feathers are growing in real fast right now, hopefully by the end of the week she'll be a little warmer on her own. stay warm everyone! i'm so glad i put heat cable on the hydrants in the barn this year. looks like we might just need them!

[ross]

Kathy , don’t your hydrants drain out at bottom into a gravel bed ?
Yep cold here too . Have a Jenny too . Only problem have to go outside to pull start . Brrr used once so far .Hook up to furnace or water pump whatever needed . My arthritis plays hell in this weather so Donna does barn chores I drive out later in covered snowblower to exercise dog & check critters . Hope new knee on Wed will help for getting around in this crap next year . Not ready to sit in lazy boy & hug grandkids yet . They’s getting to big anyway . Birds loose in barn doin just fine , still getting enough eggs for wknd feed for 2 . Luck all
This time of year I have 24/7 feed out . Pellets , whole corn , grit .

[Kbr42]

My toes in my -40 boots were frozen this morning after chores. Warm oatmeal for all the hens and my oddly sick girl got her scrambled eggs and crackers this morning. Heat is on in all the coops. And yet again everyone is in my smallest coop that has the heat on all winter. Even my standard Rooster, Oliver, was in the smallest nesting box...lol a wee bit cold this morning. My weather station read -28.1 when I went out this morning...brrrrrrr

Stay warm everyone.

[kenya]

I still have 5 in the house and one hen is becoming quite bossy about her food and water. Clucking away and banging on the front of the cage demanding to be fed when she sees me.

[windwalkingwolf]

When I got home from work at 3 am, the wood stove wasn't keeping up, and the propane furnace (set at 55 F) was trying to kick in. I had to go out and pour water on the tanks to get more vapour, they weren't gassing enough to actually run the furnace! I think a second wood stove may be in our future. Or a move to Australia.