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| My trio had a blast playing around on the -15 real temps. Real feel said -25. Running, bucking, rearing, but at least they drank well and the cows seemed better in this than that wet heavy rain.
We're supposed to be 19 today, 38 tomorrow, and 47 Sunday. I was super worried because it was supposed to rain, but it appears, that was a lie, for now. |
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| Well, we survived!
The scariest part of the whole ordeal was when we lost power at 11:30 Tuesday night. It was off for 2 hours before our HERO linemen got her back up and running. Elation when it came back on was an understatement. Horror to Cloud 9 made for a sleepy Wednesday.
The horses did great! I must thank Krystal for the THE Electrolyte Plus that she had sent. It's basically Himalayan salt, and that increased their water intake. Plus we have started on Zesterra daily in these cold snaps. We did it last year when it was cold for a long stretch and here the last wekk. Helps so much!
Now, make sure the ground hog does us well, and it'll be good! So excited for 50 this weekend! The roads need it! |
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Location: Northern Ontario | Our horses are pretty used to it up here and spend all winter in 300gm turnouts plus they have a pretty good winter coat, but when the air temp in -40, they come into a heated barn. weather like that can even be hard on horses who are used to this weather. Colic is always a concern and they tend to drink less when its cold. always provide lots hay and warm water for them |
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Location: Illinois | Gator Bug - 2019-01-31 5:08 PM
JLazyT_perf_horses - 2019-01-31 4:47 PM Horses survived just fine and I still went to work during the "polar vortex." They got lots of hay & plenty of water. Mine are always on MVP Gastro-plex anyway so that helps in times like this. More concerned about going from -40 wind chills to 55 degrees days later. I did wake up to a lovely surprise yesterday morning, which was the coldest day. The drywall in my house had condensation from the moisture in the air in my house and the dry frigid outside air and was wet in a lot of places and one bedroom had 1/2" of frost on the inside. All my windows were iced over in the inside. Oh geez... that is really insult to injury. With all the frightening cold air and then you have to deal with the house in those cold temps!
Wow!!!
At least the 'ponies' are doing good throughout all this cold weather. They usually do, we worry about them way more than they do themselves. LOL
Hope you got the house taken care of. 
Thank you, I'm hoping the house will be fine. As of this morning I can no longer see any moisture, but I'm sure the inside of the walls are still damp. Luckily the majority was in rooms I was planning to repaint this spring and my dad is pretty handy with drywall, so we'll make sure to replace any that needs replaced. I do have a humidifier on my furnace, which is most likely the main culprit besides my terrible insulation. I had it set to what it should be for when it's 20 degrees or so outside, I forgot to turn it completely off for the duration of the vortex. I was so concerned about other things. It's still only 3 degrees here and we got more snow last night.
I board my horses so their care wasn't really up to me, but I was driving out there checking regularly just in case. Hopefully everyone else came though ok & will come through ok with the 90 degree temperature swing we're about to have. I know I'm sure ready for some consistency with the weather |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | When it gets this cold I force feed salt to my horses so they drink. Couple of ounces per hd per day is all it takes. I just mix it in their daily feed. |
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Location: Kentucky | This is what I do, put it in their grain. I worry about the extreme temp changes. |
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