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Location: Nebraska | are you doing anything special to prepare or help your horses through this arctic blast? They’re telling us we will be about -40! |
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Location: mi | Holy moly. Real temp? our wind chill is supposed to hit that but real temps not nearly that bad. I am just planning on leaving mine in the barn out of the wind with lots of hay and checking water more often. Other then that they will survive. They did a few years ago when it seemed like the entire winter was an arctic blast. |
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Location: SE Missouri | I’m not nearly as concerned as 2013/2014 winter. We will be dry and cold. During the last time we got to -20wind chill it was rain, sleet, then the arctic blast!
Lots of hay and breaking water consistently.
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| Free choice hay. Shelter out of the wind and heated waterers we’ll be checking to make sure they keep up.
I’m less worried about the cold and more worried about the temp swing when it’s 40-50* this weekend. |
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Location: Missouri | As much hay as they will eat, and blankets when it gets this cold.
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Location: Weatherford, TX | I know I saw how cold it was going to get. They sad the coldest air/wind chill temps in 25 years! Holy moly! I thought about the horses, dogs, etc. that will be impacted. Stay safe and warm (and pets, horses too). Please be careful as it will be bad. |
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Location: LuluLand~along I64 Indiana | anyone else love their leather gloves like me? i dont want to wear anything else to the barn but when it gets under 20 degrees my fingers freeze. Well i saw the other day someone suggest to wear surgicle gloves under them and let me tell you it works! I couldnt believe how warm they stayed! My didgets will survive the artic blast!  |
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Location: MN | Our actual temp tonight will be -40 degrees they're saying....wind chills approaching -70 degrees. Hay nets in the lean to, bedded down with straw, round bale, and heated water. They seemed really happy to see me as they came running to the gate for their morning alfalfa in this -48 feels like temp this morning! |
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| We aren't going to be cold cold bitter cold, but the temp swing is still going to be worrisome here in VA. I had one this morning that walked off from her feed so I'll be watching her carefully through the day and evening as the front sweeps through. Pretty much free choice hay for all, but the wind will make them work to catch it! |
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| Our high is currently 12. Our low tonight is supposed to be -17. Tomorrow's high is -8 and low is -18. Wind around 10-15 both days, tapering off Wed night. The wind chills are supposed to be in the -40s.
Everything is cancelled pretty much, with question marks for Thurs.
My horses are on a round of zesterra and THE electrolyte plus (himalayan salt) with heated water tubs and as much hay as they can stuff their faces with, plus some extra grain. We move the hay around to quiet areas out of the wind to make them move. We feed small squares, so that's easy to do.
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| Yep, Global warming sure is killing this planet.. LOLOL Today we are sunny and 75 with a low of 50 |
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Location: Do I hear Banjos? | One of my main concerns in a cold snap is that they will eat hay and not drink enough water. So...we offer them a bucket of warm water with a cup of rice bran meal stirred in. They will drink that down a couple of gallons at a time. It's a good way to ensure they stay hydrated and they love it. |
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Location: North Central Iowa Land of white frozen grass | Mine are outside. We are going to be -29F tonight actual temp. High tomorrow of -19F with a low of -37F actual temp. Mine are on a round bale full time with wind break. Plus are own mix of feed at about 3# /hd/d. We are going to have wind chills of -70F |
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Location: Weatherford, TX | BS Hauler - 2019-01-29 10:53 AM Mine are outside. We are going to be -29F tonight actual temp. High tomorrow of -19F with a low of -37F actual temp. Mine are on a round bale full time with wind break. Plus are own mix of feed at about 3# /hd/d. We are going to have wind chills of -70F
Wow! Can't even imagine.
Big 'shout out' to you as I couldn't handle it.
But it sounds like you have prepared for you and the 'pets'.
Be safe and warm!  |
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I just cant imagine the weather being in the -'s like what you guys are going to be going threw or going threw right now, its a WOW factor for me, prayers that horses and livestock and YOU will stay safe and warm  |
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Location: Missouri | FLITASTIC - 2019-01-29 10:28 AM
Yep, Global warming sure is killing this planet.. LOLOL Today we are sunny and 75 with a low of 50
I need to move wherever you are! |
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 Am I really the Weirdo?
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Location: Kansas | We're in Northeast KS with predicted wind chills close to -20 and actual temps about -10 tomorrow morning. Even the pasture horses are in the barn and we're alternating 3 in stalls, 3 in the pen that includes part of the barn. One set goes in at 5 p.m. when we feed, then we switch at 9 p.m. for night chores and again about 6:20 a.m. for morning chores. So far we haven't put the heated water bucket out, but I told my husband we'll have to use it tonight and tomorrow. One stall has a tank with a heater in it and the barn lot has a tank with a heater, but the other two stalls aren't set up for heaters except the bucket. We'll end up hanging it in one stall and the other horse can reach across the wall and drink from it too. We're also loading them up on hay and everyone has a blanket on. We've got fleece & wool coolers plus Back on Track & Draper sheets that can be added as liners under the medium weight blankets if needed. The barn cats are going to need to jump up on the stall walls and drink from the heated bucket or we'll have to fill the other stall tank up high enough that they can reach it because I know their rubber water pan will freeze tonight. |
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Location: North Dakota | -35 or so actual temp expected tonight here with windchills this morning in the -50s. All the horses were happy and spunky. We put some in stalls as we are in the flat land of ND and the wind is killer as we don't have any wind blocks. Each pen has a shelter but we allow those who can't handle stalling to have access to our indoor arena so they can get fully out of the wind and relax. They get along just fine with plently of hay and warm water. |
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Location: Weatherford, TX | MOGirl07 - 2019-01-29 11:03 AM FLITASTIC - 2019-01-29 10:28 AM Yep, Global warming sure is killing this planet.. LOLOL Today we are sunny and 75 with a low of 50 I need to move wherever you are!
Now you are just being mean!
Just tormenting all of us with your nice, warm weather! Bad BB buddy!
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| Gator Bug - 2019-01-29 12:20 PM
MOGirl07 - 2019-01-29 11:03 AM FLITASTIC - 2019-01-29 10:28 AM Yep, Global warming sure is killing this planet.. LOLOL Today we are sunny and 75 with a low of 50 I need to move wherever you are!
Just tormenting all of us with your nice, warm weather! Bad BB buddy!
SOUTHERN CA......... but we got rain coming this weekend.. LOL
And NO... DON'T move here unless you want to pay 1100.00 for truck tags every year and live in a sanctuary state.. 
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