SNOW IN TEXAS!!

[Baymule]

Sunrise over frozen Texas.

 

[Baymule]

@kuwaiti-90 Haha I don't know much about Livestock in snow either. We get snow maybe every 3 years. Good thing, it never lasts long. It is usually gone in 3-4 days. The roads are ice so we don't go anywhere. This is the South and there is no snow road equipment like there is in the North part of the country.

The horses have a 36'x36' barn that we leave open. They can go in or out as they please. In that picture, the chestnut gelding was running and kicking up his heels. He felt good!

They have a round bale of hay at all times, 300 gallon water tank, fed a good feed every evening and get lots of love and attention. In this weather they mostly stay in the barn. The sun is shining today so they will probably pick a sunny spot to hang out in.

Time for me to put on all my warm clothes and go out to care for the animals!

 

[High Desert Cowboy]

Sunrise in the snow is always a beautiful sight. I’d say y’all are so lucky right now but I imagine it’s tough when you’re not equipped for that kind of weather.

 

[greybeard]

Ah yes--warmth and brightness have re-appeared!!. Helios has mounted his chariot of fire and has once again begun to move across the sky.

 

[AClark]

I'll take your snow if you take our temps this morning! I've all but given up on watering. I'm still breaking it, but it freezes to the pipe I break it with in between walking to each one, and then to my glove. Boiling water, I wish. Our water pressure is so poor it takes me several minutes to fill a 5 gallon bucket in the bath tub. I can't wait for the 70 degrees they are predicting this weekend, at this point, I'd take 50's as long as the hose thaws out.

 

[Baymule]

I broke two inch slabs of ice in the horse tank this morning. A couple hours later, it was refreezing.

I poured boiling water in and over the chickens water tubs to get the ice out.

The sun is up and bare patches are showing.

Still plenty of snow to go around.

 

[kuwaiti-90]

hello Bay ...

In Kuwait, there is no snow
But we have ice, water pipes freeze and break in the desert areas and the cold is harsh and dry, and the temperature drops below zero but without snow.

We have to cover the horse with heavy and warm cover.
I do not fear the poor handling of the horses because you are interested in them and sponsored by good and form indicates good preservation.

Sometimes in winter we have bad weather, not suitable to work in this atmosphere of coldness.

In this atmosphere we remove all the ponds from the livestock, cold water is possible to cause pneumonia, and are given only at daytime.

We build her huts of wood and be warm to them either for horses or livestock .

 

[Baymule]

@kuwaiti-90 the horses grow a winter coat, in cold weather it fluffs out, trapping their body heat. They have the choice of shelter in their barn or being outside. Same with the sheep. They have free access to their shelter and choose when to be in or out of it. I have a small fence around it and can close them up at night if I feel it is needed. The Great Pyrenees dogs guard them.

32Fis at freezing. For the city of Tyler, that we live near, the cold record has been broken. It got down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit. The recorded lowest temperature was 11 degrees Fahrenheit in 1957.

The high today is to be 44F and that will melt most if not all the snow. It does not snow every year here, the state, towns and cities do not have snow equipment to clear the roads. So we just stay home and do not get out on the roads. Yesterday I cleared ice and snow from our vehicles so we can go out today. It will go back down to 18F tonight, up to 50F tomorrow and tomorrow night the low will be 30F degrees. Then we will be through with freezing weather for awhile!

We have kept the water on in the house, it did not freeze. But I cut off the water to all outside faucets and drained them. At least now we know that the pipes are good down to 10 degrees Fahrenheit, 22 degrees below freezing!

It is good for us to talk to each other and learn about each other's lives and how we care for our animals!

Our barn.

 

[Bruce]

But we have ice, water pipes freeze and break in the desert areas and the cold is harsh and dry, and the temperature drops below zero but without snow.

Is that 0°C or 0°F??
In either case, I am ignorant enough that I would have bet it never got anywhere near that cold in Kuwait!

 

[Baymule]

Low of 18F last night, look what showed up. Meet Winter.

Lady Baa Baa is the proud mother.