Warm enough?

[Goat Whisperer]

Don't worry @MsDeb as long as they are out of the wind and rain they should be fine. I would also put down some straw so they can bed down.
Oh, my girls do appreciate warm water and extra treats/Alfalfa at 10-11pm. Little brats really know how to manipulate you!

 

[OneFineAcre]

@MsDeb

Sadly I thought about your post tonight
Want to say again No Heaters
Just found out on FaceBook one of Rosemary's bucklings from this spring that we sold to a farm in OH died tonight in a barn fire
Buffy and Clementine are OK
Buffy was sold bred and her two kids had smoke inhalation and are stressed but they think they are going to be ok
Please, your goats don't need heaters in the barn

 

[Southern by choice]

@MsDeb

Sadly I thought about your post tonight
Want to say again No Heaters
Just found out on FaceBook one of Rosemary's bucklings from this spring that we sold to a farm in OH died tonight in a barn fire
Buffy and Clementine are OK
Buffy was sold bred and her two kids had smoke inhalation and are stressed but they think they are going to be ok
Please, your goats don't need heaters in the barn

how sad! Sorry OFA I know that hurts you too.
@OneFineAcre I really think this would be a good thread to start. We have been seeing this too with heaters and heatlamps. It seems many just don't think it will happen to them. It is devastating.
I have wondered about the pig pads... are they safe?

 

[norseofcourse]

I always hate to hear about barn fires
There was a barn fire at a farm animal rescue place one county over from me, just this past February. Started from a heat lamb or bulb, from the reports. Four animals were killed, two were goats.

I don't even have electricity in my barn yet, but when I do, I will be very aware of safety. Everyone here did ok last winter - through the 'polar vortex', days of record-setting low temperatures, times when even the heated water tub couldn't keep the water from freezing. Everyone has access to a run-in area, and those run-ins aren't closed - there is always one side totally open to the weather (the side facing away from where the winds typically come from).

 

[kinder]

Glad I came across this MsDeb, thanks.!! I was wondering the same thing. I live in mid. Vermont and my 2 bucks and rooster bunk in the same thing. ( I call it their man cave ). The 10x10 that is.

 

[MsDeb]

@MsDeb

Sadly I thought about your post tonight
Want to say again No Heaters
Just found out on FaceBook one of Rosemary's bucklings from this spring that we sold to a farm in OH died tonight in a barn fire
Buffy and Clementine are OK
Buffy was sold bred and her two kids had smoke inhalation and are stressed but they think they are going to be ok
Please, your goats don't need heaters in the barn

How sad! I worry that mine are cold, but I think I'd worry more about their sheds catching fire now. No heaters. Thank you for sharing. Even though it's sad news, its a timely reminder.