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Whew, FEM, I finally caught up with you!!
Hope that ankle is doing a bit better. Try the KT tape, just got to Youtube and search for videos on how to put it on and you can find lots of helpful stuff. Message me if you want more tips, it's great and supports in a way that vetwrap can't. Love love love that stuff.
Heh, single digits isn't uncommon here in MD, either. We don't go to the negs that often, though two winters ago it was brutal and we dipped to -5 at the lowest, with lows in the negs a few nights, which didn't include the wind chill. I've had ice crystals on my eye lashes from the tears that can't help but come out of my eyes from the cold. And my eyes were the only thing left uncovered! I keep thinking someday I'm gonna get goggles, then I'll be TOTALLY covered. But I'm always cold, so MD winters are as much as I want to deal with... my sister lived in NH and loved it... no thank you!!! LOL (Maybe CO, the winters are different in CO, much more sun...)
LOVE your piggies so much!!! They're so cute and sound like so much fun!! Maybe someday...
And btw, your hand warmer idea is a good one. Don't knock how much heat it can produce. There are people here that will take a small tupperware and put a handwarmer in it, and then put it in the bucket of water for a horse. The action of the floating bottle helps keep the water moving, and the hand warmer puts off just a bit of heat to help keep it from freezing. Of course, you have to have a horse that won't eat the bottle to do it with, but it does help. Your idea to do hot water bottles might work, too. But also remember that producing heat inside there could also create condensation. Not entirely sure of your ideas, but it's just something to contemplate.
It's getting cold here, too, and gray, which makes me kinda grumpy...
Hope that ankle is doing a bit better. Try the KT tape, just got to Youtube and search for videos on how to put it on and you can find lots of helpful stuff. Message me if you want more tips, it's great and supports in a way that vetwrap can't. Love love love that stuff.
Heh, single digits isn't uncommon here in MD, either. We don't go to the negs that often, though two winters ago it was brutal and we dipped to -5 at the lowest, with lows in the negs a few nights, which didn't include the wind chill. I've had ice crystals on my eye lashes from the tears that can't help but come out of my eyes from the cold. And my eyes were the only thing left uncovered! I keep thinking someday I'm gonna get goggles, then I'll be TOTALLY covered. But I'm always cold, so MD winters are as much as I want to deal with... my sister lived in NH and loved it... no thank you!!! LOL (Maybe CO, the winters are different in CO, much more sun...)
LOVE your piggies so much!!! They're so cute and sound like so much fun!! Maybe someday...
And btw, your hand warmer idea is a good one. Don't knock how much heat it can produce. There are people here that will take a small tupperware and put a handwarmer in it, and then put it in the bucket of water for a horse. The action of the floating bottle helps keep the water moving, and the hand warmer puts off just a bit of heat to help keep it from freezing. Of course, you have to have a horse that won't eat the bottle to do it with, but it does help. Your idea to do hot water bottles might work, too. But also remember that producing heat inside there could also create condensation. Not entirely sure of your ideas, but it's just something to contemplate.
It's getting cold here, too, and gray, which makes me kinda grumpy...
But, when I first got these pigs it was February this year and I bought the sow with two 12 day old babies and they were fine. I would go out to feed and not see any babies at all and then the hay pile would explode and the babies would come busting out of there, lol. I think these guys will be fine! I wish they'd get big enough to turn loose in the pasture - but that'll be awhile. Right now they can fit through the fences and I'm not gonna have that!
I went out with a tea kettle full of boiling water and poured over the top, then poked the ice. It was 22* last night.
