ducks4you
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Welllllll...heated hose is frozen at the end!! 
It's the combination of below zero temperatures AND 25mph winds.
I had to carry 1/2 buckets of water from the basement this morning for the ponies. I will do the same in a few hours.
For those who say why? Because livestock can colic if they don't get water.
My boys could probably miss a week of hay, but that would lead to colic, too.
I have been throwing straw in their stalls and you let Them break up the flakes and spread it around.
The stalls look dry and pleasant.
They should get turned out by the weekend.
The hose will be working by Thursday. Some sun and temperatures in the 20's will make that happen.
The experts tell you to get them warm water, but with their coats and fat winter time bodies they can handle cold water. And, that's not possible in my knee condition, where I have to be extra careful where I step outside.
I also threw out the kitchen garbage and got the big cat to the street. When my help dug us out, he cleared the snow over the "sidewalk to nowhere" which starts at my driveway and that's where the pickup trash can has been going.
I took the time to dump the water and ice out of their small portable 30 gallon water tank and put it upside down. Won't have to buy a replacement that has cracked from ice.
It's the combination of below zero temperatures AND 25mph winds.
I had to carry 1/2 buckets of water from the basement this morning for the ponies. I will do the same in a few hours.
For those who say why? Because livestock can colic if they don't get water.
My boys could probably miss a week of hay, but that would lead to colic, too.
I have been throwing straw in their stalls and you let Them break up the flakes and spread it around.
The stalls look dry and pleasant.
They should get turned out by the weekend.
The hose will be working by Thursday. Some sun and temperatures in the 20's will make that happen.
The experts tell you to get them warm water, but with their coats and fat winter time bodies they can handle cold water. And, that's not possible in my knee condition, where I have to be extra careful where I step outside.
I also threw out the kitchen garbage and got the big cat to the street. When my help dug us out, he cleared the snow over the "sidewalk to nowhere" which starts at my driveway and that's where the pickup trash can has been going.
I took the time to dump the water and ice out of their small portable 30 gallon water tank and put it upside down. Won't have to buy a replacement that has cracked from ice.
plus snow, than we are. I feel fortunate that the snow stayed south of me. 
