Cold weather finally sets in...

We can handle cold weather. We know what needs to be done. We have a setup for every animal to keep them warm, water from freezing, protection from the elements.

At least at the old house we did.

Here is a whole other story. We weren't ready for cold. Yesterday morning everyone's water was frozen. The horses were mad because we didn't have any hay here. It was still at the other house. They have 88 acres of grass so it wasn't a concern for us. Then the wind started, then the snow. The temperature plummeted and everything went wrong.

Yesterday morning I was late for work. I have no system here yet. What used to take me 5 minutes now takes me an hour. Getting everyone fresh warm water was a priority. Since we have all the outside water shut off that means filling buckets in the house. Which should not be a big deal. But since the basement door here can not be opened from the outside I have to come inside and go out the basement to get buckets and fill them and then take them back outside. It doesn't help that I shut the door behind me and had to go back through the house again to open the basement door.

Getting a basement door that I can open from the outside is a priority. This is going to old FAST.

Last night after work we went to the old house and got all the heated buckets and lots of extension cords. The only building that doesn't have electric is the one that the dogs are in. So we had to run cords from the chicken house to the quantum hutch for the dogs. The horse's water is plugged in at the house.

It's a whole new world for us here! I can't wait until everything is set up and in its place!