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Across the Fence:  You know it is cold when...........  |
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4372 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4372 Posts |
 Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 04:49:04 AM
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your milker does not want to keep running. My milking area is in an unheated barn, and the milker worked for a while and then would stop. I could get it going again and it would stop. I ended up strippimg my cow out, and then of course the pulsator keep going. -22 this morning at 6 am.
Farming in WI
Michele
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Wanda Sue
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wanda
Murrells Inlet
SC
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 05:20:30 AM
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Wow Michelle, I can’t even imagine temps like that. The lowest I’ve ever experienced was in the teens.
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 07:46:00 AM
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Michelle, I'm with Wanda, can't imagine temps that low. I know your wood fire sure felt good when you got back inside.
Sara
Lord put your arm around my shoulders & your hand over my mouth.
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MaryJanesNiece
True Blue Farmgirl
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Krista
Utah
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 1:16:09 PM
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Michele, that is super cold. Hopefully your temps don't stay that low for too long. Stay warm!
Krista
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Jokamartell
True Blue Farmgirl
1708 Posts
Karen
Kennewick
WA
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 1:22:39 PM
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Yikes, that is cold!! :) Here’s hoping you won’t have issues with your milker all winter.
Michelle, can you please explain what stripping out the cow means? Thanks! :) I’m a Farmgirl at heart…lol
Karen :)
To quote one of my past preschoolers “Not one of those Karens, but a good Karen”! Haha |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
2443 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 1:31:09 PM
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My goodness Michelle! I also can't imagine being out in cold like that. Maybe it was too cold for your machine? Please keep warm. The coldest I was in was 10 and I couldn't even take a deep breath.
Judith
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ddmashayekhi
True Blue Farmgirl
4773 Posts
Dawn
Naperville
Illinois
USA
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Posted - Jan 20 2025 : 7:20:16 PM
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Hang in there Michele! Hopefully the arctic blast will clear out by Wednesday! Keep warm.
Dawn in IL
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4372 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4372 Posts |
Posted - Jan 21 2025 : 03:10:57 AM
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Colder this morning. At 5 it is -27. Will drop a few more degrees before the sun rises. House was cold this morning. Got up early and put a bunch of small wood on the fire to get that going again. Karen, stripping out just means I finished milking the last bit of milk by hand. The cold wears on you, in my opinion. We have to feed hay today, and I hope the tractor will start, but not holding my breath. Will plug it in when I go out to milk. If nothing else we will pull the bales in with the truck. There is only 5 inches of snow out there so we will be able to drive in it. Looking forward to going above zero.
Farming in WI
Michele
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Red Tractor Girl
True Blue Farmgirl
6694 Posts
Winnie
Gainesville
Fl
USA
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Posted - Jan 21 2025 : 4:37:48 PM
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Michele, you take care now with these bitter cold conditions! I hope the weather changes soon so that you can more easily get your farm chores done.
Winnie #3109
Red Tractor Girl
Farm Sister of the Year 2014-2015
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4372 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4372 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2025 : 03:00:29 AM
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Nice difference this morning, 3 above. Little bit of fresh snow too. We did get the tractor started yesterday, and cows got their hay. Thankfully all is good and working. I heated up some raw rice, poured it in a sock and put that on the milker pulsator and it kept that working so I could milk. I was able to warm up my finger tips too, haha. I am sure all the animals are much happier this morning.
Farming in WI
Michele
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levisgrammy
True Blue Farmgirl
9465 Posts
Denise
Beavercreek
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jan 22 2025 : 05:01:25 AM
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Winnie, did you get any snow? I saw where Florida was getting it.
Michele, glad it at least got above 0 for you. Still below here at -4.
~Denise
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MBurns
True Blue Farmgirl
1904 Posts
Marlene
Swisher
IA
USA
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Posted - Jan 22 2025 : 07:02:47 AM
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You know it's cold when it's 30 in Florida. Snow in the panhandle.
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Blessed in Colorado
True Blue Farmgirl
6843 Posts
Debbie L.
Oregon
USA
6843 Posts |
Posted - Jan 22 2025 : 08:10:34 AM
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The weather has just been crazy everywhere! Stay warm everyone please.
Big Hugs,
Debbie
#1582
Blessed in Oregon
With Colorado on My Mind
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and the Ocean.” Lord Byron”
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nndairy
True Blue Farmgirl
3180 Posts
Heather
Wapakoneta
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Jan 22 2025 : 10:26:58 AM
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Sorry to hear of your milking troubles Michele, but glad to hear you found a warm solution! I was expecting you to say something along the lines of your eyelashes or nose hairs freezing together LOL! That's how I know it's cold!!!!
~Heather
“I would rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.” — George Washington
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windypines
True Blue Farmgirl
4372 Posts
Michele
Bruce
Wisconsin
USA
4372 Posts |
Posted - Jan 23 2025 : 03:25:43 AM
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Heather, lol for sure. Hope everyone down south is doing well in the snow and cold.
Farming in WI
Michele
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