Coping with this cold snap?

[Bald Rick]

Yes I know the arable boys will be inside staring at your grain cheques ... although if you would like to spare a thought for us livestock boys who are paying for your largesse that would be kindly

Now, we lost an hour this morning defrosting the parlour before we could milk despite being under cover and then I was forced in to an unheated office to do some paperwork so lunchtime brought a bit of relief:

Set me wondering how you others are coping with the Mini Beast?

 

[Wombat]

Its great as it hasn;t rained for at least 3 days, i would prefer most winters to be like this actually. Not inscescant rain everyday like we have had for the last 2 yrs.

 

[topground]

We have run out of mud here in North Somerset.

 

[Hesstondriver]

We have run out of mud here in North Somerset.

how mach do you want , ill get it on a lorry for you today , just pay the haulage

 

[Bullring]

I’m saving straw like mad now with the wind howling through the sheds, beats the rain getting everything damp, on the down side it’s not helping the grass to grow for early turnout.

 

[2wheels]

Yes I know the arable boys will be inside staring at your grain cheques ... although if you would like to spare a thought for us livestock boys who are paying for your largesse that would be kindly

Now, we lost an hour this morning defrosting the parlour before we could milk despite being under cover and then I was forced in to an unheated office to do some paperwork so lunchtime brought a bit of relief:

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Set me wondering how you others are coping with the Mini Beast?

does a bit of heat bring things back up to size?

 

[Zippy768]

Today is a bit perky, yesterday was lovely with plenty of sun.
Fresh enough without freezing water troughs, dry enough to hedge cut insides. As said above, saving straw and cattle are cleaner and drier this week.

Always worry about the younger stock and the cold, but did a bit of work sheeting gates this Autumn and, touch wood, no real problems .
The barn seems a little more pleasant in the fresh rather than the mild damp days

 

[upnortheast]

Our robots are quite well protected when the wind is from the east. This morning, when we started loading the vans at 5am outside temp was -10 and apart from an icicle on the brush spray nozzle were working fine.
Our tank room has been a pain in the butt in the past but the hot wires switched themselves on & prevented any problems.
These are brilliant, worth their money 10x over on a morning like this

10 Mtr Pack of Self Regulating Pipe Heat Tape c/w 13amp Plug | BN Thermic (PW-10)

 

[unlacedgecko]

My forage budget is fücked, my vehicles keep breaking (necessitating long road trips on the quad), I’m rapidly working my dogs to destruction and my gloriously comfortable, very expensive boots sprung a leak yesterday.

But the customers are mostly happy. And spring is on the way.

 

[7610 super q]

Fecking lovely. Frost lifted by midday, on with the ploughing.

 

[Ukjay]

Fecking lovely. Frost lifted by midday, on with the ploughing.

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You got enough 'Air Rats' nicking your worms there..

 

[uztrac]

I was very fortunate to sit in a large wood this afternoon and quietly watch a Woodcock probing the soil underneath a tree.I was about 20 yards away but a magic 20 minutes before it flew off.

 

[unlacedgecko]

I was very fortunate to sit in a large wood this afternoon and quietly watch a Woodcock probing the soil underneath a tree.I was about 20 yards away but a magic 20 minutes before it flew off.

Encounters like that are the best thing about working outside.

 

[Cowmansam]

Reckon the woodcock been going hungry around here grounds been rock solid for over a week

 

[Bald Rick]

I make no comment other than this is growing outside our back door ....

 

[Pan mixer]

Cunning plan to go and burn up the hedge clippings - once I had thawed all the drinkers and fed everything - was abandoned when I got down the field.

The water was 8 inches deep under the ice which was almost thick enough to walk on as I discovered........

 

[MrNoo]

Spent the day in a 360 cleaning out ditches, glad the heater works!!! But nice to walk around the place and not be covered in mud for a change!

 

[Rob Holmes]

Been muckspreading like crazy, 6 mile round trip

 

[Danllan]

Yes I know the arable boys will be inside staring at your grain cheques ... although if you would like to spare a thought for us livestock boys who are paying for your largesse that would be kindly

Now, we lost an hour this morning defrosting the parlour before we could milk despite being under cover and then I was forced in to an unheated office to do some paperwork so lunchtime brought a bit of relief:

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Set me wondering how you others are coping with the Mini Beast?

You know a chap is really cold when his legs are coming out of the oven rather than going in...

 

[michael N123]

Been muckspreading like crazy, 6 mile round trip

I got most the fields I wanted done at new year only problem I have now is it’s the steeper fields that are left and it’s more like driving on sheet ice than the usual frost I spread on