February.
Usually coldest month of the year here on the prairies.
We currently have a cold snap coming through and it's -50 or so in the morning. Busses aren't running for school.
It's a little chilly.
My grandpa used to be an old farmer and he handed me down a bro tip to make sure the animals get through these cold snaps.
Make sure you have at least 8 inches of straw available for the animals.
This way the animals have the sufficient amount of straw to be able to bury their chests and keep themselves warm. If their chest gets cold, they will get cold and then they will die.
Having been a second year now with goats & cattle making sure there's always 8 inches of straw available during these deep cold stretches, I'd say he's most definitely not wrong.
(Cause you know, he had experience when they didn't even have running water or power.)
We have a little shed that we have ready with inches of straw that I fluff up every day for them. I let them out into the corral during the day and put them away before the sun goes down, round 5:30 or so. The goats let us know if we're running late.
It's supposed to be cold like this all week and then the weather is gonna let up and we'll be moving into spring soon.
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