please.... we are having record lows at the moment. A front from Antarctica has made its way free of Antarctica and made it all the way to Australia. Its the widest lowest temps on record apparently. Many, many states are involved (Tasmania, South Australia, New South Wales, Australia Capital Territory and another I've forgotten...) We had some lower than -8C last night. All I know is that at 7am this morning it was -8C and rising... We lost all water, drinking/tank water and sanitation/bore water which with all the impurities in the bore water is quite surprising. It took well into the afternoon to get it back and it was already below freezing at 5pm when I brought the chicks in. I know -8C isn't low compared to what you a are used to, but here it has been -4C to -8C every night now for the best part of 2 months.
When I was at the vets yesterday with a rescue chook that came my way the night before (in a bad way) I asked her about keeping them separate because the vet wanted the rescue chook in isolation (hardly surprising given what is wrong with the poor thing) but at the same time she wanted her kept warm (she has been starved amongst other issues)... so I asked how much isolation because we only have the 1 stove (that stays in at night) and can't put the chicks out at night. She looked at me and basically said she didn't reckon I would get the chicks out in the main coop for at least another month! I'm hoping the newbie will have recovered enough in the next 2 weeks to be out in the coop herself!
Anyhow - this was this morning. -8C at 7am when I did the chooks. Breakfast and my view was....
The hoar frost was heavier than usual.
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