12/14/05, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: New York
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The Barn Survived -8
Well the barn survived -8. Upon going down to milk the Jersey @ 6:30, the temperature in the barn was 33.3, there was a couple water bowls frozen, but it was the bowls only. What happened was, anywhere there was some sort of inlet for the cold, it managed to snag a bowl. One was in line of a door, the cold seeped in and managed to freeze that bowl, another two were further down. They were easy to thaw. The other freeze was the main water line coming out of the ground, cold coming in at ground level managed to freeze that line some, but was easily thawed. The 1.5" line I added in that barn helped a lot, it never froze. So now I know the barn can handle down to -8, more or less probably to -10. Tonight it was 5, barn temp was near 38-39 with a temp of 6 out, warmer than last night. Actually it went to 40 for a time, can't figure why. We did put some starw bales near the spot where the cold seeps in, but not sure if that helped. Either way, it is good to know it made it through this first major cold snap.
Jeff
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