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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
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 Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 1:33:26 PM
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my giant industrial fans, and my mister systems out in the barns and coops. It is 1:30 pm and its now 99 degrees, we will be over the hundred mark within an hour . Summer weather has hit with a vengence, and its the first week of June. I can't wait to see what August brings, and thats our fair time .
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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maggie14
True Blue Farmgirl
6784 Posts
Hannah
Washington
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 3:05:03 PM
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Wow, Teresa!! We are still in the 40. It is so cold and rainy. Still feels like winter.
Hugs,
Channah
Farmgirl sister #1219
Just a small town country girl trying to live her dreams. :) |
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 3:15:18 PM
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channah is so right. i am in ore. still cool rainy. had to start some plants over. dead from hail sleet snow rain wind frost. gads. it will happen here soon though. hot hot desert heat. we get up one day and its just plain hot. happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
farmgirl #1014
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1152 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 6:13:35 PM
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Yep, teresa,
We're feeling it here, too. We're already in the mid to upper 90s. My animals are free-range, but I check the water about 3 or more times a day. Whew! It's HOT.
FarmGirl #1390
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 6:43:16 PM
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My livestock, i.e., cattle , goats , sheep, are all in large pastures with ponds and trees, but they also have access to their barns, via alleyways, and they do come in for the fans and misters on their own. I can not free range any of my poultry, coyotes, bobcats, kit fox, hawks etc would wipe me out, but their coops are twice what they need for room, and again they have fans and misters also. I also have auto waters for everyone, but I still check them at least twice a day.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
Edited by - 1badmamawolf on Jun 06 2010 6:44:16 PM |
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HealingTouch
True Blue Farmgirl
3448 Posts
Darlene
Kunkletown
Pa
USA
3448 Posts |
Posted - Jun 06 2010 : 7:32:23 PM
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| The weather here in Pa is crazy this year. It has been so hot too soon. 90 tomorrow. Today after church I stopped at Kmart and we were under a tornado watch! It wasn't raining there but when I got home it had poured. The wind has been ferocious since. We never had tornado warnings. It scares my poor Beagle girlfriend so much I feel sorry for her. She glues herself to me, not that I mind because she is so sweet. I guess I shouldn't complain about the heat because in the scope of things our poor gulfcoast neigbors need our prayers and help. What a terrible disaster! We will feel this for years to come. Blessings and peace. Darlene |
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gypsy goat
True Blue Farmgirl
673 Posts
mary jo
michigan
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 06:30:30 AM
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that's so hot-it was only around 40 last nite and we only going to make it to the low 70's today.
farmgirl#1362 whatever you are be a good one-abe lincoln |
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msdoolittle
True Blue Farmgirl
1152 Posts
Amanda
East Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 06:35:16 AM
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Teresa,
I'm thinking about misters for the chickens this year, too. I know they'll be miserable soon. Or, at the very least, a big box fan. I'm not a fan of the heat!
FarmGirl #1390
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
3775 Posts
sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
3775 Posts |
Posted - Jun 07 2010 : 06:53:09 AM
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i would love to have misters. are they on a timer? how do you have them working? i would love to see a pic teresa. today we have sun. i am so glad. papa weeded one of the gardens yesterday. i mulched with spent straw. looks so good. now i need warm sun. we will get up and well heres summer it may last till aug if we are lucky. lol happy days sherrye
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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Deana
Farmgirl at Heart
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Deana
Greenview
IL
USA
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Posted - Jun 09 2010 : 6:28:42 PM
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| It is supposed to get up near 90 this weekend which hopefully will dry things out a little. I just wish it would stop raining long enough for me to weed the garden. I think my toes are starting to web. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 09 2010 : 8:24:39 PM
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Sherry, don't have pics, but they are very simple to make, you can buy the hose and emiters from Lowes or any other home improvment center,screw in the emiters and run the hose above where you want your misters, attach to a hose bib, and turn on low. Mine are not on timers, but i know a few people that do have them that way, so I know it can be done.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
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Posted - Jun 13 2010 : 4:19:07 PM
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| Been wicked here all in N.Mich===lost rabbits to heat one week, lost chicks to cold and wet the very next week! plants are doing ok, except the ones the puppy pulled up and the the fruit trees the bear knocked over. |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 13 2010 : 5:09:51 PM
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Lorraine, use 2 liter bottles, fill 3/4 full of water and freeze, put in with rabbits around 11 am or when the heat comes on, change if nessacary during the day. My rabbits will either straddle them or lay up against them, I've even used small froz bottles in the nest boxes, and that has saved more than 1 litter of kits. This will also keep your bucks from looseing their sperm counts.
"Treat the earth well, it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children" |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 14 2010 : 5:36:30 PM
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Teresa:
The hit is on down in SW Louisiana, also!!!!! It comes with the humidity, too. Muggy!!!! Keep cool, hope all of the ranch animals will be okay. Keep those fans blowing for them.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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