After a good snow wallop, forecasters warned of record-setting lows last night (just weeks after setting almost record highs…). Not taking chances with waterfowl’s metabolic ability to ride out meteorological roller-coasters, we brought the girls into the garage last night and added a few heat sources. Duck down is cold-resistant (see above) but sub-zero is sub-zero.* Brrrrrrrrrrrrr!
*Browsing around this morning, best I can tell we hit about 3 degrees Fahrenheit, give or take. That’s sub-zero in Celsius, right?
Copyright 2014, Lori Fontanes
What the Ducks! 
I would imagine that the girls are thanking you profusely this morning, it’s cold!
Ya know, I think they are! They got the picture completely when we plopped them into the warm(er) dry wading pool filled with wood shavings and just immediately settled down. So glad we did it!
What an ingenious idea. Happy ducks.
They were happy indeed!!!
We have too many chickens and goats to bring indoors but I REALLY wanted to. They made it through the night.
Yay!!! (PS, I know how tough that must have been on you last night worrying about them…hang in there!)
awww..thank goodness you brought them inside…makes me sad to see people that leave animals out in this bitterly cold weather. Coldest in past 20 yrs on CNN front page today! YIKES!!!
Thanks–doing our best under constantly changing conditions–warmer tomorrow but back in the garage Monday night, looks like! 🙂
3.00°F = -16.11°C I’m glad the girls have a place to get warm! The weather has been and continues to be crazy! Up down up down – yeesh. I hope all of you stay safe and warm! 😀
Thanks, Jackie! U 2!!! We r all in this weather thang together!