Imma buy a gun with it

right, part of why I don't over use the term "from away" its all the same game. Yeah we are screwed because they have massive short term stay demand or really rich they have a 2nd house.

Cold is a temporary state and easily remedied if you have access to indoors with heat. If you do, getting from Point A to Point B in extreme cold is a short, uncomfortable experience but it will end. It's also optional. You can always not go out.

Coldest I've ever been in my life was bar harbor in February.

I just close up their coop overnight. I only did a heat lamp on the coldest nights their first winter. Most of mine are 6 years old and barely laying now, so they’ve managed the cold.

Watch out for frostbite on the combs. A couple of mine had had some very superficial frostbite on the tips of the comb.

Because housing has been commodified and is being redirected en masse to the short term rental market as profits are higher than with long term tenants. This state is filled with landlords who don't care about having functioning, working communities because the DINKWADs on vacation are willing to spend a mortgage payment on two nights in Portland.

These landlords are both local and from away. They're all opportunists, and one of the two is happy to let the other group suffer all the scorn.

I use a heat lamp and close the barn door.

Hahaha alright noted!

Born and raised in Baltimore.

Huge fan.

Cried in '69 when the Mets beat them in the world series. Attended the opening day at Camden Yards. Was in Cooperstown to see Cal Jr. inducted. Haven't watched a game in years, but still a fan.

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up. I’m looking forward to the experience but also I’m not haha. Going to definitely layer up with my cool weather gear and pick up some cold weather stuff as well.

We are normally set at 62, I wonder how much more expensive it would cost to be at 72? Only my 5th winter here so I still have zero idea on how much fuel we are burning

HahahhahahaahA.

Oh I'll have to check that out, thank-you!

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I say hello to my neighbors daily. I'm starting to see why yours don't.

I'm sure alot of simple things help you. Have you knocked on your neighbors door and made sure their okay?

This is also our first winter with chickens! We’ve added loads of fresh straw, pushed snow against the coop & placed additional bales of straw surrounding it to help retain some heat. Just make sure there aren’t any major drafts and feed them cracked corn to help regulate their body heat. Consider a brooding plate if you’re really concerned. There is a Maine Backyard Chickens group on Facebook where a lot of people are discussing the care of their flock during this weekend’s extreme drop in temperature.

Hi, I'm from Oklahoma living in Maine. I find this stuff helpful.

Making sure they have fresh water and a draft free coop is the biggest concern. If you don’t have a water warmer just be prepared to have fresh water on hand.

They will huddle together and warm up the coop just fine. For extra measure you can rub Vaseline to the combs to prevent frost bite. I’ve never seen the need for the heat lamps inside the coop. They can tolerate the cold extremely well, although some breeds not so much.

It's true. "Booger-freezing cold" has been a temperature description since I was a kid. Doesn't matter what the thermometer says. If your boogers are freezing, it's cold.

We have a lamp that we can give them; they don't have heat as of now, just a really warm coop!

Most folks put in a heat lamp and button up the coop on really cold nights.

As long as the wind isn't blowing, -44F feels the same as -5F or 0F. It's just fucking cold. Your boogers freeze. It's hard to breathe. Your skin feels like it's being pinched (until it doesn't and then you're in trouble and need to get inside). If the wind is blowing, it's a completely different game.

I generally don't go outside unless I have to when it's below -5F which isn't that bad for a short cold spell like the one coming up. A longer cold spell has a whole checklist of things to do before it hits and behavior changes while it's here.

"Fashion" winter wear generally doesn't work in cold weather. You have to wear brands that build clothing for cold weather and then layer up.

My car has a built-in engine block heater that I just need to plug in for a few hours if I think I need to go somewhere. But why would I want to go out when it's that cold? It'll warm up eventually.

>Bro, in fairness, you opted in to the argument.

Yeah, started up the brigade band.

Frankly, I can see how a dedicated left turn lane could work at that spot. Not all that unusual in lots of places.

I wish I had read this thread first, I just posted about this!