2009 Omlet cube and run for sale

[Dizzy-Deb]

Dont know about everyone else but really hate the cold, and when go out to the girls I have loads of layers on.

 

The one thing am struggling with though is gloves. I have a pair of rubber ones which use to muck out with but the cold is sooooo getting to my hands through them. I have tried a pair of garden gloves over the top of the rubber ones but they are not helping much and really feeling the cold through them too.

 

What are you using when you go out to yours ? xx

[Patricia W]

Speed! In and out as fast as possible before frostbite sets in!

[Dizzy-Deb]

[chicken bark]

I'm using these.

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/13550/Workwear-PPE/Protective-Clothing/Gloves/Blue-Nitrile-Gloves;jsessionid=GAIMKXH3RYMRUCSTHZOCFFQ?ts=28629

 

They are way to big which means I can wear a normal pair underneath and they keep my hands dry. Not perfect as not good for dextrous tasks but better than nothing.

[Chortle Chook]

I have the gloves sold by Omlet (a bright pink pair to go with my grub / glug) and have to say that they are a lot warmer than my old rubber pair. They come up quite large and I can wear a pair of fingerless gloves inside but that is not really needed. Also they don't slip around things like frozen glugs.

[Mercedes55]

I've been wearing some fur lined leather gloves and then putting some large disposable gloves on top of those, works very well

[scarlettohara]

Just wear magic gloves with rubber ones over

[Plum]

Fingerless knitted gloves. Only really in trouble when doing their water.... Brrrrrrrr

[sjp]

http://www.screwfix.com/prods/74540/Workwear-PPE/Protective-Clothing/Gloves/General-Handling-Builders-Gloves

the above are to bad at keeping hands warm but not to good at keeping them dry but the are tight fitting so at least you can feel what you are doing with them so a certain degree

[Nobby65]

Heres is a trick from a fisherman. If you need to use your hands and gloves arnt practical rub vaseline into your hands it seals your hands and jkeeps them quite warm also works on your face

[Trougher]

I quite like the sound of the vaseline idea, I hate wearing gloves and can't seem to do anything if I am wearing them, so I just go out and do whatever I need to for the chickens until I can't actually feel my hands any more and then I stop. I will try the vaseline trick and see how it works.

[Chortle Chook]

Boot's Foot Balm does the same thing. I've been putting it on my chooks' legs.

[Olly]

Another fan of fingerless mitts here, but I have to take them off and put waterproof gloves on to do the actual mucking-out of the Eglu. I normally get hideously hot and sticky in disposable gloves, so I don't use them, I'd have thought they would help though with maybe something thicker on top? the worst thing for me is popping up to the run every morning to check on the hens and defrost the water, this morning the bolt was frozen and my fingers stuck to it ...

[jill the potter]

Here's something that some of you might already do:

 

Last year I struggled every morning to defrost the chooks' glug - bashing it with the door peg, pouring on boiling water etc. This year, because I had bought two drinkers (the sort which has a little moat around the base) for when the new girls were kept separate, I realised that if I kept one in the house overnight it meant that I just swapped the frozen one for the room temp one as many times a day as I needed to. Although I have noticed that the water is not so frozen in the afternoon since they are in their WIR

 

I know this sounds so simple, but I wiash I had thought of it last year. I can't tell you how many times I ended up with a soaking wet dressing gown from grovelling round in the snow to thaw their water last year.

 

With regards to keeping hands warm. Always put rubber ones over woollen/leather ones - your hands will stay much warmer and dryer.

[ali-s]

I buy rubber gloves in a size larger than I would usually wear and put them over a pair of knitted gloves. I get raynaulds in my hands and this method keeps my hands warmer.

[Daphne]

I grasp an indignant orpington and warm my hands in his/her fluff

 

Seriously, I haven't found a good pair of gloves which are mobile enough to let my fingers move easily yet, so like many others I wear 2 pairs of gloves, a thin but skin-tight pair and some sealskinz over the top. The sealskinz don't keep me warm (but mine are too big for me) but they are quite water proof.

[Lavenders_Blue]

Another raynauds sufferer here. I also opt for fleecy/leather gloves with larger rubber gloves over the top. It works fine for a speedy poo pick!

[Redwing]

Silk glove liners are the best thing I have found for keeping hands warm - they are awesome

 

I also have lots of pairs of Showa gloves, they make a warmer version of rubber gloves and also make thermal ones which are fab

[The Dogmother]

I buy rubber gloves in a size larger than I would usually wear and put them over a pair of knitted gloves.

 

I do the same when cleaning out the chooks.

[reneepren]

Can't resist mentioning to those of you who heard me bemoaning the 122 summer heat....it has gotten as low as 34 in my garden this year but still in high 70's in the day. I bemoan having to wear a jacket over my sweater when I go out to loose the ladies in the morning. Still no socks though!

 

Terrible to rub it in but can't resist. The girls are loving it.

 

Renee

[chicken bark]

Can't resist mentioning to those of you who heard me bemoaning the 122 summer heat....it has gotten as low as 34 in my garden this year but still in high 70's in the day. I bemoan having to wear a jacket over my sweater when I go out to loose the ladies in the morning. Still no socks though!

 

Terrible to rub it in but can't resist. The girls are loving it.

 

Renee

 

I don't think my socks come off even in the Summer.

[Chortle Chook]

I've just thought of the perfect solution. Put your hand under a broody chook. Works wonders

[Angie]

An arthritic lady here....i use Neutrogena norwegian formula hand cream, a little goes a long way.........wool gloves with disposable rubber gloves on top.

When cleaning and raking out the run ,then i add my marigolds too.

[Chortle Chook]

I've just been given a really good tip from my sister's hubby who is a professional mountaineer. He says that it is important to keep your wrists warm and to wrap warm socks around them.