we have a crazy weather here, and more snow to come.

Wow! Icicles on the tree. Looks really beautiful...I hope the tree survives this winter

Yea this winter really bites!

We are having an artic blast. Freezing cold air, no snow but clear sky. Beginning to slowly warm up by tomorrow.

the good news is that this tree is very cold hardy

This is why I chose to live here in WestCost. Can't stand cold. I don't care how cute snow flakes are.

The ice on the tree serves to protect the buds and cambium layer that are covered from the colder air.   Farmers sometimes spray their grapes and tender fruit with water to protect them from the real bitter cold nights.
But unprotected dormant fig branches can't take much less than 15F. 
How cold was it there during the polar vortex and other cold spells this year?  It may have got a severe pruning thanks to old man winter.

Hi Figs4life,
Wow, could your friend sleep last night ? - or, He is not a fignut ?
For me, that weight hanging on the tree is not good. I would gently remove the "ice fingers" and leave the ice against the bark.
I covered my trees with a plastic bag to avoid those nightmares sights - I had them in February 2012 - never ever again !

i actually love winter. or at least i did before starting figs. i used to like rain too. 

I have several fig trees that were purposely left unprotected in our cold blast. Ice on the figs like Pino mentioned does actually protect the tree. It's much worse when it's dry and the tree gets hit with sub zero temperatures. We've dropped to -3F a few times.
In 1994 we had colder temperatures it actually dropped to -15F in our area.

Here in Morgantown, West Virginia some of the official lows for January:
early in the month  6, 4, -4, -7, 6
and then consecutively toward the end  4, 1, 16, 8, 4, -9, -9, -2
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/
Fortunately we had a snow cover for the latter stretch of lows.
In late fall, most of the figs I had cut down to near the ground and then entirely covered or nearly covered with mulch. Snow cover added to that at the end of the month and currently. House and steep slope/bank offer additional protection to some. Others more exposed. Only time will tell.

How cold did it get? Be sure and let us know how the tree does this winter.

george, do you have a variety name for that tree? i want one.

Ok let me know when you're going to take it out and I'll stop by if you need the help

thanks, george. i'm from western ny, 5b, and i moved to new mexico, 6a, so i'm always looking for tough trees. especially if they are yummie.

Hi,
One time I had to move my first fig tree ; It was in ground, still rather small - 1m / 1m30 height and 60cm to 1meter  circular width - already a good beast.
I took the pruning scissors, in October pruned everything back to the main Trunk, Shovel, and most important an axe , trust me :) - for the roots you surely will need it .
The tree only grew back in July, and I took it out in October to my new field .
It grew normally in May the next year as it had required no root pruning that time .
Good luck .