Just a quick update... Got the coop set up; did feed and water in this morning..... had moved the leghorns Mon eve... after getting home from the dr appt and Rural King trip and some other stops along the way... did it right at dark and they are still half nuts... leghorns are flighty but these...
Semen tank.... a tank with a vacuum layer, that hold liquid nitrogen, for the storage of semen that is used to breed animals with... The bull studs for cattle have different bulls that are collected and that semen is used for breeding the cattle artificially. It is the way to breed cattle to...
Wind has been a ROYAL BYTCH to deal with today... It wasn't real cold, but the wind took your breath away....
I did get the board cut for the floor, to keep the bedding/leaves/shavings etc inside, and the roost pole 2x2 cut and a smidgeon cut off the ends to taper it to fit... Did that one by...
The agonizing over it is tough. Agree that he cannot do for the girls if he does not have a job... better to have a job, not spend as much time with them for a bit, and get his situation on an even keel.... then once he is back to work, he can then make some choices, and compromises... Might...
Lights probably did work and sitting with critters to get to them would not help... and how long was it sitting??? "They ALWAYS worked when it was parked..." famous last words...
Yep, good project for you.... wires do get caught up on stuff if they run underneath... we finally ran wires for...
Made a leftover lunch, liver and onions so I can get that out of fridge.
Wind is just wicked out there today... It is not too cold, but the wind makes it very uncomfortable. I could not live where the wind blew like this all the time...
We didn't get enough rain to get the rain gauge...
Winds blowing enough to knock everything out of place. Sun was coming out then some clouds so I have not gotten any projects done. Just ate left over liver and onions for lunch so it doesn't sit in the fridge... Not as good left over but I cooked it all while cooking the other night.
Did not...
Sunday morning..... put the plants all out last night. It was warmer than has been and calling for some showers so I figured the "rain water" would be good for them. We did have some rain, I have to go out and see how much... but I don't think it was very much. Lows were only down to 56...
I'm not big on silkies... but I do like the "painted" ones that are sorta splash but not evenly colored... Have no desire to own any.... I think NN - ie Turkens _ are so ugly that they are sorta cute... have no desire to have any of them. And I think the naked neck silkies are just overall not...
GOOD DEAL... The great thing is you can do any type of repairs it needs.... that is a really good price...
Looks like it is in pretty good shape on the outside....
Sat eve. Ready to quit and go to bed.
Yesterday, I got the bottles in the trays and checked the cows and went to work. Did a few things here before hand but not alot. Weather was okay, sunny, warm enough to just need a long sleeved shirt until after the sun went down, then a sweatshirt...
How's the "getting house ready to sell" coming along??? I know you have to want to get things all in one place again... and be with the family all the time.... Has DH got things in place to transfer??? That would be a big worry off y'alls stress....
Hope work is still going good for you...
You will find you will have more and better choices in MO simply because they are more acclimated to the weather... so more likely to carry cold weather stuff.
Plain old fashioned waterproof dishwashing gloves are a little heavier than some other options...
good for the getting ice out of...
If it was a roaming male, that you absolutely did NOT want near her, she would have already gotten bred!!!!!:he:he:he:he:he🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::gig:gig:gig:gig:gig
I am sorry for you, that you did not clip her wing when she first started this escaping. Chickens are smart in some ways and totally unable to reason things out...so dumb in other ways.... Just because she was smart enough to get out, she was not smart or fast enough to stay safe. And although...