2019, Waiting on lambs!

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Figured out that turning it into rolags(last pic) isn't necessary. I'm so slow...lol.
Alpaca will still be blended with wool and turned into rolags, but straight wool will not.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Can you get cheap sand, dirt , pebbles to use inside the barn area to help with drainage and leveling areas ? We are able to get free fine sand through our neighbor and love it for drainage and cleaning !

 

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Can you get cheap sand, dirt , pebbles to use inside the barn area to help with drainage and leveling areas ? We are able to get free fine sand through our neighbor and love it for drainage and cleaning !

I've read that it either makes a larger mess or just sinks over time and you're always having to add to it.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

I've read that it either makes a larger mess or just sinks over time and you're always having to add to it.

Thats too bad, holds well here, works great and it's free and delivered...can't beat that

 

[misfitmorgan]

We use 2A(2&A, 22A, 2A modified, many names basically road or driveway gravel) stone here for most driveways, it lasts a long time on our clay and then just needs to be topped off every 3-5yrs. Most do about 4-8" deep for clay, some do a under layment of #57 limestone if they have serious mud/drainage problems. I would assume since your gravel wouldn't be driven on it would probly last even longer and need less topping off.

My parents driveway has never been topped off and it was put in in 1972 on nearly 90% clay, for about 4-5 yrs it has obviously been mostly mud...so it lasted approximately 40+yrs after the original install. You should definitely look into getting some stone laid.

Here 2A is usually $8-12/ton and if you buy a full truck delivery is free within 25 miles. So yeah you might wanna look into it because it is way cheaper then concrete and you could probly do that whole area for a couple hundred dollars.

Also check the price on crushed concrete....thats a recycled material and cheap too.

 

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Other half of the problem is how to get the truck in & out w/o getting stuck.
EVERYTHING is currently mud and we've had so many electrical people get stuck over the years that it's no longer funny...One tow truck even got stuck after getting the electric people out...Oh, the massive trenches they left behind....
AKA it won't stop raining.
Been raining for a year...I feel like I'm drowning...

 

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Muck is 3-8in deep. Horse side needs to be scraped out, not added to. But sheep side may work, since it's a slope down and out and they are so lightweight.

$14 a ton, 140 delivery here.

I've looked into it before and stopped when people said its pointless. Even one of the rock people said it can fail miserably.

 

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Okay, going to try it anyway.
Waiting to see if wed/thurs they could deliver. Daily rain and snow from Friday on. Ugh.

Got cracked corn to add to the ewes' feed & upped their feed to 2x a day.

Guinevere looks so huge!
Latte doesn't look like she took to be lambing today at all. =/
Addie has a small udder. Tuesday.
Patchie & her daughter Marley are bagging up nicely. Thursday.
Vanilla, due Friday, looks a little milky.
Chocolate, due Saturday, doesn't seem quite ready.

 

[misfitmorgan]

Muck is 3-8in deep. Horse side needs to be scraped out, not added to. But sheep side may work, since it's a slope down and out and they are so lightweight.

$14 a ton, 140 delivery here.

I've looked into it before and stopped when people said its pointless. Even one of the rock people said it can fail miserably.

You could scrap out the horses then put stone or something. If it's that bad do no one there have gravel driveways? We are either all clay or all sand where i live, high water table lots of rain and snow....gravel driveways all over. I just don't believe it would be no improvement if done right.

Scrap, #3 or #4 limestone, pack, 2A or similiar, pack....done. It would have to be some sort of improvement.

I do agree for horses it would be more difficult...maybe just #3 or #4 limestone packed. Once you get stone down drainage should be better and help the stone stay in place.

 

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I need another portable feed holder...lol
I move it often because of the mud...