A Jesusfreaks tales of farm life with soon to be Six kids

[farmerjan]

They make a cattle panel, and a "combination" panel that has several smaller "squares" at the bottom.... and there are just hog panels which are even a little closer spaced.... they are also only like 39" high instead of the 47" that the cattle panels are. From the pictures, yours look like cattle panels. And yes the 2 or 3 bottom ones are a little closer spaced than the top, but not as close as the combination panels. I buy the combination panels for most everything.... EXCEPT for the ones I use in the garden as they are too closely spaced so I just got the plain cattle panels. I use the hog panels for the meat chickens pen as they can't fly 2 inches above the ground.... and it doesn't take but a little while before they are too fat to go through the hog panel spacings. Regular chickens can fly over them but the meat birds can't.

Pigs look good. The hog panels, or even the combination panels would stop them completely from going through.


I know that the panels are not cheap..... but one thing I have come to appreciate is they are portable..... you can take them with you which you can't do with a woven wire fence that is put up permanent.... so the expense is outweighed by the versatility and not having to "leave behind" the expensive fencing when you move or even when you want to change things. The welds will break some if under alot of pressure from animals which woven wire (field fence) won't if put up and stretched correctly. But if the place isn't yours, they are the only way to go.

I like some flowers too it just brightens things up.
God bless you for the lessons in life that the kids are learning. That is the problem today, not enough honest lessons taught about common courtesy, getting along, learning to share and that you don't always get your way. It's hard, but you will like your kids as adults if they have some respect ; as you are trying to teach them now.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Yeah we bought the cheaper cattle roll out fencing for here. Something my husband decided because it would be cheaper and one less thing I would make him pack lol he already trying to plan out how he going to move the animals houses. I am taking my slowly growing wood pile with me and any other scraps. Lol dh made a deal with a dealership he works with to get their extra lumber thats laying around for me. They have truck loads of 6×2 laying around and 8×2 I am so gping to be in lumber heaven when he gets my first load. He asked what i could use it for i started listing things he said okay okay i get the first load asap lol. I guess he was hoping for less projects lol. Now I need to find out if my parents still have extra tin they want to get rid of and get dh to drive the 40ft trailer down there to get it

 

[Mini Horses]

Did I miss something?? I knew you all had been "considering" moving for a while BUT -- a decision has been made?

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I would say yes we decided we moving but dh is very torn on it he is concerned about his grandparents not having they help they need but he also tired of the drama and wants to be able to do what we want with our own place.

 

[chickens really]

Fantastic journal..
I love all the pictures too!

 

[Mini Horses]

OK -- didn't miss anything like "we bought another place".

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Lol yeah i wish lol don't tease me like that mini lol

 

[farmerjan]

No, I don't think they have found a place for them, yet.... but she is getting ready.... and I so get that. It is more complicated than mine, because of his family, but we all get that both of them have to "have their own family" without all the drama..... and I know for a fact that sometimes if you say it out loud, put it down on paper, proclaim it out in the open, it helps to motivate you to do it and believe that it will happen. talking about it also makes it seem more "doable", sometimes too.....
The right situation and place will come along, that will satisfy the family's needs at the time, just like it has for me.....
May not be the forever place, but something better and less stressful than what they are dealing with. We are rooting for you.....

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Because I am so bored(sarcassim at its best lol)
I thinking of clear fencing or atleast starting on it again. His grandma wants to fence in her front pasture so they can have the cows there but the fence between ours and theirs is over run and also she decide it would be a great idea to throw branch's and other wood in piles on the fence line so now we need to clear that as well. And if i am going to clear it i am thinking about creating paddocks in our field for the goats and pigs and birds and getting them out from behind our house and also using their current yard as more garden space. No telling when will move sooo might as well have fun with it right. So far its thinking so that's about 1.5 acres of pasture (our yard is about.5 acres) so making .5 acre paddocks to move the animals in and out of. One problem would be water at the road front paddock but part of that will also be taken for an alley way for gd cows to go through.... m mmm

 

[Jesusfreak101]

Our pork ready to come home yay. St went to get it he said it was just under 200$ I am over the moon. I can't wait to see what we get. Also I think after explaining why I was paying the butcher i might have created a slightly jobaholich child lol. My 7yr old wants to start her own company and wants to work work work now lol.