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[Carla D]

My hardheaded hubby is doing really good today. He’s trying to finish up a four person warming shack. Winters can be brutal here. We have had some very, very cold nights out here. We had our first batch of baby piggies this last April. Believe it or not, we had subzero temps. My daughter and I spent three overnights out there while three of our first-time moms farrowed. It was so cold, even with a propane heater out there. This shack is being built with a repurposed ice fishing shack. It’s going to be insulated, a window in the door, tool storage, heater, and four chairs in it. It is going to be a very welcomed addition to our farm. Jim even went outside for a few laughs when we had baby goats outside. I guess we can’t really call them baby goats anymore. They are nearly three months old. I can’t believe I’ve had them that long.

 

[Bruce]

Good deal on the warming shack!

 

[Carla D]

And I was told goats don’t like snow or wet. I guess we forgot to tell the boys this. Rusty Nails, and Ringo Star both busted out for a second trip out in the snow. Abigail has so much fun with our boys. Here’s one video of Rusty Nails out on the run. I have more videos that I’m loading onto YouTube.

 

[Carla D]

Hubby wants me to raise rabbits too. We do have a few family members interested in rabbit meat. But, I don’t currently have meat rabbits. They a supposedly a mix of Lionhead and Mini Rex. Heather, the gray spotted rabbit is a lot bigger than Clover, the black spotted rabbit.

We are also looking into buying our own property/farm. We are rapidly outgrowing my SIL little farm. In March and April we will be having another explosion of piglets. Then late next year we will have about 13 gilts delivering roughly the same time. If we had a bigger place I’d consider raising meat goats on top of our current crew of wethers.
This is one property we are looking at. It’s only about 2-3 miles from the farm we are currently occupying.
See what I found on #Zillow!
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/N8403-County-Road-Y-River-Falls-WI-54022/2088329130_zpid/

 

[Baymule]

That's a pretty piece of land. Half mile from the river, is it high and dry, does it flood?

 

[Latestarter]

In "flat country" rivers can have some pretty incredible flood plains... Would you be purchasing the property to use entirely as a farm or section off an area to place a residence? Just wondering if you have the ability to "live elsewhere" while using or building on it. I'm actually a little surprised at the price per acre... I would have expected much lower considering where it's located. Of course I'm not familiar with your state or area. Just seems "well removed" from "civilization"... no offense meant or implied. Just very rural.

ETA: WRT my journal, it was really started and has been maintained as a place for me to just discourse whatever was on my mind. It's taken me 2 & 2/3 years to get to the present entry, so yeah, it's not a one night read. But when you need something to put you to sleep... it's there for ya!

 

[Carla D]

That's a pretty piece of land. Half mile from the river, is it high and dry, does it flood?

It’s called the Rush River. But for the most part it’s a glorified creek. It does flood in some areas. I’m thinking this property is not in its flood plain. But I’m not 100% certain on that. We’ve driven by several times as it’s on our way to the cabin. Part of it could be.

 

[Carla D]

View attachment 55976 In "flat country" rivers can have some pretty incredible flood plains... Would you be purchasing the property to use entirely as a farm or section off an area to place a residence? Just wondering if you have the ability to "live elsewhere" while using or building on it. I'm actually a little surprised at the price per acre... I would have expected much lower considering where it's located. Of course I'm not familiar with your state or area. Just seems "well removed" from "civilization"... no offense meant or implied. Just very rural.

ETA: WRT my journal, it was really started and has been maintained as a place for me to just discourse whatever was on my mind. It's taken me 2 & 2/3 years to get to the present entry, so yeah, it's not a one night read. But when you need something to put you to sleep... it's there for ya!

Yes, we would section off a small chunk for living on. This piece of property is pretty cheap for this area. Property in this county of Wisconsin is rediculously prices. It’s almost impossible to find an acre of land without a house on it or utilities for less than $45,000. That’s nothing special. Field grade at best. If it’s wooded with hardwood trees it’s a whole lot more. A ¼ acre on the edgy of town with a modest, needs improvement house will usually cost $175,000. I’m not sure how we managed to buy a 2acre lot with a worn out trailer house and garage for $14,000. That’s also prime hunting land.

 

[Carla D]

Here’s some more goats in snow videos.

A couple of new baby pig videos. We are planning on separating Hamlet from the other two. Peanut takes constant whomping from Hamlet. I think if we don’t separate Hamlet, we don’t think Peanut will survive.

https://youtu.be/JJTCpN0WH3Y

Here’s a couple warming shack pictures. Just have to put up some interior walls and tool storage. We could use it now if we got cold, it would work in a pinch.

We have decided that we need to get the goats outside ASAP. Meaning as fast as we can build it. We found a mouth sore on one of the boys. He’s side of the face is swollen around his mouth as well. I’m starting to wonder if this new sore could be related to the open area on his side. At first I though it was a skin tear. But maybe it’s not. Does anyone have any ideas about these spots? Does he need an antiviral or antibiotic? This is one of our big pushes to get them outside. They are in a small enclosed area that doesn’t get very good air circulation. I’m thinking if we don’t get the boys out of here really soon we will start having more medical issues with them. That would not be very good.

This doesn’t show the sore very well. But Elvis had no intention of cooperating to get his picture taken. This mouth sore was NOT there this noon when we took him out to play in the snow. I check them over pretty well twice a day when I feed them. Gotta stay on top of these things.

 

[Bruce]

Took me 4 months. Make some popcorn.

I didn't take near that long. Or maybe I took way longer since I read it as it unfolded .