CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

@Bruce they can't get on top, take down rotten fence and replace rotten boards..........I'm waiting, not only because of the heat, but wasp nests and such too. I'm sure they will be all up in it when I start work on it.....they like to help....sniffing, licking, and nibbling on my tools, hands, arms and such...

 

[Bruce]

No, I expect they can only help with demolition and growth removal. I'm sure they could get on top given some platforms of increasing height

 

[CntryBoy777]

That's the part that is rotten and falling inward from the weight on top already.........and with just 3 goats and no vet I don't feel like creating myself an emergency....

 

[CntryBoy777]

Ya know @Bruce if you were to get a few wethers they could be your "Buddies" too.....they certainly don't bark....wouldn't be able to reproduce....can't have babies that could be sold on the sly.....wouldn't stink like an intact buck....and would help keep some stuff ate back....oh, and they sleep and rest at nite. That could be a really good fit for ya, and they will gladly greet ya every time ya enter their area. Ya already have the electric wire up and they have no problem being secured at nite in the barn either....away from predators......

 

[Latestarter]

What an excellent suggestion! @Bruce, you really should consider it I mean, you already have the alpacas and they aren't even your friends. Goats will be your friend in no time at all.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

I agree!

 

[Mike CHS]

I think you should consider some sheep. If you get them as lambs they will eat out of your hand in no time.

 

[Bruce]

Sheep might be a better bet since they eat grass. I have a lot more grass than I have browse! Goats (at least the ones that lived with the alpacas) don't even eat stinging nettle and burdock. I must say that I do like the very minimal effort to have alpacas. They go outside to poop in their (creeping) pile, no daily stall/alley cleanup. Their only demand is their twice daily pellets.

Speaking of the boys, I was vacuuming the pool yesterday morning and something in the woods had them totally distraught. They were by the solar panels and kept looking and panic running, then looking. I went out but didn't see anything. Late in the afternoon they were outside the north end of the barn and Laddie was alerting. Unusual since Teddy most often alerts. They were looking toward the NW. Again I went out but didn't see anything.

They've not been spending much time outside (which bugs DW) and I wonder if whatever is in the woods is the reason. DW says they are inside an electric fence. Um, right, like alpacas understand that whatever is bothering them likely can't get to them!

And then there is Trouble. He's gotten good at crowing. Doesn't bother DW since he doesn't start (so far) until I go down to the barn to let them out of their coop. I let them out about 6:30 yesterday, DD1 was complaining that he woke her up at 7 ... and she had a headache because she didn't get enough sleep. Seems to me that if you need 10-12 hours a night you should be going to bed well before midnight. She's getting up at 8:30 tomorrow to go skating so I guess I can let the birds out then.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I was going thru some stuff here today inside since it was sprinkling most of the day....I came across this..... .....boy does that bring back memories..........I also got a pic of the ducks attacking the watermelon Joyce tossed to them earlier today....a few of the pcs were upside down and I flipped them over..... .....the Dotties didn't leave much either.... ....the heat and humidity came back with a venegeance today and made being outside very unpleasent. It is suppose to be worse tomorrow, but at 88% humidity today the higher temps will make it smothering. Hopefully we will get our normal break around the second wk in Sept.....

 

[Baymule]

Fall isn't too far away, then we can crawl out of the AC and go outside and PLAY!!!