CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[Mike CHS]

Yep - our ewes come running when we add hot water to their water trough. Need to pick up a couple of 3 packs of buckets from Tractor Supply tomorrow since we need to pick up some alfalfa anyway. We are building a chicken A frame tomorrow so we can add some chickens to the mix soon.

 

[NH homesteader]

Yay chickens! You're busy!

 

[CntryBoy777]

We use plastic buckets for the goats. Joyce used to work at Wendy's and she brought home a Bunch of 5gal pickle buckets they ended up just throwing away, before she quit. I figured with the goats there would be casualties, but they have held up pretty good. Their feed buckets are mop buckets from DG...minus the handle. The old doe Star got one over her neck and since a goat doesn't have a Reverse gear she was running around the pen trying to get her body thru.... by the time I got to her she had it down to her widest gut point. When Lightning saw me out he went to letting out a "Blood Curdling" scream, while Comet was trying to butt it off of her. I had to snap the handle off to get her out. From that point on the handles come off immediately. Next time I hook my phone up to the Puter I will post a pic of what was left of it...

 

[Mike CHS]

Teresa has a flu/cold bug so I had to find something to do. I think @CntryBoy777 won't mind if I use his thread to ramble.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Your more than Welcome here Mike. What kind of Chickens ya thinking about and how many?

 

[Mike CHS]

We have been thinking about Americauna (sp) for awhile. We will only start with 4 or 5 since we have a hatchery not far from us.

 

[Baymule]

I get food grade buckets from the donut shop. I use them in the house, storing everything from garden seeds to food items. I use them outside for water, carrying feed, storing small tools...... love my buckets! LOL

Sure hope Teresa feels better soon. I hate getting sick, who has time for that? Yeah, what kind of chickens are ya'll getting?

 

[Mike CHS]

We have a lot of long term storage buckets but I can't use plastic buckets in the sheep pen since like another LGD on here they become toys for Maisy and then are trash.

 

[CntryBoy777]

We've never had any of those, so don't know much about them other than they lay colored eggs. Tho it seems many have a few in their flocks. We haven't diversified yet, but will as things move along.
Yes Bay, we have done the same thing with our buckets and it seems they are still stacked everywhere. I like them because if I am working on something I put tools, screws, fencing staples, or anything else that is needed and just tote the bucket with me, instead of making trips while holding as much as I can in each trip. Then ya always drop the screws or staples and have to pick the darn things up....

 

[Baymule]

We have 5 Ameraucana hens and 1 rooster. They don't lay every day. The colored eggs are fun, but for production, it's hard to beat red or black sex links. We have 24 chickens. I want to order more, different breeds, but have to build another coop.....