CntryBoy777 - The Lazy A** Acres Adventures

[CntryBoy777]

Bruce I have never had a problem in your "Detailing", and some does Fly well over my head, but if ya don't stretch your "Mind" then ya never Learn anything. I will be very Honest here and in no way "Picking a Scab", but I'm having "Withdrawals" from no more Bruce and Merlin Adventures. I truly looked forward to the days "Recap". So, anytime ya feel like details and ya are on my Thread ya just detail away; you're more than welcome to Expound right here.

 

[Bruce]

Sorry, nothing interesting to report over there.
Morning -
Open the barn door.
Toss BOSS and kitchen scraps to the girls, check for eggs.
Add water to the boys' bucket, give them some pellets.

Night -
Toss scratch for the girls, make sure there are pellets in their feeder
Give the boys some pellets, make sure they have hay.
Close the barn door.

Repeat daily

 

[NH homesteader]

Are the boys getting any friendlier? How much hay do they eat, out of curiosity?

 

[Bruce]

Nope, not being real friendly. Especially Teddy, he'll turn and look like he's heading out whenever I open the gate. Laddie hangs a bit closer because he is a food hound. I need to make an effort to work with them but I'll have to close them in the stall or they'll be gone.

They aren't eating all that much hay despite the fact that there is nothing green growing outdoors. They 'forage' anyway and must be finding SOMETHING to nibble on since I see them with their heads down. I bought 38 bales of hay, the small square ones a person can pick up. They are working on #7 at the moment. The grass here won't start growing until May. They don't seem terribly wasteful though I did fashion a piece of 2x3 fence into a "net" under the wall feeder to catch some of the dropped stuff. Still, I don't think there is half a bale that is on the ground. They can use it for bedding I guess

 

[CntryBoy777]

Well those Temps would keep me from "Bounding Out" to play with them, especially if I had to chase them down to do it.

 

[Mike CHS]

We tried 3 different kinds of hay before we found some that the sheep would eat. Folks say if they get hungry enough they will eat it but they were looking like they were losing weight.

Ironically we wound up buying some hay from a neighbor who had bought it from our other neighbor who cut our hay field.

 

[CntryBoy777]

And everyone feels like they got a "Deal", unless ya just paid for what ya could've had for Free....

 

[Mike CHS]

That's the case. When we hayed the fields we weren't planning on getting sheep this soon so we didn't keep any.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That, Mike, sounds like "Life" to me. I've found it much better to get a good chuckle out of those kind of things, cause getting "Upset" just raises the BP and burns the stomach. I am not "Laughing" AT you, but WITH ya my Friend.

 

[CntryBoy777]

In fact, it is like procrastinating about "Sorting Thru" a drawer or box or 2 of junk. So, ya finally run out of Excuses and Other things to do and ya finally Clean, Sort, and Discard all the junk. Then, just a few days or wks later ya come across a situation that the part or pc ya need ya just thru away and the trash has been picked up, so ya have to go buy one. The only reason ya thru it away, is because it have had it for 5-6yrs and didn't need it....that's me!...