Baymule
Herd Master
Good morning y’all. We are high and dry, crazy weather Is flooding places. Lake Charles, Louisiana got TWELVE INCHES. of rain yesterday. They are several hours to the southeast of us, and there is flooding in southeast Texas.
It will not rain today but will start back up this evening and pour down all night. The worst that can happen to us floodwise, is that the roads to town will go under water at creek crossings. We don’t need anything so we are good to sit right here until it all clears off.
I set out three 10 pound bags of chicken leg quarters last night, to get them out of the freezer. I’ll can them today, 3 batches, for the dogs. That will be 21 quart jars of chicken for BJ to dress up their dry dog food with. I need the freezer space. It will take all day.
I will get the first batch started, then run out and do chores. It is wet and squishy, the pigs are starting to stink, the sheep lot is developing odor and the meat chickens smell bad enough to make one swear off eating chicken. And the FLIES! ARRRGGHHH! At least the horses don’t stink.
I kept Ringo and his six ewes in the barn and lot the past two days on dry hay. They are grazing the grass in the yard, which is waterlogged from all the rain. Their poop went from dog logs to cow pies. LOL I’ll let them back out to graze today. Have to take down the bird feeder, Miranda makes a beeline for it and will knock it down. Have to close the porch door, the ewes will gallop up and down, getting into everything.
Canning day today!
It will not rain today but will start back up this evening and pour down all night. The worst that can happen to us floodwise, is that the roads to town will go under water at creek crossings. We don’t need anything so we are good to sit right here until it all clears off.
I set out three 10 pound bags of chicken leg quarters last night, to get them out of the freezer. I’ll can them today, 3 batches, for the dogs. That will be 21 quart jars of chicken for BJ to dress up their dry dog food with. I need the freezer space. It will take all day.
I will get the first batch started, then run out and do chores. It is wet and squishy, the pigs are starting to stink, the sheep lot is developing odor and the meat chickens smell bad enough to make one swear off eating chicken. And the FLIES! ARRRGGHHH! At least the horses don’t stink.
I kept Ringo and his six ewes in the barn and lot the past two days on dry hay. They are grazing the grass in the yard, which is waterlogged from all the rain. Their poop went from dog logs to cow pies. LOL I’ll let them back out to graze today. Have to take down the bird feeder, Miranda makes a beeline for it and will knock it down. Have to close the porch door, the ewes will gallop up and down, getting into everything.
Canning day today!
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Locals are trying to get some time in before tourists wander in, Memorial Day weekend, to start the summer season. I'm away from that. Spent years doing it waaay back. No more. 
Not excited. But I did get more done in garden, then rested. I need to get a weaning field worked for these goat kids! That's gotta happen!!! Of course, I then need to add milking to my days....
. Wonder how. Cut back on jobs!
