autumnprairie
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ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal
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We used to host chickenstocks here at our house. It turned sour when someone's teenage child broke into vehicles and stole cd's and pocket change, so we quit doing it.
We took up donations / had silent auctions, and donated the money to the old BYC (before Nifty's time) so that Chickchair (rest her soul) could help pay the EZ board expenses.
I'm very willing to host one again here at our house, provided folks keep their kids in line.
First one I see throwing sticks or rocks in the pond or at the animals, will be asked to leave.... (Yes, it's happened before...)
No money necessary, just everyone bring something to eat. We can grill burgers and dogs for 'meat'.
It's no convention center, but we have 18 acres, plenty of parking space, and 2 bathrooms.
(We're near Marion, IN - 1 hr N. of Indianapolis.)
We took up donations / had silent auctions, and donated the money to the old BYC (before Nifty's time) so that Chickchair (rest her soul) could help pay the EZ board expenses.
I'm very willing to host one again here at our house, provided folks keep their kids in line.
First one I see throwing sticks or rocks in the pond or at the animals, will be asked to leave.... (Yes, it's happened before...)
No money necessary, just everyone bring something to eat. We can grill burgers and dogs for 'meat'.
It's no convention center, but we have 18 acres, plenty of parking space, and 2 bathrooms.
(We're near Marion, IN - 1 hr N. of Indianapolis.)
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elevan
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Roll farms said:We used to host chickenstocks here at our house. It turned sour when someone's teenage child broke into vehicles and stole cd's and pocket change, so we quit doing it.
We took up donations / had silent auctions, and donated the money to the old BYC (before Nifty's time) so that Chickchair (rest her soul) could help pay the EZ board expenses.
I'm very willing to host one again here at our house, provided folks keep their kids in line.
First one I see throwing sticks or rocks in the pond or at the animals, will be asked to leave.... (Yes, it's happened before...)
No money necessary, just everyone bring something to eat. We can grill burgers and dogs for 'meat'.
It's no convention center, but we have 18 acres, plenty of parking space, and 2 bathrooms.
(We're near Marion, IN - 1 hr N. of Indianapolis.)
Awesome Roll!
If you want to post in Me, My Herd, My Family and start it rolling - go ahead whenever you're ready
I'd definitely make the drive!
autumnprairie
Owned by the Rotten Heifers
this sounds like so much fun 
Roll farms
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If I don't do it by this afternoon, can you remind me....? It's my crazy, get up at 3am day and I may forget....
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elevan
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Sure thing
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elevan
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THAT HORSE!!!! 
I despise THAT horse!
What did she do now?...you might be asking...
She tore down the boy's fence! Yep, Snickers was out with the main herd including underage doelings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At first I didn't notice the fence just that Snickers was missing and I was petrified that he'd escaped to the neighbors again and might be in danger but I didn't see him and then I noticed the fence...Thank goodness Ranger didn't notice or it would have been worse since he's the only one proven to be a breeder, but we're taking no chances the young doelings will be luted in 3 weeks.
And since I'm home by myself without adequate resources to fix the fence I had to improvise...it looks redneck. My solution involved tree limbs and baling twine...I bet you can just imagine what it looks like. One side has tree limbs tied to it with runs of twine and the other side has brush piled up to keep the dang horse away from the fence.
In case you were wondering...I chased her around the field again...yelling obscenities the whole time. Snickers stood at the pond watching me chase her while happily munching grass / weeds. When I was done chasing the horse and fixing the fence I went to get Snickers and found him sunning himself against a petrified log near the pond happy as could be. Grabbed him by the horns and we "perp walked" back to his pasture. Ranger was not a bit pleased to see him since he didn't get to go out and have fun.
I'm exhausted but made my rounds checking poultry that isn't in the main coop. Turkeys are growing nicely. Stared to head back out through the barn and heard intense cheeping. Started looking closer and found a brand new chick on the ground below the nest box that Skeeter is setting in the barn! Skeeter was off grabbing a bite to eat so I put the chick back and shoo'ed Skeeter back to the barn. It's the cutest little thing! And it's 4 days late hatching!
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I despise THAT horse!
What did she do now?...you might be asking...
She tore down the boy's fence! Yep, Snickers was out with the main herd including underage doelings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At first I didn't notice the fence just that Snickers was missing and I was petrified that he'd escaped to the neighbors again and might be in danger but I didn't see him and then I noticed the fence...Thank goodness Ranger didn't notice or it would have been worse since he's the only one proven to be a breeder, but we're taking no chances the young doelings will be luted in 3 weeks.
And since I'm home by myself without adequate resources to fix the fence I had to improvise...it looks redneck. My solution involved tree limbs and baling twine...I bet you can just imagine what it looks like. One side has tree limbs tied to it with runs of twine and the other side has brush piled up to keep the dang horse away from the fence.
In case you were wondering...I chased her around the field again...yelling obscenities the whole time. Snickers stood at the pond watching me chase her while happily munching grass / weeds. When I was done chasing the horse and fixing the fence I went to get Snickers and found him sunning himself against a petrified log near the pond happy as could be. Grabbed him by the horns and we "perp walked" back to his pasture. Ranger was not a bit pleased to see him since he didn't get to go out and have fun.
I'm exhausted but made my rounds checking poultry that isn't in the main coop. Turkeys are growing nicely. Stared to head back out through the barn and heard intense cheeping. Started looking closer and found a brand new chick on the ground below the nest box that Skeeter is setting in the barn! Skeeter was off grabbing a bite to eat so I put the chick back and shoo'ed Skeeter back to the barn. It's the cutest little thing! And it's 4 days late hatching!
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elevan
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Here is a (bad) pic of Skeeter's chick:
autumnprairie
Owned by the Rotten Heifers
so cute!
Squirrelgirl88
Loving the herd life
That doesn't look like an emu. Where are the emus?
