ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[country farm girl]

Hardy (East India duck drake) is super mad at me tonight! He's in a cage in the coop by himself. He keeps trying to kill the duckling and I had to pull him off of the little guy (and I'm fairly certain it's a boy) several times this evening. Hardy just wouldn't let it go, so he's in time out tonight.

I was wrong about the guinea keets being tamer because they're being raised by a chicken. Their wildness is starting to break through. I caught one tonight after mush effort and it was just carrying on. Mama Helga was PO'd at me and try to attack me

The new goat boys are doing well. Getting a little louder. They've had a sissy-ish voice but today they were really letting me know that they wanted my attention. I'm really beginning to suspect that they are a lot younger than my brother was led to believe when he picked them up. I need to figure out how to break them of their habit of eating everything! I almost lost a chunk of my shirt this evening. B almost lost a finger yesterday. K was sitting next to their pen tonight and they reached through and yanked out a chunk of his hair!

Turkeys are growing like little weeds. We've got to get their new coop done this weekend so they can move. The little coop that they are in is tight quarters at night now.

so you got your own hair barber now, do you?

 

[elevan]

K was none too pleased

 

[country farm girl]

K was none too pleased

oh poor K, I can understand that! but still too funny!!

 

[Roll farms]

(sorry if I'm hijacking, Em)

Red, I love the horse smell, too. And I love being around them. I've had some great ones. I will show you my favorite horse when you come visit, he lives up the road.
If I were to list my 'favorite' poops, as far as smell...horse's poop would be way above pig or chicken...but still below llama / alpaca and goat.

I just don't have time to clean up after them, and groom them, train them, lunge them, and work to buy their feed, and then actually RIDE them....and refuse to be any animal's maid if I'm not getting something out of it.
In my area, unless you have big $ stock, horses are a great way to go broke.
I gotta *try* to make money at this farm.
Horses kick goats, fight w/ them over feed, etc. I couldn't babysit 24-7 and I couldn't risk lost kids or injured goats over food fights.

Em, I've had many drakes try to kill baby ducks....wierd!

20 years of guinea ownership, and I've never been able to tame one. Granted, I gave up trying to 15 yrs ago or so. I used to carry them around w/ me, hand raise them, etc. Set 'em down and away they go and forget you were just their best pal. Ingrates!

 

[country farm girl]

em, did you see the Q I posted on here?

 

[elevan]

em, did you see the Q I posted on here?

Sorry I missed it

hey emily, I had a Q. I don't have the big livestock right now but I do have poultry and I was thinking of doing my own journal on BYH. Is that ok or do I need to do the journal on BYC?? I don't see a BYC journals thread, thats why I ask.

Go right ahead! We don't mind and would love to read it!

To be honest if you want to do one one BYC too you can. Just put it in Family Life - Stories, Pictures & Updates (on BYC) .

If you read the latest newsletter you'll know that the journal section here started with just one person (happened to be me before I was a mod) starting a journal because I wanted to.

Here's the story on how journals here at BYH started:

BYH Journals are really heating up!
The Journal section at BYH started with just one journal by member elevan (before she was a moderator). She just wanted to start a thread about her daily life revolving around her small farm. Not long after other members joined the fun and began their own journals. Soon there were enough to start a forum for them!

Now, the Member Journal section of the forum is a pretty busy place with many members sharing their stories with the whole membership. It's a place where many friendships are made and many ideas are formed. Don't forget to stop in and read the journals when you visit, you just might find yourself with some new daily reading!

 

[country farm girl]

em, did you see the Q I posted on here?

Sorry I missed it

hey emily, I had a Q. I don't have the big livestock right now but I do have poultry and I was thinking of doing my own journal on BYH. Is that ok or do I need to do the journal on BYC?? I don't see a BYC journals thread, thats why I ask.

Go right ahead! We don't mind and would love to read it!

To be honest if you want to do one one BYC too you can. Just put it in Family Life - Stories, Pictures & Updates (on BYC) .

If you read the latest newsletter you'll know that the journal section here started with just one person (happened to be me before I was a mod) starting a journal because I wanted to.

Here's the story on how journals here at BYH started:

BYH Journals are really heating up!
The Journal section at BYH started with just one journal by member elevan (before she was a moderator). She just wanted to start a thread about her daily life revolving around her small farm. Not long after other members joined the fun and began their own journals. Soon there were enough to start a forum for them!

Now, the Member Journal section of the forum is a pretty busy place with many members sharing their stories with the whole membership. It's a place where many friendships are made and many ideas are formed. Don't forget to stop in and read the journals when you visit, you just might find yourself with some new daily reading!

oh cool!!!! I just wanted to be sure it was ok to do this!

 

[elevan]

(sorry if I'm hijacking, Em)

No problem

Red, I love the horse smell, too. <snip> If I were to list my 'favorite' poops, as far as smell...horse's poop would be way above pig or chicken...but still below llama / alpaca and goat.

I think that you are both insane - certifiably insane.

Horses kick goats, fight w/ them over feed, etc. I couldn't babysit 24-7 and I couldn't risk lost kids or injured goats over food fights.

That's a benefit of my having small breed goats. I have my goat area of the barn with a human gate and a goat gate. The goat gate is short enough that only the goats and my boys (bent over) can go through it so there's no fighting over food.

I keep my kids in a separate field for 2 reasons...I'm afraid of them getting hurt around the horse (Jessie) who we've already witnessed stomp a chicken to it's death and because it keeps the kids out of the chicken coop.

I want nothing more than to send these 2 horses on their way, but it's not my call. Though if Jessie tears down one more fence she might become pig food

 

[elevan]

oh cool!!!! I just wanted to be sure it was ok to do this!

Yep, no problem. You'll find that I talk about my poultry about as much as I do my herd animals in my journal.

I enjoy BYC, but my heart is with BYH

 

[elevan]

Here's some pics I took today:

Hardy - The bad boy

Hardy with DH (who isn't thrilled that I'm taking a pic of him)

Kittens in the flower bed. They're starting to wander around now.