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Got sunnier later in the afternoon. Went to town, got 2 tubs, that have no "clarify" or any kind of feed through for fly control, and no urea... 18% protein so pretty good. I am happy with them. Ran into a friend there, who is actually the general manager, and the feed store was finally "sold" to another feed group, and she stayed on as their gen mgr... which was the best thing that happened to the feed company.... the previous owner... who started this feed company over 50 years ago.... also was a control freak, has lost several real good workers because he would accuse people/office mgrs of stealing from the company... he promised the one for 11 years he would sell it to them, then would renig... real mess.... and she quit and had to bring counter charges against him for slander and such... several of the mill guys quit when she left... anyway.....
This other friend took over the day to day stuff after 2 very "clueless" office people the owner had hired...... about 15 years ago???? and then the owner started accusing her about stealing from the company... this other feed company wanted to buy it because they needed the "pellet mill" capacity.... and this friend had a place in Alaska, so she would go up there for several months... stayed in constant contact with whomever was in the office because some of them were totally clueless... and the owner couldn't keep good help that was familiar with the feed/mineral business....so he couldn't let her go... he tried and a couple of BIG customers threatened to take their business elsewhere unless they could deal with her... owner has always been a bit of a jerk, but as he got older he got worse... He is now in his late 80's I guess... his wife passed away and he has nothing else to do... his daughter lives away, and is estranged from his son....
Anyway, she is back for a week from Alaska, and her daughter in law, who had been working there and owner fired her last year, then was rehired when the new company took it over.... and now her daughter is also working there... Business sale was finally finalized around the first of the year.... and so now she is a "full time" but works remotely much of the time, comes back since her kids are here too... and the new owners are perfectly satisfied... Several customers that had left are coming back she said, since they know that the owner is not there... and are used to her knowledge and all, in the feed and mineral business. I am really glad... So, we spent a bunch of time gabbing, her DIL had the "baby" there and he is about 12-14 months I guess now... her son came in, who makes my DS look "small"....and a couple of calls for mineral orders for the spring... with hi-mag for the beef cattle that go out on green grass ... low mag will cause them major problems... grass tetany.....
So all of this is leading to I didn't get any feed moved to the barn. I went to doug's farm, on the way home from the feed store, because DS is gone for 4 days... found out Sat eve...that they were leaving Monday..... long story....... so I went to feed grain to 2 groups, a friend of DS was going to do the silage feeding with the skid loader and such...and the grain... but on the no silage feeding days, they still need feed/grain... and this guy was not going to be able to feed until late today... and he and I talked and I said I would feed the 2 outside groups, and he could feed in the barn, after dark, because the lights would make it easier for him... we talked about DS going away and the "set up"... and all that... I said I could do them all, but if they were concerned about me carrying feed buckets in there where the cattle were... then I would just do the outside ones that I can feed from outside over the fence... and he wouldn't have to worry about trying to have lights etc out there... and he could do the inside with the heifers in and around....Seems this was all figured out but I was not told about it except DS was telling me all sorts of things but not that I would have to do this,,,, but just for me to know... and to check for calves... but in the meantime, seems gf sister is checking for calves too.... and tagged a couple... which is fine, but then why do I need to go check them too..... which I have started back doing some now... I can get them between my knees and hold them although my hand is not doing good at squeezing the ear tag pliers so have to grip with 2 hands... so whatever....Just tell me that he has gf sister doing this... although the other friend will be doing it the next couple days...the whole right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing... he has people doing stuff, tells me bits and pieces and just expects me to accept things... I also think this is why he was getting things at my house; like the water all of a sudden done... guilt over going away and then not telling me until last minute....has happened before, should have been looking for something sneaky to happen.
BUT, I am left in the dark about who is doing what...but I need to know which pen gets how much grain and all that.... then, I need to go to his house and do the dogs and the chickens... and check the sheep and water them... GRRRRRR .....
Anyway, took the tubs up there and put them out for the heifers etc at the nurse cow pasture and will go get feed off the other truck tomorrow and put some bags in the forester... can transfer them to the barn when it is not raining...
Got the cardboard and junk, off the ranger at the dumpster, and the other 2 boxes covered over for the upcoming rain. I will see about getting "box 1 of 2" with the actual chicken house pieces, put together and see what is missing since there is no "box 2" for that chicken house...... and go from there. Going to leave the first one I put together, whole like it is... and I can then decide how to put together the second and the third poultry runs; one that has all the parts, and the one that is missing the "roof sections".... shorten it up to add some to the chicken house part I have if they will work together...... we'll see when I get that one done.
It was chillier than I thought it would be today... it hit 60 late in the sun, but there was quite a breeze/wind so a hooded sweatshirt was not overly warm....so I did not do as much out there I was thinking to do.... One plus for all this, there were a couple pallets under these boxes, so I will have enough to make the compost "bin" at the garden.
I then got home, and did dishes, have some more to catch up on, doing the buckets that I was hauling water in, and some clothes to go in the washing machine... Brought boxes of bottles in the house, to put bottles in the trays for testing tomorrow afternoon.
Going to be an intersting night with the "state of the union" type speech from the president... and the answers/bebuttal speech from the other party...
Congress has "held up"/stopped, the bill introduced and voted for by all 53 republicans, to prevent biological males from competing in "womens's sports"... all democrats voted against it...this does not meet the criteria of 60 votes, it is not a simple majority type of vote..... their constituents ought to really consider what these people are doing; since by conservative estimates from any and all polls taken, it has anywhere from 67 to 90% of ALL people saying that these "trans men/women" should NOT compete in women's sports...
This other friend took over the day to day stuff after 2 very "clueless" office people the owner had hired...... about 15 years ago???? and then the owner started accusing her about stealing from the company... this other feed company wanted to buy it because they needed the "pellet mill" capacity.... and this friend had a place in Alaska, so she would go up there for several months... stayed in constant contact with whomever was in the office because some of them were totally clueless... and the owner couldn't keep good help that was familiar with the feed/mineral business....so he couldn't let her go... he tried and a couple of BIG customers threatened to take their business elsewhere unless they could deal with her... owner has always been a bit of a jerk, but as he got older he got worse... He is now in his late 80's I guess... his wife passed away and he has nothing else to do... his daughter lives away, and is estranged from his son....
Anyway, she is back for a week from Alaska, and her daughter in law, who had been working there and owner fired her last year, then was rehired when the new company took it over.... and now her daughter is also working there... Business sale was finally finalized around the first of the year.... and so now she is a "full time" but works remotely much of the time, comes back since her kids are here too... and the new owners are perfectly satisfied... Several customers that had left are coming back she said, since they know that the owner is not there... and are used to her knowledge and all, in the feed and mineral business. I am really glad... So, we spent a bunch of time gabbing, her DIL had the "baby" there and he is about 12-14 months I guess now... her son came in, who makes my DS look "small"....and a couple of calls for mineral orders for the spring... with hi-mag for the beef cattle that go out on green grass ... low mag will cause them major problems... grass tetany.....
So all of this is leading to I didn't get any feed moved to the barn. I went to doug's farm, on the way home from the feed store, because DS is gone for 4 days... found out Sat eve...that they were leaving Monday..... long story....... so I went to feed grain to 2 groups, a friend of DS was going to do the silage feeding with the skid loader and such...and the grain... but on the no silage feeding days, they still need feed/grain... and this guy was not going to be able to feed until late today... and he and I talked and I said I would feed the 2 outside groups, and he could feed in the barn, after dark, because the lights would make it easier for him... we talked about DS going away and the "set up"... and all that... I said I could do them all, but if they were concerned about me carrying feed buckets in there where the cattle were... then I would just do the outside ones that I can feed from outside over the fence... and he wouldn't have to worry about trying to have lights etc out there... and he could do the inside with the heifers in and around....Seems this was all figured out but I was not told about it except DS was telling me all sorts of things but not that I would have to do this,,,, but just for me to know... and to check for calves... but in the meantime, seems gf sister is checking for calves too.... and tagged a couple... which is fine, but then why do I need to go check them too..... which I have started back doing some now... I can get them between my knees and hold them although my hand is not doing good at squeezing the ear tag pliers so have to grip with 2 hands... so whatever....Just tell me that he has gf sister doing this... although the other friend will be doing it the next couple days...the whole right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing... he has people doing stuff, tells me bits and pieces and just expects me to accept things... I also think this is why he was getting things at my house; like the water all of a sudden done... guilt over going away and then not telling me until last minute....has happened before, should have been looking for something sneaky to happen.
BUT, I am left in the dark about who is doing what...but I need to know which pen gets how much grain and all that.... then, I need to go to his house and do the dogs and the chickens... and check the sheep and water them... GRRRRRR .....
Anyway, took the tubs up there and put them out for the heifers etc at the nurse cow pasture and will go get feed off the other truck tomorrow and put some bags in the forester... can transfer them to the barn when it is not raining...
Got the cardboard and junk, off the ranger at the dumpster, and the other 2 boxes covered over for the upcoming rain. I will see about getting "box 1 of 2" with the actual chicken house pieces, put together and see what is missing since there is no "box 2" for that chicken house...... and go from there. Going to leave the first one I put together, whole like it is... and I can then decide how to put together the second and the third poultry runs; one that has all the parts, and the one that is missing the "roof sections".... shorten it up to add some to the chicken house part I have if they will work together...... we'll see when I get that one done.
It was chillier than I thought it would be today... it hit 60 late in the sun, but there was quite a breeze/wind so a hooded sweatshirt was not overly warm....so I did not do as much out there I was thinking to do.... One plus for all this, there were a couple pallets under these boxes, so I will have enough to make the compost "bin" at the garden.
I then got home, and did dishes, have some more to catch up on, doing the buckets that I was hauling water in, and some clothes to go in the washing machine... Brought boxes of bottles in the house, to put bottles in the trays for testing tomorrow afternoon.
Going to be an intersting night with the "state of the union" type speech from the president... and the answers/bebuttal speech from the other party...
Congress has "held up"/stopped, the bill introduced and voted for by all 53 republicans, to prevent biological males from competing in "womens's sports"... all democrats voted against it...this does not meet the criteria of 60 votes, it is not a simple majority type of vote..... their constituents ought to really consider what these people are doing; since by conservative estimates from any and all polls taken, it has anywhere from 67 to 90% of ALL people saying that these "trans men/women" should NOT compete in women's sports...
