Farmerjan's journal - Weather

[farmerjan]

Tuesday morning... only 55 overnight... sun is mostly out, going to be decently warm today but breezy. Nice weather to be out and I have NO energy, stamina to do much out there... GRRRR

The headaches while coughing have calmed down, the coughing is not quite as bad... but I am like a limp noodle for any energy. Still blowing nose, terribly short of breath, and stuff like that....

Possible showers for last night... might have gotten a sprinkle...

Have got to haul some water this morning... I did not get it yesterday, so cow got put back out.

Got the samples packed and dropped off and took meters to the farm down the road for her to use them. Did very little else.

Weather is supposed to change drastically by end of the week... nights down in the low 20's.... days may be in the 40's....

DS finally brought the trailer with the "chicken houses" that I got several years ago from TSC when a friend worked there... they had a damaged one that I got for like $100... then had a couple of ones that all the "matching boxes" did not have all the "boxes"... like this one was supposed to have 3 boxes and only had 2... a couple had like the "run part" and not the coop part... got them for less than the cost of the wire used to make them..... anyway... been after him to get them here since I moved here nearly 3 years ago... and I have NO ENERGY to go out and try to figure them out. The boxes have been covered but the outside of the boxes have faded, the cardboard is falling apart on a couple... and cannot tell what I have... so am going to wind up having to open them and try to figure out each box and putting them together a "box at a time".... except maybe when I start to get them apart/off the trailer... the flat "fronts" etc will have some numbers/pictures on them. I think I have maybe $300 in them all, and they were originally about $12-1500 worth if totally complete "coops...(I think there are 1 or 2 that were supposed to be mostly complete and a couple that were mismatched boxes). No, they aren't as nice, or as heavy built as homemade stuff... but I got them with the idea of "summer coops/breeding pens" for separating chickens and such. The one thing was the coop parts can be closed for the night...to keep out predators.... that was my biggest incentive for getting them plus the price was pretty cheap.
I did recover them with a new tarp that I got when I took the samples to UPS... ran into Walmart next door and got some throat lozenges, and 2 tarps...
Would have been nice to have them, to get them all out and apart and figured out, with all the nice weather we had for so long...

I have to see if I can get the water loaded on the truck and take some up to the pen for the cow... and see if the weaned holstein wants to come back in.... Might try to leave him out for another day or 2 while it is fairly warm, and then put him in when it gets colder over the weekend.

Going to see about getting out and getting the water run in the barrels for taking up to the cow pen...It is already up to 68 this morning... Need to take advantage of the warmer day if I can push myself a little bit. Might feel better if I get outside in the warmer day, and just "putt along"....

 

[canesisters]

I'm sorry you're still feeling so bad.
I'm into week 2 of this crap, but finally feeling better. At least the sinus headaches & continuous coughing seems to have passed. Hang in there.
I can't wait to see what you do with those coops. I hope to see some of those beautiful golden birds in them.

 

[Baymule]

Week 2 for @canesisters ! I hope you are about done with it. A little bourbon and honey sure helps with a cough. A hot toddy knocks me out and I can sleep when I’m sick.

Jan do you have the makings for a hot toddy, do you can sleep?

Glad you finally got the coops home, just in time for winter. Blah.

 

[farmerjan]

Wed morning... 34, partly cloudy, don't know if we are supposed to get any sun, haven't looked at the forecast.

Yeah, I figure this is going to be a week-2 week type cold. Not a quickie one. I get one every couple of years... mostly it's a couple days and back at it... Oh well....
Except for the first night, I haven't had much trouble sleeping... Taking the generic of Mucinex with cough suppressant.... keeping it loose enough so it doesn't "go down on my chest", as my mother used to say... so it is loose enough to blow my nose but not so crummy... Have gone this route a few times so not bothered by it except it saps your energy.

Got the water hauled yesterday... 2 / 15 gal barrels and had 3 / 5 gal buckets with lids right there handy so filled them too.... at least it was warm out to do that.
Supposed to be rainy tomorrow, Thursday.... then COLD....

Got up awhile ago... going to eat some hot cereal I think, and take it easy for a bit....

 

[Ridgetop]

and I have NO ENERGY to go out and try to figure them out.

You need to get over that cold first. No need to figure them out until you are feeling better. Haying is over so you have little more time. Can you put sone together in the carport? or at least figure the pieces out in the carport where you are under cover and have light at night? Do the complete ones little at a time. You can probably scavenge enough parts from the incomplete ones to make a couple more which is what you were thinking when you bought them. If they are wood, use boat varnish on them to try to make them water proof and slow down the deterioration.

At least when you get your beautiful new show birds you will have a home for them! Yay for DS bringig them over. Sure wish he could figure out how to retire or go on disability and still farm.