Baymule
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The 2 storms I got were huge masses of rain, moving northeast. Houston and small towns to the northeast of Houston got hit by tornadoes yesterday.
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Ridgetop
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My aunt had an old wood stove that heatd her little house. She put down ceramic floor tiles under it and then to help radiate the heat into the large living room, she put up sheets of shiny metal behind the stove.
Paperwork is a pain but good records are invaluable. I keep paperwork too, and use a large White Board with all the ewes breeding dates. When using multiple rams, I put the ram on the top of the list of ewes expsed to him with the dates he marked them. Then when they lamb, I enter the date, # of ram and ewe lambs on the board. Then I transfer the inforation into my notebook ready to register.
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Been a cloudy chilly damp day. 28 to start... up to 44 but there were a few peeks of sun before noon then just got cloudier and some sprinkles by 4....
I took the truck to the dumpster and got all the old cardboard and bags of garbage off the truck this morning... I was thinking I might try to work on the poultry pen... But it was really cold and damp out so was thinking... eh.....
Brought the clothes in off the line when we had a little break in the clouds and some "almost sun" out there... they were dry so that was great.
DS called... broke the end of the hydraulic cylinder "tabs" that hold it in place... so the whole cyclinder all moved instead of the piston in the cylinder... and arms of the bale bed were on the ground and could not lift them. So, I came down to the field where he was getting the hay.... actually helped him lift the arms up... each of us on one arm on each side of the truck...they move together... and got them up over the bed where he could strap one tight to keep it from moving... and strapped the cylinder so it would not move around in the center of the bed of the truck... and he could drive it to the barn... he did get ahold of a friend that he will take it to tomorrow and see if they can fix it...
Then he called a few minutes later... could I come get him as he was taking the dump truck to the pasture.... he was supposed to get a load of wood loaded so he could go deliver it before it rained... he needed to use the tractor there that he was loading all the wood from a huge oak that had come down... but now he would have to take it back to the farm because he needed the tractor to do the feeding since the truck is not workable... and he tore up the radiator and all in the other bale bed truck the day before with the 2 stupid cows that kept going back through the gate and giving him so much trouble...another whole story...
So he came, got the wood loaded on the truck... took the tractor and got hay to feed at the nurse cow pasture... took 2 bales since the beef heifers all bully the jersey... and bullied the 2 holstein heifers we just moved, as well as the smaller holstein bull calf that is weaned...so I had asked him to put 2 rolls in there... and with the rain coming, it was good to get extra fed out... so he put one across the fence, got another... I had opened the gate down the road a bit...... so he came in, and put the one in the round bale feeder and then went and got the one he had put across the fence, and took it up nearer to the barn so they are spread apart some so the jersey can get a chance to eat some without them all crowding around one... then followed him to the barn and brought him back to get the truck ..... He went on to the barn, to finish loading some more wood for a full load... and had to do all the hay feeding at the barn now with the tractor.
I went back to the nurse cow pasture... after mixing 6 buckets of feed to put in the forester... got the jersey and her 2 calves in the barn... fed her and put feed in the other side for the weaned hol bull and the young black calf... they came in to eat also. Kinda nice not having the big hol heifer twins in there as they are pushy.... Then I decided with the weather coming I would leave her in and put hay in the bunk feeders for her. I opened up the inside gate so she could go on both sides of the barn... and the 2 calves that go in and out the creep gate, could also have the whole barn and hay in both sides. They can go out if they want, and the black one will go back out to his momma some, but this gives them the chance to be inside ... and get some hay and not confine the cow to one side. The side where the nurse cow and calves are, is smaller, so this gives them more room and the other 2 can still come and go out loose if they want to overnight. The black steer that was going round and round to get out did not come in for grain and I just left him be... he will in a day or 2 when he doesn't feel like he is gong to be "trapped" in the barn again... I will be glad to ship him since he will tear things up too easily. Funny, his year older brother, the white one... is the same way in the pen... yet the heifers the longhorn has had, have not been like that . Which actually is fine... I want the heifers to be tamer, quieter... and it usually is the other way around... The steers that will get sold, are the pets; and the heifers you want to keep are the jerks....
So then, came home to the house... got the mower out and hooked up the lawn sweeper that I had left out to use... and didn't use... so decided it needed to get back in the carport under cover... Did that, got things moved around... unloaded 5 of the batteries at the deck then took the mower into the carport, and took out the last battery, got it covered with the tarp in case the rain blows in there...
Got the batteries in and will get them charged up. They should not be out in the freezing cold all winter... Then store then in the other room for the winter.
Finally came in as it was getting dusk... it was misty/sprinkling a little.
We are supposed to get rain off and on, and be just wet and damp and chilly tonight. Rain forecast for tomorrow some and then heavier rain Sunday. We need the moisture.... but it makes it cold and crummy out with the temps so low... Almost wish it was snow instead.... the cows do better with snow than cold soaking rain.
Got a roast in the oven cooking... probably going to cook some potatoes for mashed potatoes... warm up the house and then watch a dvd or something and fold some of the pile of clothes... and maybe shred some more paper stuff.
It is raining a little more and somewhat foggy out there now... glad I got done things I did earlier.
I took the truck to the dumpster and got all the old cardboard and bags of garbage off the truck this morning... I was thinking I might try to work on the poultry pen... But it was really cold and damp out so was thinking... eh.....
Brought the clothes in off the line when we had a little break in the clouds and some "almost sun" out there... they were dry so that was great.
DS called... broke the end of the hydraulic cylinder "tabs" that hold it in place... so the whole cyclinder all moved instead of the piston in the cylinder... and arms of the bale bed were on the ground and could not lift them. So, I came down to the field where he was getting the hay.... actually helped him lift the arms up... each of us on one arm on each side of the truck...they move together... and got them up over the bed where he could strap one tight to keep it from moving... and strapped the cylinder so it would not move around in the center of the bed of the truck... and he could drive it to the barn... he did get ahold of a friend that he will take it to tomorrow and see if they can fix it...
Then he called a few minutes later... could I come get him as he was taking the dump truck to the pasture.... he was supposed to get a load of wood loaded so he could go deliver it before it rained... he needed to use the tractor there that he was loading all the wood from a huge oak that had come down... but now he would have to take it back to the farm because he needed the tractor to do the feeding since the truck is not workable... and he tore up the radiator and all in the other bale bed truck the day before with the 2 stupid cows that kept going back through the gate and giving him so much trouble...another whole story...
So he came, got the wood loaded on the truck... took the tractor and got hay to feed at the nurse cow pasture... took 2 bales since the beef heifers all bully the jersey... and bullied the 2 holstein heifers we just moved, as well as the smaller holstein bull calf that is weaned...so I had asked him to put 2 rolls in there... and with the rain coming, it was good to get extra fed out... so he put one across the fence, got another... I had opened the gate down the road a bit...... so he came in, and put the one in the round bale feeder and then went and got the one he had put across the fence, and took it up nearer to the barn so they are spread apart some so the jersey can get a chance to eat some without them all crowding around one... then followed him to the barn and brought him back to get the truck ..... He went on to the barn, to finish loading some more wood for a full load... and had to do all the hay feeding at the barn now with the tractor.
I went back to the nurse cow pasture... after mixing 6 buckets of feed to put in the forester... got the jersey and her 2 calves in the barn... fed her and put feed in the other side for the weaned hol bull and the young black calf... they came in to eat also. Kinda nice not having the big hol heifer twins in there as they are pushy.... Then I decided with the weather coming I would leave her in and put hay in the bunk feeders for her. I opened up the inside gate so she could go on both sides of the barn... and the 2 calves that go in and out the creep gate, could also have the whole barn and hay in both sides. They can go out if they want, and the black one will go back out to his momma some, but this gives them the chance to be inside ... and get some hay and not confine the cow to one side. The side where the nurse cow and calves are, is smaller, so this gives them more room and the other 2 can still come and go out loose if they want to overnight. The black steer that was going round and round to get out did not come in for grain and I just left him be... he will in a day or 2 when he doesn't feel like he is gong to be "trapped" in the barn again... I will be glad to ship him since he will tear things up too easily. Funny, his year older brother, the white one... is the same way in the pen... yet the heifers the longhorn has had, have not been like that . Which actually is fine... I want the heifers to be tamer, quieter... and it usually is the other way around... The steers that will get sold, are the pets; and the heifers you want to keep are the jerks....
So then, came home to the house... got the mower out and hooked up the lawn sweeper that I had left out to use... and didn't use... so decided it needed to get back in the carport under cover... Did that, got things moved around... unloaded 5 of the batteries at the deck then took the mower into the carport, and took out the last battery, got it covered with the tarp in case the rain blows in there...
Got the batteries in and will get them charged up. They should not be out in the freezing cold all winter... Then store then in the other room for the winter.
Finally came in as it was getting dusk... it was misty/sprinkling a little.
We are supposed to get rain off and on, and be just wet and damp and chilly tonight. Rain forecast for tomorrow some and then heavier rain Sunday. We need the moisture.... but it makes it cold and crummy out with the temps so low... Almost wish it was snow instead.... the cows do better with snow than cold soaking rain.
Got a roast in the oven cooking... probably going to cook some potatoes for mashed potatoes... warm up the house and then watch a dvd or something and fold some of the pile of clothes... and maybe shred some more paper stuff.
It is raining a little more and somewhat foggy out there now... glad I got done things I did earlier.
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