Goatgurl - life goes on at someday farm

[Ferguson K]

I could imagine it would be a team effort getting those in. I showed my husband and he asked how I expected him to put them in place, as we have no tractor. I said well one day we will. That day, we do something like that. Until then its tarp covered cattle panels.

 

[goatgurl]

it was no picnic getting them there but now that they are the goats really enjoy them, the sheep..not so much. they rub on them once in a while but that's about all.
saw the first bald eagle of the season this afternoon. they migrate here every fall, stay thru the winter and leave in the spring. i love enjoy watching them. I've gone down to the lake where they congregate and take pictures when i can.

 

[Baymule]

Now you've gone and done it......everybody has concrete culvert envy!

 

[goatgurl]

sorry everyone. see, i was wishing they had a couple of those spools to play on. they have a big tractor tire and the culverts but a spool or two would be nice.
and I'm amazed no one mentioned my poor naked chicken. she looks like ---- but is still going strong for an old girl. she has learned to cluck like a sitting hen when the roosters come near her so they leave her alone. they fall for it every time.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

she has learned to cluck like a sitting hen when the roosters come near her so they leave her alone. they fall for it every time.

Well, I guess you can teach an old chicken a new trick, lol!

 

[Baymule]

@Ferguson K if you get the chance to get some, just do it and worry about how to get them set later. I found a 7'x21' steel culvert in Beaumont when we lived in Livingston, for $750 and we drove over there to pay the man for it. Then by talking to everyone i knew, I found someone to haul it for $300. It sat in a ditch for over a year, then a neighbor bought a bulldozer and we immediately hired him to put it in.

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh, if only you were closer...

We had a man pull up... remember we are RIGHT on the road
anyway he travels past our house 2x day to/from work. He works for some company and noticed we had spools out for the goats and one was on its side because it was falling apart...

asked us if we'd like some spools? He was saying it is costly to get rid of them so if we can use them then great!
He has 14 right now... and he'd bring them by.

Today he dropped off 2!
Brought his wife also- they LOVE seeing the dogs ...
The dogs are as much attraction as the goats.
While they were here someone else slowed down- real slow- I waved them in... thinking they were our visitors we were expecting... nope they saw the dogs and had to stop.

I do love where I live.... that is how people are here... total strangers yet always willing to share with a "neighbor".
More spools coming this week!

 

[Southern by choice]

Oh yeah... DD said we need to get some Lamanchas from you.

 

[Hens and Roos]

Great find on the spools! Early Christmas presents for the goats & dogs @Southern by choice

 

[goatgurl]

oh man, free spools...... i wish we were closer too. and @Ferguson K i just happened to know the foreman on a state road crew that was taking the culverts out and replacing them with metal. they brought them here and dumped them in the front pasture. it took three men and a boy with a big tractor to put them in the goat yard.
and @Southern by choice tell your dd that we could arrange that.