Good Morning!--Chat thread

[WildRoseBeef]

HG, no I didn't. Never thought of it until after the fact. :/

Went to St. Albert Staple's Business Depot because we were having some computer problems; i.e the CD/DVD drive wouldn't work. Fortunately one of the techies there fixed it within a matter of minutes for us. Yippee!!

I found a new book in Chapters called Cattle Health, book by Storey's (same company that published Storey's Guide to Raising [Beef Cattle, Dairy Goats, Sheep, Llamas, etc.]). Looks to be a really good book.

Didn't come home til about coffee time...looks like I gotta weed the garden tomorrow. Among other things.

But I'm happy we got the CD thing working again....listening to some music as I'm typing/reading on here.

 

[lupinfarm]

Woo, We got a call from Trevor at Wolfcreek Equestrian who was one of the guys who called us about doing post holes. His wife said he'd preferably like to come out tomorrow (Thurs) or this weekend to do the posts. We won't call off the other guy until Trevor comes out and does the job, but things are looking up a bit. On top of that I found someone on the Equiman forums much closer than Caledon who sells the Jump cup tracks and jumps that you just screw on rather than drilling holes and although she wants a bit more than system fence, she's also not a 4 hour drive away and she's only in Tweed

Also, Tetley's owner has arranged trailering for Tetley finally and she will be shipped the end of August so Luna will be all alone again.

 

[Bronco Hollow]

A good afternoon to all of BYH!!!!!

Hummm, a little tinsy bit slow here. I miss my fellow BYH'ers good morning!!!!! I'm having withdrawals!

I want to know if lupinfarm got her fence in.
I'm curious what Thewife has broken lately
How Wynedot is doing
Is there a bat sequel to WildRoseBeef
Did Amsyflock get those beets processed and flowers in
Chickerdoodle and 2468 where are you????

....just to name a few off the top of my pee brain and not to leave anyone out......

 

[lupinfarm]

Bronco, we have not gotten our fence in! ... Trevor also could not get through the clay so we ended up going back to Lutes Cedar and buying extra poles to do the long sections in buck fence. Trevor will be back with a clay bullet for his auger to do my riding ring because I am adamint that I have a nicely fenced riding ring

 

[WildRoseBeef]

BH, mom found some little turds by a little vent where supposedly a mouse crawled through, or where the bat came through. She set some mouse traps yesterday just in case, but it's hard to tell if there is a little mouse around or whether the cats got it or whether it was the bat that gave us those little presents.

Anyway, I had a busy day. Had to work at the clinic today, doing the usual cleaning and feeding. We have like a dozen kittens; half of those are professional escape artists. I was more busy chasing those little s@#$'s around than cleaning litter boxes and feeding them. LOL!!!

Had a couple emergencies come in today: both with dogs. One had bloody diarrhea; suspected parvovirus but the test came back negative (whew!!), did another fecal test and beyond that I don't know what the dog had.

Second dog that came in had something stuck in the throat that she was coughing up blood, poor thing. She'll be a bit sore for a few days or longer.

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Awww Gee hubby came back from his "guy's fishing week " with our son who's 15...tonight.....Back to reality .......Did miss him and son ....

 

[Thewife]

Bronco Hollow, nope haven't broke anything lately!(yet)

I have been running the tiller to clean out a ditch for the past few days! If Hubby ever fixes the brush hogs I broke, I will need the tiller to start making another hay field, so I am really TRYING to be careful!
We won't tell him about the BIG boulder I hit! If it wasn't so dry out there, all them sparks that shot out would have been pretty darm cool!

Hey, 2468herdsrgr8, my Hubby just came home form a weekend fishing thing! It was only a "guy thing" cause I won't go to new fishing place until he checks it out first! He says the water was pretty choppy and I would probably still be #####ing about it! Wonder if that is why he is going back nest weekend? Hmmmmm....
Well, somebody has to get stay home and get some work done!

 

[2468herdsrgr8]

Hey Wifey !!! OMG !!! wasn't it soooo peaceful.....???

The bad news is were doing my side of the family thing ...at the same place ....next week and my mothers going to be there !!!whaaaaaaaa !!!! I told hubby book a cottage for us ONLY!!!!!

Here's to the brush hog "click of the coffee cups "

 

[amysflock]

Good morning! BH, yes, I got the beets processed (9 pints pickled and six 2-person whole beet servings frozen) and then a couple days later made 12 quarts of garlic dill cucumber pickles! Whee!

Thank heavens the cattle are being well behaved lately, because my chickens are killing me (yes, the little sweeties I hatched on June 11). I have five roos and a mean pullet listed for sale with one possibly sold (all confined in a dog kennel now with a "lid" and doing well together), and pecking order chaos in the big coop. I introduced three blue laced red wyandotte pullet chicks yesterday, about 2 weeks younger than the rest of my birds and while they're very industrious and sticking together well, half of the 6 older birds want to bully them. Grrr. I'm probably interferring too much (I've been moving birds in and out for days).

But it's a new week...what shall I do today??!

 

[lupinfarm]

Afternoon everyone, it's about 35 C degrees here, my chickens are baked alive in the coop (with all the windows, doors, and a fan going). My chickens have all developed a slight case of bumblefoot because the ground in their run is so hard packed due to the lack of rain that its like walking on cement, so as soon as it gets a bit cooler we have to soak everyones feet and take care of the bumblefoot, none of them are too swollen and the scabs are all rather small at this stage. I did a little playtime integration of the EE's and the big hens, a few pecks and all of the EE's knew their place and huddled into the corner until the big hen left LOL.

The horses are baking alive in the field, it's so hot out that the grass is getting scorched. The ducks pool is heating up so their water is really warm right now. The house is like a furnace. OH! and to top it allll off, my mum's bestfriend and my old riding coach was here in Ontario to visit but she couldn't come and has to go back to Alberta ASAP because her Deep Vein Thrombosis blood thinners are making her blood too thin and she's hemorraging all over the place where she's staying right now!

-__- I thought I'd never say this, but I can't wait for winter.