Hawg Hut or Goat or Sheep or DH's New Digs

[Baymule]

Oh, getting blue butts. They will hit the 250-300 range at slaughter time.

 

[Southern by choice]

or DH's new digs! You nut!

Looking great!

 

[Baymule]

We got more rain last night. 2 1/4" and lots of wind. Just checked--Hawg Hut is dry, except where the floor meets the sides, a little spot on each side. I'll have to figure that out. The side piece of plywood overlaps the end, so don't know why the leak, maybe it seeped in around the screw holes? Ha! Caulk 'em! (when it drys)

 

[Ferguson K]

That hut makes for some spoiled pigs! Looking great!

Your ducks are about the only thing here enjoying the rain.

 

[Baymule]

Dummy ducks stand out in the rain when all the other animals are snug inside, watching the rain.

@Ferguson K Don't you raise pigs? Do you just buy feeder pigs or do you keep a sow? How long from feeder size to slaughter size?

 

[Ferguson K]

The last two years because of the move and getting everything built from the ground up we've just grabbed feeders. Depending on what size they are and how you feed them, they should gain 2-3lbs a day. A 50lb pig will be over 100lbs in a months time. They'll stall here for a week or so then continue to bloom.

They don't do well on a high salt Hugh protein feed. They need starches and burnable sugars like corns and breads. Fruits and vegetables leftover from supper are good, too.

Ours get everything in the fridge. Everything. Our breeders get a restricted diet, though.

We've it one boar and two sows of one breed and a pair in another. Planning on getting some more feeders and picking a pair out of them.

 

[Ferguson K]

Ignore my phones autocorrect.....

 

[Devonviolet]

http://www.landsoftexas.com/texas/land-for-sale/2.21-acres-in-Smith-County-Texas/id/2798159

This is an exceptional price for this area. Deals are out there if you are willing to look for them. Our place was a HUD repo, the process was hell, but finally it was ours. What are you looking for, what price and how much land?

This is a nice looking piece of property. The only thing that would make it better, is more land.

Gee @Latestarter, if you bought land near Lindale we would practically be neighbors, and you would be a hop, skip and jump (maybe 20 minutes - depending on where you live) from Tyler, which is one of the larger cities in East Texas. (And our favorite alternative doc is in Lindale. )

 

[Devonviolet]

We got more rain last night. 2 1/4" and lots of wind. Just checked--Hawg Hut is dry, except where the floor meets the sides, a little spot on each side. I'll have to figure that out. The side piece of plywood overlaps the end, so don't know why the leak, maybe it seeped in around the screw holes? Ha! Caulk 'em! (when it drys)

We got 4" over night. Rain hitting the roof woke me up several times during the night. So I looked outside and we had torential downpour! It must have rained like that all night. Because the WeatherBug satellite map showed heavy rain clouds over head since yesterday afternoon, around 4:30. They just moved away about 15 minutes ago, and we now have blue sky and fluffy clouds overhead! We fed the animals in full rain gear last evening. I am pretty sure y'all got more than we did. But, we have gotten a respectable 8" since a week ago Friday.

Our metal feed shed had been leaking, even after we filled all the gaps with spray foam sealer. DH, looked closer and it seems that the previous owner replaced the sheet metal screws (the kind with rubber washers) with SHEET ROCK screws - which rusted. DH is planning to replace them with roofing screws, which should seal up nicely, since they have rubber washers. If we didn't have roofing screws, he would back the screws out, squirt a tiny glob of roofing adhesive in the hole and screw the screw back in. That should seal the holes nicely.

 

[Baymule]

Sheet rock screws! Leaky roof? Good thing your DH knows what he's doing. Replace them and a glop of roof caulking and no more leaks.