Southern by choice
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I'm still mortified about the sinkhole! :/
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jodief100
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Hubby and I are going to knock down whatever we can that is loose to try and shore up the ground for the tractor. Then dig a trench with the back hoe.Southern by choice said:
The whole thing gives me the hebbie jebbies.
Another turkey hen has disapeared. She may be gone- or sitting a nest. Or she has joined the wild ones. I saw all my turkeys hanging out with some wild ones last weekend.
I found a chicken nest in the barn!
I have not found a single egg from these hens until now.
Southern by choice
Herd Master
for baby chicks (hopefully) Mine love to brood out in the fall/winter! Lil' boogersSorry about your turkey. I'm starting to not like mine too much... sometimes wish the Tom would fly off!
The sinkhole is scary for the goats for sure, but that could be you.
ThreeBoysChicks
Loving the herd life
Got to love those chickens that nest in weird placed. I had one hatch out chicks in the hay loft in the barn. I thought she was dead becasue she disappeared. Then one day, I went in the barn and there was a chick on the floor. Sure enough, 9 chicks hatched. Two had already fallen 10 feet to the floor of the barn.
Hope you get some chicks...
Hope you get some chicks...
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I found two more nests in the hay. None were being set so no baby chicks. 
My missing turkey was roosting in the very top rafters in the barn. I have never seen them inside the barn so I didn't look. I saw her when I climbed up the haystack to look for eggs.
I remember climbing over the haystack looking for eggs to be much more fun when I was a kid. Last night I was worried about falling the entire time.
I have two customers scheduled to come today. One to butcher some wethers. The other to look at does and hopefully reserve some kids for next year. Of course after all the dry weather, they come the first weekend it is a muddy mess in several months.
My missing turkey was roosting in the very top rafters in the barn. I have never seen them inside the barn so I didn't look. I saw her when I climbed up the haystack to look for eggs.
I remember climbing over the haystack looking for eggs to be much more fun when I was a kid. Last night I was worried about falling the entire time.
I have two customers scheduled to come today. One to butcher some wethers. The other to look at does and hopefully reserve some kids for next year. Of course after all the dry weather, they come the first weekend it is a muddy mess in several months.
ThreeBoysChicks
Loving the herd life
That is a bummer. Chicks are always nice. You have an incubator? If not, you should ask for one for Christmas.
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Ah man. I hate that. It doesn't do the place justice when it's all muddy and wet. At least here it doesn't.
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jodief100
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Sold four market kids and got a deposit on 5 2013 doelings.
It is still a muddy mess but warm. I moved the electronet, the field group isn't going to need any hay for awhile. I was planning on moving them in at the end of the month but unless things change drastically there is enough forage out there for several more weeks. Most of it is still green!
Tired, hungry and sore.
Gonna go do nightly chores, make some chicken and dumplin's and call it a night.
It is still a muddy mess but warm. I moved the electronet, the field group isn't going to need any hay for awhile. I was planning on moving them in at the end of the month but unless things change drastically there is enough forage out there for several more weeks. Most of it is still green!
Tired, hungry and sore.
Gonna go do nightly chores, make some chicken and dumplin's and call it a night.
Straw Hat Kikos
The Kiko Cowboy
Hey that's cool you already sold some. 
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jodief100
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With all the rain we have been having, my solar power fence chargers went dead.
Our farm is on both sides of a road that turns off the main state road. After about a half mile, it dead ends at our house. I have goats in a field along that road, about a 1/4 mile from the house. Saturday afternoon, my LGD, Jack came strolling down the road. I had my market goat customer pull in just then so I put Jack in the barn and checked on the goats. They were all in the fence so I left them there.
They were still there when the customer who reserved does come out. Saturday night I put Jack back in and hoped they would all stay put for the night. Hubby put the charger in the garage under lights to charge it.
Sunday morning hubby asked if I had checked on the goats. I said I was on my way and opened the door. There walking down the road with Jack in the lead was all 20 goats from the field. I told hubby they were all out and closed the door. He looked at my funny, since you cant see the field from there.
So they spent the day in the creek bed, in the woods, on the hillside that we havent grazed all year. Happy goats. I moved the elctronet in that field to the one closer to the house. When I walk out with the last roll, they all followed me back and I just had to finish the last side.
Chargers are hot, for now. Jack is in with his goats. . I got a call from someone in Virginia who wants to buy a buck.
This morning Ginger was nesting up in the barn. I found a banty nest full of eggs in the hayrack. One of the baby goats was curled up in the nest, looking very cozy. I asked her if she was trying to hatch the eggs?
Days like that are exhausting but this is what I love about farming.
Our farm is on both sides of a road that turns off the main state road. After about a half mile, it dead ends at our house. I have goats in a field along that road, about a 1/4 mile from the house. Saturday afternoon, my LGD, Jack came strolling down the road. I had my market goat customer pull in just then so I put Jack in the barn and checked on the goats. They were all in the fence so I left them there.
They were still there when the customer who reserved does come out. Saturday night I put Jack back in and hoped they would all stay put for the night. Hubby put the charger in the garage under lights to charge it.
Sunday morning hubby asked if I had checked on the goats. I said I was on my way and opened the door. There walking down the road with Jack in the lead was all 20 goats from the field. I told hubby they were all out and closed the door. He looked at my funny, since you cant see the field from there.
So they spent the day in the creek bed, in the woods, on the hillside that we havent grazed all year. Happy goats. I moved the elctronet in that field to the one closer to the house. When I walk out with the last roll, they all followed me back and I just had to finish the last side.
Chargers are hot, for now. Jack is in with his goats. . I got a call from someone in Virginia who wants to buy a buck.
This morning Ginger was nesting up in the barn. I found a banty nest full of eggs in the hayrack. One of the baby goats was curled up in the nest, looking very cozy. I asked her if she was trying to hatch the eggs?
Days like that are exhausting but this is what I love about farming.
