Jodief100--- random stuff and BIG news

[jodief100]

It has been drizzling all day so I am making a big pot of applesauce. I will can it later. I have my plans finalized for the hoop house. This will be for moving the chickens from one pasture to another so they can "clean up" after the goats. Hopefully I can get it done next weekend. But I need to get another load of hay and sometime get up to Roll's place and take Nissan off her hands for her. So looking forward to having her here.

No deer and the season closes tonight. There were three on the hill right across from the house but there is a public road right between us. The road cuts down the middle of our property and dead ends at our house. The only people who use it are us and the neighbor with hunting property behind us, he has an easement across ours our to access his place. But a public road is a public road and shooting across one is a big no no. There is still one black powder weekend and one youth weekend in December.

Instructions for the hay rack here: http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=15276

Bengals won!!!!!!!

 

[Roll farms]

Congrats on the Bengals win....Colts lost....what a surprise....I still love the Colts, but Curtis Painter can...do something I can't mention.

 

[jodief100]

I hate mud! I just slipped and fell snack on my hiney. Now my back hurts.

Not what I needed. Heading to the shower.

 

[jodief100]

And last night I slipped in the mud and fell on my face.

I am so sick of the mud and muck. The new shelter is pretty muddy. Hubby says he will dredge around it when he gets a chance. So tossed two bales of hay in there, that should keep them dry for awhile. The barn stays dry, the floor in it was raised with dirt when it was built. There is a muck moat all the way around it. The goats don't want to go out but I am mean and won't give them hay as long as there is nice green grass in the pasture.


The creek was up over the bridge Monday night, I had to drive through a foot of water to get home. Fortunately the river crested just below the main road so I didn't have to detour 12 miles like I did last spring. The news says we are at 65" for the year, normal is 39".

Work had a flood. We came in Monday morning and the showroom, ladies office bathroom and half of engineering was in 3 inches of water and about a 10 ft square section of ceiling was on the floor. It has smelled funny ever since and the noise of the fans is giving me a headache. I have to use the cafeteria ladies room, which is almost never used. The first stall has no toilet paper holder, the second doesn't latch and the last one is out of order.

When I came home last night I watched a gorgeous, enormous owl take flight from the tree in my headlights. It was amazing, what a beautiful animal. So graceful in flight.

 

[RPC]

This sure has been a wet year. Hopefully we can get on with winter here soon so the ground freezes up and we don't have to deal with mud.

 

[Roll farms]

So yeah, if you all make it up here for Nissan this weekend...wear boots....we're muddy, too.

:/

 

[jodief100]

Finally a nice day, mid 50's and no rain

I got the electronet moved on the front field so the goats up there have so new browse. They still had plenty but it was getting short. Had it been July I would moved it a few weeks ago. They can browse shorter when ir is freezing every night.

Hubby is getting the soffets built on the garage. I think we will be able to have them measure for the metal this week

Jack, my LGD got loose when I moved the net. He is wandering around my neighbors hunting place right now. I hope he stays there and doesn't go over to the other neighbors cow fields. I am a bit worried but chasing him down is a futile effort since I am not even sure where he went. The big guy is still a puppy, he will learn.

I go and get Nissan tomorrow! Yea, new goats!

Ginger is has started to bag up, she still has anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks but it looks like earlier rather than later.

 

[77Herford]

Its nice to get stuff done. Good Luck.

 

[jodief100]

Jack is back. I saw him pacing up and down the road right next to the goat fence. I went up there to let him in, he picked up the deer leg he dragged down there from somewhere and went right in. Who knows where he got the dang deer leg?!?!?!? He was quite pleased with himself over his treat.

He is a good dog, I have let him loose before and he always stays with the goats. Today he got out by himself and it looks like he went and found trouble. He was covered in burrs and I had to cut off some wild rose that was dug in between his shoulder blades and went all the way to around his hind legs. He just turned 1 year old so he is just a big puppy still.

I have two silkie hens who went broody and they are sitting on four eggs each. I have no idea if they are even fertile but I am excited just to see what happens. I have never hatched out eggs when I can see it before. My hens when I was younger would just go hide somewhere and show up three weeks later with little ones. They had free range of my Grandma's place. You can do that kind of thing in AZ where it never gets cold. I have been raising chickens myself for a bunch of years but I have never hatched any before.

I have three goats with the squirts. I think it is dietary, I just started giving them hay regularly. I am treating just in case.

I have a long drive tomorrow..... going to bed soon.

 

[Livinwright Farm]

Glad Jack is back... just hope one of your neighbors doesn't come yelling about your dog ripping a leg off one of their catches