LocoYokel - Born in a Barn

[LocoYokel]

...and in between rain and then more rain:
DH got the new raspberry trellis done:
It looks like spring might actually come this year:
The girls want to be out grazing but we are fixing fence:
Nelson and Eddy wanted their pics taken too:

Borhiss thought he should be in here as well:
and Fluffy didn't want to be left out either: (This is actually his twin brother who is a famous model on the internet, Fluffy's pics didn't turn out so well.)

The dogs think they should get their own post and since it has stopped raining, again, I need to sneak out and do some more chores. Well... maybe one more cup of coffee!

 

[LocoYokel]

Got me a new avatar, his name is Brooster, he is my barn rooster. I didn't want the noise so I found this awsum new breed of bird that doesn't crow... Painted Tin breed, they don't eat or poop as much as regular chicken breeds, very easy keepers AND mute. Extremely hard to breed. Never thought I would get all fuzzy about a silent tin rooster... ...and it certainly never occurred to me that he might actually multiply....

 

[greybeard]

Greybeard likes your type of humor

 

[dejavoodoo114]

I love your humor! I can tell reading your thread will be a hoot and a half!

 

[frustratedearthmother]

So, will you be selling some of these guys? I'd sure like a few of 'em myself!

 

[Latestarter]

Seems you don't/won't have to worry about them escaping either. A slight disadvantage is that you won't really be able to rely on them to protect your hens from predators... Of course there are other, less noisy ways to protect against them.

 

[LocoYokel]

So, will you be selling some of these guys? I'd sure like a few of 'em myself!

If I could only get them to even look at the hens but... they have shown absolutely no interest in the girls. They came from TSC, perhaps check with them?

A slight disadvantage is that you won't really be able to rely on them to protect your hens from predators...

I do have a LGC, that's a "livestock guardian cat", he hates other cats in his yard and they are the worst of the predators around here. My LGD can't get over the fence so he makes the noise! . Hmmm, does that make him a SGC "small guardian dog"?
Dexter Doodles: (Lhasa Apso X American Eskimo/Handsome Terrier)


Walked out on my back porch Wednesday and something didn't seem right so I told DH....
Before:
After:

That's how my DH rolls, he's a real "Git 'er Done" guy, and a fantastic builder, now we just need the materials.

We knew the roof had been leaking and fixed that last fall, or so we thought... seems the water was still getting in and running inside the walls, which of course rotted out all kinds of stuff. Probably been going on for years and it was already built with scab lumber. It also seems the guy who built it for me didn't set the posts right and they were rotting off at ground level. That was what felt "off", the outside wall had settled almost 2 inches lower after our last huge rainstorm. DH thinks he can save the deck and roof but everything below and in betwixt has to go.
How can one little porch hold so much stuff!! Glad I didn't get chicks this year or I'd be raising them in the kitchen... which I tend to do the first week anyhow...

Worst part is we lost the front porch last winter when the slab under it tilted due to ground heave. I have a little step ladder to get in and out that door, soon I will be using a rope to get in and out of my house if this keeps up!

 

[Latestarter]

good gosh! That's some re-hab work for sure! Instead of the rope, get a bigger ladder

 

[DwayneNLiz]

Your thread is a ton of fun!! congrats on all the kits and work being done
sorry about your kitty
-liz

 

[LocoYokel]

WOW, had a tuff day today so came to my favorite place to be (other than the barn or camping) and just WOW! I got to looking back through my journal and kindling thread (all 4 pages) and the support and encouragement I get here at BYH got me all teary eyed. THANK YOU! Not only happy to have found BYH, I am so glad y'all enjoy my posts. I like to write so there will be more, fair warning! Probably many more, I had to explain to DH that this is my "facebook for farmers": He was wondering what I was doing in here so much (like I'm only on page 147 of 329 in just one of the 20 some threads I am following here, so far...) so I read him a bit from here n there... SOLD! ( I think he was actually surprised at the creds he was getting from me on all the hard work he does at home. I tell him but I guess he had to see it in writing, silly man.) He doesn't like my PC time, not only because he doesn't use a computer but also because he thinks it a waste of time and I could be doing other things, yup, like what? Watching TV? I can do that in my sleep! O, wait, I do do that in my sleep... My PC time really helps me deal with my depression, convenient hole to hidey in and the games, O, the games! What an everlovin' way to braindead oneself! I quit playing the facebook games several years ago, couldn't really get anywhere without spending money by that time, and pretty much quit looking or posting on it soon after. My feed was too full of funk/junk. It amazes me what some folk will believe just because it has been reposted a few times .
So PLEASE POP A TOP on the beverage of your choice BYH folk, on me, 'cause you are the bestest ever!

(to be continued...)