madelynmccabe's Thread: Lets See Everyone's Herd Houses!

[Green Acres Farm]

I thought this would be a funny story for the day! Earlier this week I went out with my goats to do my geometry homework. And of course they came to chew on my binder and backpack. As I flipped through the notes I had written, Maggie and Shea thought it would be fun to mess with the papers. It was fine, until Shea took my notes paper (of course the one I needed for today) and ripped about 1/4 of it off, words and all. She held it in her mouth for a while to taunt me with it, and before I could grab it back, she proceeded to EAT it!!!! So, the most important notes I needed for the day were now in my goat's stomach! I ended up having to text a friend to get the formulas I needed to complete the assignment. Maggie and Shea just love helping me with my schoolwork. It was quite the story to tell when my friends asked why my paper was all torn up. So now I have to make sure that there are no loose papers when I go out with them, or they will end up being Maggie and Shea's food and I will have to tell everyone at school that "my goat ate my homework".

That's happened to me... More than once...

 

[Latestarter]

Wow Diane, that give all new meaning to the term Sheep Mansion! You've got duck mansion covered as well! That's awesome that the structure was so easily adapted. I thought that last pic was pretty cool too... the dogs sitting under the eves staying dry while you're standing out in the rain taking their picture! Or maybe that's sleet/snow?

 

[DianeKB]

Wow Diane, that give all new meaning to the term Sheep Mansion! You've got duck mansion covered as well! That's awesome that the structure was so easily adapted. I thought that last pic was pretty cool too... the dogs sitting under the eves staying dry while you're standing out in the rain taking their picture! Or maybe that's sleet/snow?

LOL! Yes, it was the first sleet/snow of the year. My dogs are pretty smart about their comfort! I love the look on my male Laekenois face - You idiot, what are you doing out in the weather???? Built the kennel in 1985 for 11 Irish Wolfhounds after buying the house. Our idea was it should look like the house. It's been a good building although it is well used on the interior, and we chose not to replace the HVAC unit when it became problematic.

 

[madelynmccabe]

Wow Diane! You've got some farm mansions that for sure!

 

[DianeKB]

Wow Diane! You've got some farm mansions that for sure!

Thank you! I count my blessings every day ))

 

[Green Acres Farm]

That's happened to me... More than once...

Just happened again- you would think I would have learned by now... Two pages out of my history book are eaten. I have to buy a new book! I left for just a second..

 

[Mike CHS]

I'll join the crowd and say that your sheep quarters are awesome

 

[luvmypets]

Well I don't have anything too out of the ordinary. Our sheep/alpacas/chickens sleep in the barn, but our pigs have an outside pen. Its about 100x30 with sheep wire. They have this shelter we bought from tractor supply. We still need to add a gate and hotwire. The stones around the edge are so they don't root out.

 

[NH homesteader]

Wow your pigs are way less destructive than mine. That would be demolished in an hour or so.

 

[Green Acres Farm]

Well I don't have anything too out of the ordinary. Our sheep/alpacas/chickens sleep in the barn, but our pigs have an outside pen. Its about 100x30 with sheep wire. They have this shelter we bought from tractor supply. We still need to add a gate and hotwire. The stones around the edge are so they don't root out.View attachment 21474

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Are the rocks so they don't dig out? Do pigs dig?