newton's the goats journal

[newton the goat]

We now have a barn! Well I mean a barn type thing... it's one of those big metal frames with the tarp that goes over top. Though the tarp may be a write off the previous owners only secured the thing with duck tape (yes they taped the tarp down) and cheap straps... and with the recent storm where the the wind reached 150km (I think that's the right measurement...) it ripped the tarp right off of the straps and has done some damage. As soon as my dad is home we are going over to the property and somehow dismantling this building... my question is how the heck are we going to transport it??? We do not have any vehicles big enough to transport even the wood, it would all hang out the back plus the metal poles are really long.

The old owner of the building gave me some chicken tractors as well for free... well as free as having to fix them up is. One was in good shape besides missing part of the roof and a door. it is tall enough for turkeys to start out in ( )

mean while the second... is a nightmare for people who pay too much attention to details, plus it was almost falling apart, AND the frame was built on an inward angle....

LIKE the back is soo uneven, and I've tried fixing it.... it doesn't look much better, but the door... urgh one side was split down the middle so I had to remove it and cut another 1x1 then re-attach it to the structure. All it needs is a new roof (the original tarp over top is in shreds as you can see in the first picture) They also had a peice of pvc piping for a feed container screwed in there.... all they did was cute a slot out, the edge was so sharp it cut my finger... imagine what I would have done to a chicken . So I've sanded it down and tried to fix their cutting skills but it looks like I may just not use it all together .. we shall see.

In other news, I may have found a nearby field where I can house and graze buddy, and the rent? Well all they are asking is a calf. That's all they want for buddy being on their field or any of our other animals and they are just a house over from me WHICH IS AMAZING!!!

He seriously has grown so much including putting on weight... the Farmer can't even lift him now without a major struggle. And talk about growing! My newton's little kids... ARE HUGE!

And if I wasn't busy enough with school, the calf, and my other animals... my neighboor has asked me if I would be interested in exercising her gelding and brushing her mare.... idk if I should accept , though my inner horse lover is dying of lack of horse contact.... what do you guys think? I'm trying it once this week to see if I'm up to it. Wish me luck

 

[Baymule]

I love finding good deals on stuff I need, might need, will need in the future, thinking about needing, find something to do with it because I have it, need. Looks like you got a great deal on some seriously needed stuff!

Grazing for Buddy is a great find and being that close makes it fantastic!

I wish you luck with your horse exercising and mare brushing. I hope it works out for you and that you can somehow juggle it all. But you know, you can over do it and be stretched too thin, so watch yourself.

 

[newton the goat]

I love finding good deals on stuff I need, might need, will need in the future, thinking about needing, find something to do with it because I have it, need. Looks like you got a great deal on some seriously needed stuff!

Grazing for Buddy is a great find and being that close makes it fantastic!

I wish you luck with your horse exercising and mare brushing. I hope it works out for you and that you can somehow juggle it all. But you know, you can over do it and be stretched too thin, so watch yourself.

If I do take one the horses, I may have to Decide On Certain Days I go and feed the calves just so I don't take on too much at once, but idk if I want to give that up, especially with all the new calves coming in the next 30 days. We actually had two more bull calfs born yesterday.. that is now 6 bull calfs to 2 heifers to the farmers dismay, everyone is kind of irritated and on edge with all the boys coming in. I hope two of my favorite girls have heifers... badly

I'll do my best not to wear myself out lol

 

[newton the goat]

I... am ...so ... happy!!!! My Favorite Heifer Had A Little Girl YAY!!! Finally something I'm allowed getting attached to Her mother is the sweetest cow and upon seeing me actually presented her daughter, by kind of pushing her towards me with her nose . The farmer says I get to help choose the name so he's thinking chip... but that would be kind of weird for me since that's my best friends name.... well again begins the naming game all over again .

Besides the birth of the the new the new little girl, I am happy to say that we almost have the new barn fully disassembled. Now only part of the building sanding is the frame.

Hopefully it only takes one more trip to finish it. Then it's reversing the process all over again and rebuilding the darn thing .
Warm weather brings happiness among my animals. Everyone is sunbathing and just sleeping happily.

Finally to end a good day, let's leave it with our first campfire of the season

 

[Bruce]

I like the size of your camp fire better than whatever the neighbor's were burning in their field today. I'm thinking it got bigger than they expected but they did finally get it out.

You know, there is something really weird sounding about "we almost have the new barn fully disassembled." MOST people ASSEMBLE a new barn!

Congrats on the heifer. Don't tell your aunt or she'll come up with some stupid name for her as well.

 

[newton the goat]

I like the size of your camp fire better than whatever the neighbor's were burning in their field today. I'm thinking it got bigger than they expected but they did finally get it out.

You know, there is something really weird sounding about "we almost have the new barn fully disassembled." MOST people ASSEMBLE a new barn!

Congrats on the heifer. Don't tell your aunt or she'll come up with some stupid name for her as well.

My aunt can go away.... this is my calf to name... the Farmer has given ME a special privilege not her. Lol

My dad just chased a coon up a tree.... this thing is massive!!! Well guess what birds because of such a creature running around are now graduating into the big Bird coop.... good luck little guys .

@Bruce lmfao sounds like what my grandfather did when he tried to burn out the ditch Let's say it didn't go as smoothly as he thought it would

 

[luvmypets]

How are the twins doing? Also love the new profile picture! Such an interesting looking goat

 

[newton the goat]

How are the twins doing? Also love the new profile picture! Such an interesting looking goat

Well toot is doing well but he's turning into a miniature version of his mother (so basically a jerk) but we may have to start suplimenting gruff. Newton is letting toot feed but gruff, gets launched by newton everytime she tries .... it's not like she's thinning out... just I'm worried. Toot is much bigger than her now so it's my turn to step up.

And ikr? I discovered such a strange new breed but he's my little baby no matter how strange he is

 

[newton the goat]

So.... I just had a very interesting experience.... Andrea (my dad's wife) and I were cooking supper and she was deep frying some fries..... there is a reason why two very ambitious people don't cook at the same time... they encourage each other too much and make dumb decisions

anyone able to guess what happened next? lol

 

[CntryBoy777]

Looks like they got Done.....
However, all that powder is tough to clean-up....a vacuum and a mop on the floor with a rag most the other places, being and electrical stove....trip the breaker before ya try to clean it....much easier than unpluging it...