Baymule
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Haha, you need a break from the storms so you can make hay, we need the storms so the hay will grow!
Promise Acre: Our Journey
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promiseacres
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Well 4H fair officially starts tomorrow. We have to take Electric project in today. Will take bunnies tomorrow morning... we have a heat "warning" of course we do, it's fair time... going to see if they'll let me provide a couple more fans in the rabbit area. If they don't our Seniors are staying home. Heat + Fair Stress just makes for a poor combination for any livestock. 
hoping they might let us wait until Monday or Sunday night to take them in... though that's doubtful. Heat Warning is thru the weeknd, and it should be better by Monday.
This is DH at our last Ag tractor practice. We have tshirts, still working on the obstacles...
it all comes together. It's been really neat to see DH sharing his passion with the kids, we're learning as we go. Kids (we have 7 in the project) seem excited and are having fun.
We do have a VL litter due towards the end of next week. Last litter for a while. Which is probably good as I am really out of space. We did make a show last Saturday. MR did really well, BOV, BOSV x 2 , Polish not so much.
Will be cutting hay next week too, after all this Ag tractor is done.
Oh and Mom's got an interested party for her property, and another showing this next Tuesday. Well need to go get the bunny cages cleaned before it gets so hot.
hoping they might let us wait until Monday or Sunday night to take them in... though that's doubtful. Heat Warning is thru the weeknd, and it should be better by Monday.
This is DH at our last Ag tractor practice. We have tshirts, still working on the obstacles...
it all comes together. It's been really neat to see DH sharing his passion with the kids, we're learning as we go. Kids (we have 7 in the project) seem excited and are having fun. We do have a VL litter due towards the end of next week. Last litter for a while. Which is probably good as I am really out of space. We did make a show last Saturday. MR did really well, BOV, BOSV x 2 , Polish not so much.
Will be cutting hay next week too, after all this Ag tractor is done.
Oh and Mom's got an interested party for her property, and another showing this next Tuesday.
Well need to go get the bunny cages cleaned before it gets so hot.
CntryBoy777
Herd Master
That heat sure makes things difficult....it is sweltering here....but hope it all works out for ya and the animals do well in the heat and in the show.....
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promiseacres
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Survived day 1. Bunnies were doing well with the extra care. The grumpy old Rabbit leader was quite amiable and was grateful for extra fans.... (Btw he was recognized for 40 yrs of volunteer time yesterday)
Our results are as follows.
Open Class
Kinzey wildflower bouquet rainbow ribbon
Jocelyn got 3 Rainbow ribbons for her woven hot pad, purse and wildflowers.
Mom got blues on 2 stockings, oatmeal raisin cookies, apple sauce and class grand champion for my salsa.
4H
Jocelyn got good remarks for Cloverbud craft, another woven purse.
John got Blues on legos and his shooting sports poster. Grand Champions on his Dog poster and Electric.
Blue and purples always helps your attitudes.
Our results are as follows.
Open Class
Kinzey wildflower bouquet rainbow ribbon
Jocelyn got 3 Rainbow ribbons for her woven hot pad, purse and wildflowers.
Mom got blues on 2 stockings, oatmeal raisin cookies, apple sauce and class grand champion for my salsa.
4H
Jocelyn got good remarks for Cloverbud craft, another woven purse.
John got Blues on legos and his shooting sports poster. Grand Champions on his Dog poster and Electric.
Blue and purples always helps your attitudes.
greybeard
Herd Master
Pretty warm here..96 yesterday and we have an air quality alert due to a dusty haze that came in beginning Friday with dust from an African Saharan dust storm that followed the upper air currents across the Atlantic.
Dust traps the heat in but also aids in prevention of tropical storm development.
https://www.click2houston.com/weather/what-you-should-know-about-the-sahara-dust-in-houston
Dust traps the heat in but also aids in prevention of tropical storm development.
https://www.click2houston.com/weather/what-you-should-know-about-the-sahara-dust-in-houston
Ridgetop
Herd Master
Frozen 2 liter bottles of water in cages help with heat in rabbit tent/barn at Fair. Replace every 12 hours to prevent bunnies from chewing plastic. Also take extra crocks for water (Fair cage water dishes are never enough IMO) and put in an ice cube every so often from your cooler. Heat takes off weight since they won't eat. Can ruin your meat pens by changing weights. !00 degrees usually during our Fairs but no humidity.
Ridgetop
Herd Master
OOPS - that should read 100 degrees
Bruce
Herd Master
You can edit your post, then no one knows you oopsed (unless the original has been quoted)
Ridgetop
Herd Master
Still learning on that - sooo tech challenged! 
??? LOL Anyway, I laugh at myself all the time - why not let friends in on the joke!
??? LOL Anyway, I laugh at myself all the time - why not let friends in on the joke!
Bruce
Herd Master
Well !00°F is worthy of the exclamation point , 100°F is way too hot, we have a heat index of 104° today.
, 100°F is way too hot, we have a heat index of 104° today.
