Just about half the t posts are in today. I started work on Mr. Baby Teddy's (or whatever his name was) hardware cloth box coop run. It's about to get really cold for the next few days, so I guess I'd better leave something half finished. Rediscovered that counting pieces of lumber in a plan in my head is hard. Need another trip to HD.
I'm pretty sure my egg eater is one of my two identical leghorns (I do only ever get one white egg per day). I was replacing roosts today and one of them came in trailed by a way too attentive EE, knocked over the very heavy nest box that I weighed down with a big rock inside, attacked all the golf balls for a good ten minutes scratching, pecking, and making a huge ruckus while I went and came for supplies and put up the roosts, then checked out all the other nest boxes and left. We got 9 clean eggs today because I'd been putting them in my pocket as they were laid in rapid succession so she got none. I think I need to blue kote one to tell them apart, and stew one pullet.
Anyway clouds bearing rain are looming. I took a break to make the kids lunch and it looks like I may be done now and the temperature is starting to drop.
Heated waterers and buckets ALL AROUND
Mr. Buggy, the lamancha buck I bought, has a ridiculously small amount of hair. He had been spending the fall with a new goat owner, friend of his owner, to cover her grade does. I don't think he has had copper or replamin or a good high selenium mineral for a very long time and from what I understand this area needs it. No itching and flaking, so I doubt lice or mites. Maybe zinc, copper, or selenium in my very unexperienced opinion, and I will watch for signs of external parasites. Looks like I'm going to be riding a musky buck and shooting him up with vitamin gel in the stinky mouth weekly for the next month or two. He may be blanketed tonight. His little rat tail might freeze off otherwise. He's been fine down to 18, but we're heading into the single fahrenheit digits for the next few days. I may grain him too, although on my feed regimen he already seems to be putting on weight and depth, which I find amusing as I haven't had him for that long. Hope he's an easy keeper in that regard.
