Roll Farms - Herdstock is over, and I'm feeling hung over, lol

[Roll farms]

Work called and told me not to come in....again....so I made suet cakes for the birds instead.

Ruby's kid left tonight. She went to some friends as a pet.

DH has sold almost 200$ worth of rabbits in the last week....

Got the rabbit barn area leveled off and stone being delivered tomorrow.

If the weather cooperates, we'll get the bunny barn in, bunnies moved over, and start working on putting a feeder in the buck barn soon.
Of course, he's gonna spend a few weeks 'setting up' his bunny barn. It must be *perfect* you know....

 

[RPC]

I am kinda sad Ruby's baby is gone and I didn't even have her LOL Well good another one gone for ya. I am glad you guys have made good progress on the barn and tomorrow is supposed to be beautiful I kind of want to call in sick and get stuff done around the house LOL. Congrats to Jeff on his rabbitt sales.

 

[autumnprairie]

yay for no work! and congratulate DH on selling the rabbits.

I always love progress, bet you will be sore soon from all that rock

 

[Ms. Research]

Work called and told me not to come in....again....so I made suet cakes for the birds instead.

Ruby's kid left tonight. She went to some friends as a pet.

DH has sold almost 200$ worth of rabbits in the last week....

Got the rabbit barn area leveled off and stone being delivered tomorrow.

If the weather cooperates, we'll get the bunny barn in, bunnies moved over, and start working on putting a feeder in the buck barn soon.
Of course, he's gonna spend a few weeks 'setting up' his bunny barn. It must be *perfect* you know....

Yes it does. lol Hey the man sold almost $200 worht of rabbits last week. lol

Hoping this Perfect set up doesn't take that long. Your boys need their feeder.

K

 

[KDailey]

I'd give just about anything to live like you do. It sounds like a dream!

 

[DonnaBelle]

Yes, all of us that have made it to the farm/ranch are soooo lucky.

My Mom was born in the country in Southern Illinois. She moved us to town (Harrisburg, Illinois) when she was preggers with me.

We used to go every Sunday to visit the grandparents who still lived on small farms down in Hardin county and I loved the farm life then.

When DH and I finally moved here to the ranch in 2008 I couldn't believe how happy I was.

I think some people have that in their blood and you just can't take it out.

DonnaBelle

 

[autumnprairie]

Yes, all of us that have made it to the farm/ranch are soooo lucky.

My Mom was born in the country in Southern Illinois. She moved us to town (Harrisburg, Illinois) when she was preggers with me.

We used to go every Sunday to visit the grandparents who still lived on small farms down in Hardin county and I loved the farm life then.

When DH and I finally moved here to the ranch in 2008 I couldn't believe how happy I was.

I think some people have that in their blood and you just can't take it out.

DonnaBelle

That is so true!

 

[Roll farms]

Taaa Daaaaa!

The bunny barn is going where the pretty white stone is.

The boys will eventually move into the white building on the left. There's a back door they'll come in / out of, then they have that curved little walkway to get to their 1/2 acre long 'pasture'. We used 6' heavy-gage chain-link panels on the 'doe' side (because, as you can see, they like to congregate there), and cattle panels / recycled wood (from the shed we tore down) on this front side. I really think it'll hold them guys in.

DH said, "Well....if you ever get a bear, at least we'll have a pen set up for it."

I told him, "You realize, what I'm taking away from that is, "You can get a bear."

We ordered the bunny barn today. DH is a little grumpy b/c it's going to be 2 wks before it's delivered. I said, "This is why I've been bugging you to get it ordered for about a month...."

Can't do much else until it's here and the bunnies are in it, but folks....it's progress x eleventy billion from where we were 6 wks ago.

The yearling Nubians wanted to show you how hard their life is.....

On the farming thing....

I know and am very thankful for the life we have here. I was raised in town, the only animals I could have were rabbits, but I was the only kid in the neighborhood who had them. My garage was *the* place to be.
My dad worked on a farm, so on my rare weekends with him, I got to wander a big place with sheep / cattle, but they weren't 'pets'.
My grandparents in VA had chickens and a milk cow, and when I'd visit them, I'd pretend it was *my* farm.
DH knew from the time we started getting serious that I *would* have my own country place....

We've been here almost 20 years now. Started out living in a 1962 trailer and a 6x8 metal shed for my first rabbits and chickens...it takes time and work (and money...darn it...), but it's worth every minute/penny. I worked a lot of jobs I hated before we got to the point where I could be semi-retired and 'play' at farming.

I am lucky, I am lucky, I am lucky...and I'm happy. Not bragging, I'm APPRECIATING what I have.

 

[autumnprairie]

Taaa Daaaaa!

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/kritter11/buckpendone.jpg

The bunny barn is going where the pretty white stone is.

The boys will eventually move into the white building on the left. There's a back door they'll come in / out of, then they have that curved little walkway to get to their 1/2 acre long 'pasture'. We used 6' heavy-gage chain-link panels on the 'doe' side (because, as you can see, they like to congregate there), and cattle panels / recycled wood (from the shed we tore down) on this front side. I really think it'll hold them guys in.

DH said, "Well....if you ever get a bear, at least we'll have a pen set up for it."

I told him, "You realize, what I'm taking away from that is, "You can get a bear."

We ordered the bunny barn today. DH is a little grumpy b/c it's going to be 2 wks before it's delivered. I said, "This is why I've been bugging you to get it ordered for about a month...."

Can't do much else until it's here and the bunnies are in it, but folks....it's progress x eleventy billion from where we were 6 wks ago.

The yearling Nubians wanted to show you how hard their life is.....

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y299/kritter11/dry.jpg

On the farming thing....

I know and am very thankful for the life we have here. I was raised in town, the only animals I could have were rabbits, but I was the only kid in the neighborhood who had them. My garage was *the* place to be.
My dad worked on a farm, so on my rare weekends with him, I got to wander a big place with sheep / cattle, but they weren't 'pets'.
My grandparents in VA had chickens and a milk cow, and when I'd visit them, I'd pretend it was *my* farm.
DH knew from the time we started getting serious that I *would* have my own country place....

We've been here almost 20 years now. Started out living in a 1962 trailer and a 6x8 metal shed for my first rabbits and chickens...it takes time and work (and money...darn it...), but it's worth every minute/penny. I worked a lot of jobs I hated before we got to the point where I could be semi-retired and 'play' at farming.

I am lucky, I am lucky, I am lucky...and I'm happy. Not bragging, I'm APPRECIATING what I have.

It looks GREAT!!!

 

[Ms. Research]

Roll, it looks GREAT! Kick your DH in the shin for me will you. If he had ordered the bunny barn a month ago, all of it could have been done. Geez,

I'm so thrilled for you though. Definitely a BILLZILLON time better than 6 weeks ago.

K