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

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It looks great! It really makes you feel good to get something done when it's been a while in the making, doesn't it?
 

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Yes, Em, it surely does feel good.

He spent yesterday moving the 'surplus stuff' (cages, water bottles, etc) out of the white barn, scooting all the cages over to the other side of the barn, and beginning the process of ripping up / replacing the floor. It is currently made of several pieces of 1/2 particle board that are warped. The good news is the floor joists are solid, we used treated wood many moons ago when we built it. (Neither of us could remember what we used 14 yrs ago...) and we were afraid we'd pull the floor up and find moldy dust instead of joists.

Replacing the warped OSB w/ 3/4" plywood before the boys move in.

My 5 or 6 glorious days of NO RAIN are over....:( Supposed to turn 'bitterly' cold later and the rain changes to snow. Which is better than mud.
 

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Well, all my mud is covered by white stuff. The optimist in me wants to be happy about it, but the realist in me knows sooner or later it's going to melt and make more mud. :/

We got the old floor torn out of the white barn and put in the new one. It was starting to snow and drop in temps as we were finishing, but we got it done. Had to do half the floor, move the rabbits over, then do the other half.

Next we start on the dividing wall / feeder combo. The front half of the barn will be where the feed / hay is stored, the back half the bucks will live in. The wall that divides it will have a feeder mounted to it on the boy's side, and we'll be able to walk in, feed them over the wall, and walk out w/out ever getting 'buck funk" on us.

But it's 18 degrees w/ winds gusting to 30mph today sooooo I'm betting we take the 'day off'.

I'm really stumped about one of my window projects, I'm having a hard time finding the type of pictures (old feed sack / retro 'country'-type stuff) and I'm considering just tossing the whole thing. DH broke the crosspieces out, and while I was able to fix it, it's not quite 'right'....and between that and the difficulty finding what I want to decorate it, I'm discouraged.
I need inspiration, :lol:
 

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Roll farms said:
Well, all my mud is covered by white stuff. The optimist in me wants to be happy about it, but the realist in me knows sooner or later it's going to melt and make more mud. :/

We got the old floor torn out of the white barn and put in the new one. It was starting to snow and drop in temps as we were finishing, but we got it done. Had to do half the floor, move the rabbits over, then do the other half.

Next we start on the dividing wall / feeder combo. The front half of the barn will be where the feed / hay is stored, the back half the bucks will live in. The wall that divides it will have a feeder mounted to it on the boy's side, and we'll be able to walk in, feed them over the wall, and walk out w/out ever getting 'buck funk" on us.

But it's 18 degrees w/ winds gusting to 30mph today sooooo I'm betting we take the 'day off'.

I'm really stumped about one of my window projects, I'm having a hard time finding the type of pictures (old feed sack / retro 'country'-type stuff) and I'm considering just tossing the whole thing. DH broke the crosspieces out, and while I was able to fix it, it's not quite 'right'....and between that and the difficulty finding what I want to decorate it, I'm discouraged.
I need inspiration, :lol:
Sorry to hear more mud in your future. White stuff is nice but it does turn everything brown when it goes.

Wow, you are really moving along on the barn. So thrilled for you. Don't blame you for taking the day off with winds like that. I don't mind the cold, but when it's windy, it just cuts right through me no matter how much I bundle up.

Sorry to hear about your window project. I hate to toss projects. Sending you some inspiration. Really liked the projects you posted previously and would love to see you find a way to finish this one.

K
 

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Forgot to mention....during the down time helping DH yesterday (in between him needing me to haul plywood or what have you) I shaved some udders.

The 2 new Obs are def. building udders....but folks, I've seen bigger tah tahs on pygmy goats. I definitely shouldn't have impulse bought / should have went to a breeder who actually MILKS her goats. Definitely rethinking turning them to milkers. Looks like they'll dry up fine w/ out being milked. Rethinking keeping daughters. Heck, I'm rethinking keeping THEM...

Risque the fat Nubian, I think, is finally building an udder...she has so much residual udder it's hard to say for sure.

And Ellie...my lil FF from Poorboys....is making the CUTEST little tiny boobies. *tee hee*
 

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Impulse buys can bite you in the butt sometimes and it often takes months to realize it. Sometimes they pan out though. Crossing my fingers that they udder up a little better for you.
 

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Roll farms said:
Well, all my mud is covered by white stuff. The optimist in me wants to be happy about it, but the realist in me knows sooner or later it's going to melt and make more mud. :/

We got the old floor torn out of the white barn and put in the new one. It was starting to snow and drop in temps as we were finishing, but we got it done. Had to do half the floor, move the rabbits over, then do the other half.

Next we start on the dividing wall / feeder combo. The front half of the barn will be where the feed / hay is stored, the back half the bucks will live in. The wall that divides it will have a feeder mounted to it on the boy's side, and we'll be able to walk in, feed them over the wall, and walk out w/out ever getting 'buck funk" on us.

But it's 18 degrees w/ winds gusting to 30mph today sooooo I'm betting we take the 'day off'.

I'm really stumped about one of my window projects, I'm having a hard time finding the type of pictures (old feed sack / retro 'country'-type stuff) and I'm considering just tossing the whole thing. DH broke the crosspieces out, and while I was able to fix it, it's not quite 'right'....and between that and the difficulty finding what I want to decorate it, I'm discouraged.
I need inspiration, :lol:
Check out www.lehmans.com they should have pictures of their retro products. good luck :pop waiting for pics when you get done
 

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Oh Rolls, I have the most amazing old feed bags at my house. My mom saved them from an old feed store she used to work at. I am going to put them into a frame of some sort. Are you looking for just images to print off to put in the window frame or actual pieces of feed bags etc??? If it's just images to print I will look around for you, I love the old pics of pigs, cows, goats etc..
 

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Roll I am so glad to finally see someone who understands the midwest mud! It's terrible. I think my house is the worst in the area too and I have no clue why since I live on top of a hill.


I won't feel so bad now when people see my muddy farm. Which stays that way most of the time despite the sand and gravel we try to put down. The ground just swallows it. Last year we finally put in a long sidewalk from the driveway to the house. It's elevated about 4inches because we get standing water/mud. So now we can at least keep our church shoes clean when we walk to the car, and when people visit they don't have to wear hip waders. :gig

We got snow here, and I too am already thinking about when it melts and makes more mud. :/

Oh dry summer please come soon.
 

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Maybe their udders are just small because... ummm... I dunno. Mollie, my new Alp/Ob, her udder looks TINY to me but I am used to looking at my lamancha's big udder. Mollie's is stretching out some, and I can actualy get more than two finger pinch on her tiny teats LOL But anyways, there is more milk in there than I thought there was going to be. I don't have her shaved either though soooo... probably would look significantly bigger if it weren't so hairy. Trimming is actually on the agenda today... it is just cold and I don't wanna go outside :(
 
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