Teresa & Mike CHS - Our journal

[Mike CHS]

We finally had a couple of days without rain and set posts for our interior fence and I had the neighbor's grandson come over and we ran the last section of fence for this paddock. We still have to hang gates but should get that Monday or Tuesday.

We discovered an oops in our planning. the portable A-Frame chicken coop that wound up needing the front end loader to actually make it portable due to weight. We got to looking around today and when I was thinking about our next move I looked at the coop and looked around the fence line. We have a 4' man gate by the house for convenience to feed and get to the coops. The west end that should have a minimum of an 8' gate has NO gate to get the tractor into the pen. I had to go to town today and buy another 10 footer for the access to the next paddock and went ahead and picked up an 8 footer for the chicken pen.

Teresa's oldest son and family came in late last night and they spent most of the day outside where we set up a shooting range and got plenty of touring the farm and animals. They also discovered seed ticks but we only found one on the two grandsons. Teresa deals with Essential Oils and used some peppermint oil on a Q-Tip to get the critter to back out.

I got started early and we finished the fence while they were walking the property so they didn't even get put to work.

 

[Baymule]

You can never have too many gates. LOL

It's nice when family can come to the farm and enjoy themselves.

 

[CntryBoy777]

I have learned about gates too. I have 3 that are 4' gates, because it was basically walk-thru access. Now, I wish I would've gone with the 6' at least....the riding mower can't get thru a 4' hole with a 50" deck. So, I will have to access thru the 12' gates on the ends of the field. The FEL won't lift it higher than the fence to cross thru?

 

[CntryBoy777]

How did the shooting go? I was thinking of setting up a shooting gallery for the BB gun for when family comes in for entertainment.

 

[Mike CHS]

It can lift it high enough since that's how we got it in but I was able to move it under a tree which is now out of range of the tractor. We added some more plywood which added some more weight so it is probably over 500 pounds. I moved it to where it is but we need a gate into the pasture anyway.

 

[Baymule]

Even our back yard has a 12' gate. My husband thought I was nuts for that but has since changed his mind on that. LOL

 

[Mike CHS]

How did the shooting go? I was thinking of setting up a shooting gallery for the BB gun for when family comes in for entertainment.

They had a good time. We had bought the boys a BB gun and they shot till they lost focus. Ages 8 and 6. T's son brought his 30 06 that I bought new from Western Auto back in 1966 and had all fixed up to give him for Christmas last year. I think he has a sore shoulder tonight but isn't saying anything.

 

[Mike CHS]

Even our back yard has a 12' gate. My husband thought I was nuts for that but has since changed his mind on that. LOL

We have 12 footers where we need but I prefer the smaller ones in close quarters which is where I use the smaller ones.

 

[CntryBoy777]

Oh I know the boys had a Big time and will remember it for a while. Our grandsons are 9&10, so really close in size. Those 30-06s do pack a punch, I used to have a bolt action one yrs ago.

 

[Mike CHS]

We got 4 12' and one 6' gate mounted today and the weather was beautiful.

Number two grandson learned a life lesson about chicken coops today. He learned that it is a BAD idea to chase hens in a pen when that pen is also occupied by a big Rhode Island Red rooster named Rocky who is pretty defensive of his harem.