The journey into the abyss of no return

[Mini Horses]

If that's 2 yrs of work, kids will be grown & gone before it's done they'll only need one room.

 

[Mini Horses]

Geesh...an expanding family!

 

[SageHill]

Are they full-timers there??

 

[SageHill]

Yep, there is 2 generators running daily over there, across the street is another generator that runs constantly and further down another one and on down further is another one. There can be up to 5 generators running at one time. Glad I am miles up the ridge. I'm living the high life of not on a generator and welding with solar I have so much, I could power all their shacks if I put all panels up and both systems online here.

Oh good lord. Trailer and motorhome living in THAT climate in the winter. OMG

 

[SageHill]

We lived in a 5th wheel for 6 mos of the build here - not fun and we didn't have the weather extremes. Well it ~did get frosty and rainy.
You at least had a true work in progress!

 

[farmerjan]

Do not space further apart or lambs/kids will get their heads through and get stuck. That size, they can pull the hay through and not as much will get wasted. Further apart, more will get pulled through, more wasted, possible heads stuck... problems. How far apart are they? 4x4 inch woven wire fencing is goat and sheep wire... little lambs and probably kids can get their heads through for maybe a very short time... Normal "field fencing " (woven wire) for cattle is 6 inch up right stays ( some are even spaced 12"), and sheep and goats can get their heads through and get stuck all the time, especially if they have horns...
We have something similar, for the cattle, and the cradle part is made out of pipe like the frame on that... they are more than 6-8 inches apart I know... I will have to look. We use a couple in the sheep and they pull alot down and out.... waste on the ground...
Cattle/livestock panels are 16 ft long and I am not sure what the size of the "holes" are... they are closer together horizontally from bottom to top... I'm not sure of the vertical upright stays.... but sheep can get their heads through them when younger... a couple on here that have used them to "surround a round bale" will cut a bigger "hole" for them to put their heads through to eat so they don't get stuck...

 

[SageHill]

I think there is something to be said for not getting a head caught.
Edit - should’ve read through to the end @farmerjan gave a great answer.

 

[Mini Horses]

PLUS....a goat kid will climb into a feeder if they can find a hole -- even jump in if an area is low enough. So feeders have to be adjusted for type livestock you have.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Some years back, I lost my sister. The circumstances and the people involved in her death lead to intense rage on my part. I woke up angry, I went to bed angry. It literally consumed me. Then, a very wise person said to me:

He who angers you, controls you.

The first time I heard those words it stopped me in my tracks. Think about it. It doesn't mean you stop doing what needs to be done, but you do it with a clear head and for the right reasons.

I wish you peace.

 

[SageHill]

Been down that fing rabbit hole way too many times. I still trip and fall into it. Not pretty. Mad, madder and madder. Grrrrrrr.
I try to back away, and usually can because most of it is the outside world that sets things in motion. I can turn my head away.
What @frustratedearthmother said is true. SO TRUE. Hard to achieve but worth the effort because they are stealing your time, life, sanity etc and that means they WIN. Easier to pass the. Off with a smile or whatever and we win.
With the folks you have it’s hard to ignore esp with the drone. Shoot it down? Spray it with water (that’d do some fun damage w/o wasting supplies) kid’s water canon?
As @frustratedearthmother said,
I wish you peace.