Wehner Homestead

[RollingAcres]

Well, that just ain't right!!.....letting Oscar the cat on the furniture, but not sweet, beautiful Halo the dog.....my, my I would've never thought that of ya.....
I'll like to see the finished feeder....it looks good so far....

I know right?! Shame on her! SMH....

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Reason #1 that Halo isn’t allowed on the furniture...she found something dead to roll in today and got a bath!

Found a disrupted gate last night during chores and had to modify pens to keep everyone where they are supposed to be. Not really sure what happened but that leaning post is broken off just below ground level and a tractor has to be brought back from the last hay field to deal with fixing.

Took a pic of Disney this morning. This cat looks ticked all the time.

Had some kiddos over for a play date today. They enjoyed being on the farm and my kids enjoyed having them over. I made lunch while they were here. Pic of the plate I pack for DH for his lunch tomorrow. Beef n noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans.

The younger two kiddos took naps and are still up so definitely going to get them back on schedule tomorrow!! While they were napping, DD1 and I made pumpkin bread. Recipe said it would make two but we got three! One is gone already!

DD2 wanted breakfast for supper so I made cheesy scrambled eggs, hashbrowns from scratch, bacon, and toast.

There was enough left to make two breakfast plates for DH. One has hash browns and the other has more bacon, along with bacon and eggs in each. Kids all ate good.

Found a hen that was acting off during chores. She’s from the first set of chicks we took in under the broody hen. Not really sure what went wrong but she had no muscle when I picked her up and she didn’t resist me. She’s never been a tame one. Further review found a slightly caked back end but not enough to block her or cause the extent of her symptoms. She was just lethargic and so lifeless. We ended up just ending her suffering. With the frost advisory for tonight, I just felt it was cruel for her to try to survive.

The mean rooster also came to an end. Kids thought that was funny as he flogged me as I was trying to catch him. Fortunately I had jeans on so it wasn’t as bad as it could have been. Probably a bad move but we didn’t attempt to harvest his carcass because he was SO worked up that the meat would be horribly tough. (He fought us catching him, got a net, caught him in the net, attacked me through the net, got out as I tried to grab him again and flogged me, netted him again as he was loose, DH used his boot to get his head out of the net while standing on his neck so I could use the hatchet. DH would’ve probably killed him with his bare hands if he’d come after me or one of the kids again. He’s a teddy bear but don’t mess with me or the kids!) I’m just glad I don’t have to worry about the rooster any longer when I am doing chores or the kids go near the coops.

 

[Bruce]

Found a disrupted gate last night during chores

"Disrupted?" OK, I am gong to ASSUME it was already bent like that. Otherwise some drunk tried to take a shortcut through your fields. Seems like those big posts are old and rotting in the ground. I see replacements in your future.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

@Bruce gate was not bent prior. It wasn’t like that on one trip to the barn then was on the next. No idea what truly happened...

 

[Latestarter]

Well, the gate did what it was intended to do... It stopped whatever was trying to get through, from getting through... I suppose you can replace the anchor post a little in from where it was and still use the gate. I'm sure it's a little "shorter" lengthwise now, since it's no longer straight. Looks like the whole herd ran into it at full speed at the same time.

 

[CntryBoy777]

That is a shame about the fence....I was wondering if the age of the post had something to do with it and the tension on the fencing is what snapped the post and the recoil did the damage to the gate. Just like the spigot here, it was fine when I went to the goats and even got them water....then, maybe an hour later when Joyce had Gabbie outside it gave away and shot straight into the air.....breaking almost a foot below ground. It is unfortunate, but things do wear out and break....Just glad ya caught it before any animals got out and nobody was hurt.....

 

[RollingAcres]

That's quite a disrupted gate! Glad no animals got out.

Your food pics looked yummy! I think I'm going to make some pumpkin bread this weekend as well. I have a couple of pie pumpkins in the garden that need to be processed.

 

[Bruce]

@Bruce gate was not bent prior. It wasn’t like that on one trip to the barn then was on the next. No idea what truly happened...

OK then, I think what hit it was multiple hundreds of horses and has a banged up nose. Those pipe gates don't bend just because an animal leans on them and that one has quite the curve now.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

OK then, I think what hit it was multiple hundreds of horses and has a banged up nose. Those pipe gates don't bend just because an animal leans on them and that one has quite the curve now.

I agree! It would be interesting to know!!

 

[Rammy]

Enquiring minds want to know.