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[Wehner Homestead]

The weather has been decent enough today that we took the kids all out. We did some things with the baby goats (see the kidding thread) and cleaned out a chicken pen. We also put down fresh shavings in all of the nesting boxes. Production is picking up and we are now getting around 9 eggs a day. I also got a couple pics of the growing pigs today. I said they were 125# but after studying today, I’d say they are closer to 175#.
Bacon

Ham

Sausage

 

[Baymule]

Are all 3 pigs for your freezer?

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Are all 3 pigs for your freezer?

No. One for my freezer and the others are sold. They do better with at least two so we never raise just one. We sell them by # on the hoof, buyer pays processing. Buyers of pigs usually want a 1/2. We don’t do our own processing due to time restraints so we are making a trip to the processor anyway.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Synchronized calf bathing tonight...Maddie and Indy-L, Dolly and her bull calf-R (I think Josie in front but wasn’t really paying attention until now...)

 

[Wehner Homestead]

I can’t believe that no one noticed the basketball goal in the Cattle pasture!!!


Anyway, it’s a muddy, sloppy mess here. Bleh! I can’t go off of the gravel/concrete of the driveway. DH put out round bales today sans bale rings for all of them so the cows would have somewhere that isn’t muddy to lay. He would’ve been stuck if the tractor wasn’t so big and heavy. It’s also front wheel assist.

A few pics of the chickens. They are in mud any time they go out too. My brother built and gave me this coop and hens when he ran out of time for them. There are actually 6 but I could only get good pics of 4 due to the wires.
BR

SLW

USA Brown

RIR

The egg eating group...They are RIR that hate the mud/snow/rain. They are currently in a moveable tractor coop with a ramp to the lower pen that’s open to grass/dirt.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

This is a pic of the Ohio River flooding that was circulating on fb. Peak is supposed to Sun/Mon.

The line of “fencing” that cuts up from the lower left corner is brick posts and wrought iron fencing between a sidewalk and the the river bank below. The piece that juts out is a viewing point. We had engagement pics taken there. To the right is a grassy area and a sidewalk that runs parallel to the road with diagonal parking on both sides.

I’ll try to find a comparison pic.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

Here’s another section of the Ohio from Monday. My dad’s friend posted this pic on fb. The whole area past this first section of trees is normally not a waterway. That’s KY on the other side of the water after the second tree line.

I couldn’t find those pics that show the elevation of the lookout. Either way, as of noon today the river was 46.5 feet above normal elevation.

 

[Bruce]

I can’t believe that no one noticed the basketball goal in the Cattle pasture!!!

I noticed! I figured you were just really good animal keepers and provide them with a means of entertainment.

The animals will have nice soft skin from their mud treatment, right?

46.5' is a LOT of "over normal". Looks like that closer area is a planned overflow path but I wouldn't want to be one of the people living between that and the river.

 

[Wehner Homestead]

It’s actually a low area with lots for sale for people to build houses the last I knew. Most of the houses are built on stilts but I can’t imagine why anyone would want to risk flooding on a decently regular basis.

As to the basketball goal, it’s been there as long as I can remember. I used to visit this farm with my Papaw when one of his friends owned it. The farm was sold once and then DH and I bought it. There’s a UK backboard. We need to remedy that! Lol

 

[CntryBoy777]

I wouldn't think of it being strange to have a basketball goal in a pasture....I've dribbled a ball thru many cow pies and chicken poop....
That is a lot of water there....and will add to the water here as it flows to the Mississippi and then south by us....