Well the summer heat is on us and until the past few days it has been really dry. No substantial rain for over a month. Finally rained yesterday. We put down 59 tons of lime on 3 of the 4 fields, but no fertilizer due to no rain. Soon enough I will be spending those long hours haying, which I am actually looking forward to. It is somewhat theraputic for stress relief as long as there are no mechanical issues, or rain.
Ami had two 6 foot long rat snakes come out of the horse barn one afternoon and that was a little strange. I figure thay were a mating pair. The beavers have not been an issue with no rain.
Ami had two 6 foot long rat snakes come out of the horse barn one afternoon and that was a little strange. I figure thay were a mating pair. The beavers have not been an issue with no rain.
We have had several more calves born. One of them is the spitting image of Moopheus the bull. He looks just like a minature. 12710 has had her second calf so she is a cow now. 1005 had a calf, which I am really happy about. She is the heifer that was featured in Paleo Magazine. The little guy was up running and bucking in just a few minutes after being born, and Jeanine and the kids were able to watch.
Well we decided to try raising a few laying hens at the farm. I bought 25 chicks thinking I would probably loose a few. That didn't happen, so we ended up with 25 chickens. I built a "super dooper chicken coop-er" for them. It took several weekends and everyone pitched in to help. The coop has six laying boxes that you can get to from outside the coop. I built some really cool waterers that need no maintenance or cleaning. It has some nice roosting boards that are removable for coop cleaning. A gravity feeder. And a solar powered auto door so they can go out in the morning and be safe inside at night. Well at least from night preditors because we have lost two chickens during the day. Now I put up a solar powered mesh fence around the yard to keep them safe. I am expecting lots of eggs by August. Do ya hear that girls?
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