These are bad dogs (sometimes). They're usually great, but every spring, they hear the call of the wild and go into straight up wolf mode, killing any chicken that gets outside the chicken yard. Last week, they killed three. They don't even eat them; they just break their necks and leave them near the fence … Continue reading Bad dogs and dumb chickens
Farm life
This little piggy went to market
Well, not to market - to be processed. A reality show crew should have taped us last night. Ratings would have been super high, and people would have laughed and laughed. Ted took scraps into the trailer, and Bitsy went right in there. Dixie took a few seconds of coaxing because she just didn't like … Continue reading This little piggy went to market
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I got shocked!
It finally happened after all this time: I got shocked on the electric fence. I don't even know how it happened because I'm extremely cautious around it. I think that it arced somehow, but Ted says that's impossible. I'm not so sure he's right. I was adjusting Beef's temporary fencing because he'd scooted his water … Continue reading I got shocked!
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Best date ever!
We just had the best date/adventure EVER! Ted found a hay scissor hi-lift on Craigslist, and after talking to the seller yesterday, we decided to go to Kentucky and buy it so we were up early, and we were off! Our GPS is crazy and today was no different; it directed us to drive over … Continue reading Best date ever!
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Daisy wins
Lucy just rolled over and gave up. LOL
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Pigs are like big rocks…
...they don't move easily. Ted built that ramp, backed the tractor and trailer down to the chicken gate, and set up a corridor with electric wire to get the pigs to move to the trailer. I saved the scraps for two days in hopes that they'd follow that scrap bucket right to the trailer. My … Continue reading Pigs are like big rocks…
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Hard worker
This man works harder than anybody else I know. He works his job, and then he comes home and spends his free time doing all the things that need done on the farm. Over Memorial Day weekend, he finished a bunch of projects. He spent Saturday fixing the bush hog and then mowing up here, … Continue reading Hard worker
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Big decision made
We stopped today to settle up with Ronnie for the winter hay and the side of beef we purchased from him, and out of the blue, he asked what we're going to do with Beef. We've been discussing what to do for over a month, and we reached the decision that we were either selling … Continue reading Big decision made
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Big pigs!!!
I took these photos to show the size of our pigs now. Remember, these two fit in a small dog cage when we brought them home in late October! They are standing in about six inches of mud here (Ted made them a big mud hole a couple of days ago because it was so … Continue reading Big pigs!!!
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Oops!
The new driver in the house needs to practice backing up out of the driveway a little more. LOL Nobody was hurt, including chickens and turkeys. The door bracing (on the side of the little door where the hinges are) got knocked askew. With four brackets and thirty minutes, this will be good as new.
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