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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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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Wild Bindi
I'm playing some serious catch-up on my blog because of all the testing I've had to do with students over the past month. I decided to just go back and start from the beginning with everything so you can catch up and be up to date, too! About three weeks ago Ted decided to move … Continue reading Wild Bindi
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A catch up post
We've been busy, busy, busy the past five days here! Saturday was our oldest daughter's birthday, but she's currently living in Brazil, so we didn't get to celebrate with her. She's having a blast though and will be home in April, so we're looking forward to celebrating her 25th birthday once she's back. She spent … Continue reading A catch up post
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Moving Bindi
We learned last spring that 1) Beef jumps the fence to get to greener pastures, and 2) Bessie and Beef don't get out when we move them often so their green grass looks as good as the grass on the other side of the fence. Sunday afternoon, we decided to fence a temporary section of … Continue reading Moving Bindi
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Fixing the pig fence
Step 1: get the pigs busy. Step 2: realize I have the best husband in the world! He got up 30 minutes early and had the fence wire restrung almost all the way around when I went out there at 7 a.m. Step 3: check to make sure the fence is on. .Step 4: remove … Continue reading Fixing the pig fence
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Why today???
I walked outside Thursday evening as Becky was leaving, just in time to see Bitsy was in the chicken yard (not her yard where she belongs!)! The battery died on the electric fence, so she figured out she could just push the gate open and go exploring. Why couldn't she have waited until this weekend … Continue reading Why today???
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Snowpocalypse
Everybody was tagging snowpocalypse last night on Facebook and Twitter (at least it seemed that way to me). I'm not sure how others fared nearby, but here's the results of the winter storm here at Striving Acres. The snow has stopped, and as of 10a.m. this morning, we have a total of 8.25 inches of … Continue reading Snowpocalypse
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Operation Move Those Pigs
Ted hooked up the electric to the fence in the big pig paddock, and it worked well so he decided today was the day to move the pigs. By the time I got out the door, he'd moved Dixie who heard Bitsy squealing because she was suddenly alone and promptly shot under the hot wire … Continue reading Operation Move Those Pigs
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More fence getting started
When you are trying to build a farm, you can never have too much fence. It is just a fact of life. It is as sure as the sun and the moon and the stars that as soon as you think you have enough fence, you will realize you absolutely do not and have to … Continue reading More fence getting started
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