NH Homesteader- turkeys!

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The 'Boys' are helping ya 'Pull' Fall IN....as they scarff up the acorns the squirrels are 'Cuttin' here....and every tidbit of Sweet gum Leaf on the ground....ROTF!!....ya would think they were 'Blood Hounds'....LOL

Haha, my sheep scarf up the native persimmons that are starting to fall. It's candy to them. I should plant them some big Japanese persimmons! think I will......

@Baymule Please call me before you give all them persimmons to the sheep! I love, love, love them and have two planted - but goats happen.... Every time a goat breaks into the yard the persimmon tree is the first thing they hit. Stoopid goats...

frustratedearthmother said:

@Baymule Please call me before you give all them persimmons to the sheep! I love, love, love them and have two planted - but goats happen.... Every time a goat breaks into the yard the persimmon tree is the first thing they hit. Stoopid goats...

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Fence it off. We fenced off our so called fruit orchard. It all grew up and was a big mess. So we fenced off each tree and opened the gate. I put the sheep in there for a week, it looks much better now. Going to take the fence down, will just fence off each tree from now on.

Oh, the dogs love them too. I get one every now and then. LOL

They're in the back yard - no goats allowed. (famous last words) I had my fruit trees fenced individually for awhile, but waaaay too much trouble to keep mowed around...now I just pitch a hissy fit if anyone leaves a gate open. Works mostly... unless it's ME that leaves the gate open, lol!

No goats allowed? That's like a welcome sign!

Today we split up the meat birds into two pens. They're getting big and needed more space. There are 40 of them. Now they will stay there until we butcher. And we only have two big moves left before winter. The giant chicken coop will be moved to its winter home, and the little pigs will be moved to high ground when we butcher the big pigs.

Lilly, my milker, is drying off so easily. She was really ready, she wasn't producing much anyway.

Still not feeling well at all. Everyone else in the house got over this cold way faster than I am! No fair!

NH homesteader said:

No goats allowed? That's like a welcome sign!

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Stoopid goats! I've gotta say though that since Gracie has claimed the backyard as her very own property - no goats or chickens are stoopid enough to enter! She's awesome.

NH homesteader said:

Everyone else in the house got over this cold way faster than I am!

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That's probably because you work too hard. Get some rest!

Ha thanks. My husband does too. He just got really sick for like a day or two and I've been mildly but annoyingly sick for almost a week.

The goats don't seem to understand that the fencing is there for their protection! I only have one rogue fence hopping chicken. I let her roam, she doesn't bother anyone. My fencing is primarily to keep the rooster in anyway. We have electric poultry netting but we haven't plugged it in... In about 3 months!

Going to trade one of our big pigs for$100 cash and enough hay to feed my goats for 4-5 months. Can't complain about that. One less pig to feed and one less pig to butcher. The one we are keeping only has to last 6 months til our piglet will be ready to be butchered. Feeling OK about this...

NH homesteader said:

Going to trade one of our big pigs for$100 cash and enough hay to feed my goats for 4-5 months. Can't complain about that. One less pig to feed and one less pig to butcher. The one we are keeping only has to last 6 months til our piglet will be ready to be butchered. Feeling OK about this...

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Well, as they say around here....just keep 'Plodding'....puttin 1ft infront of the other and sooner or later the 'Row will End'...just Hope for a 'Break' at the Turn....vitamin c and warm jello will help ya thru it...if it is sinus Alka-Seltzer Plus works for us....know it will 'Work Out' for y'all!!....and, this is 'Sunset at the Pond' for a Fall day....LOL!!