Goats&moregoats: KickinUpDust Farm Journal

Depends on the setup @CntryBoy777. If it is an above ground pool without a deck all the way around, it is difficult for shorter people to vacuum.

@CntryBoy777 & @Bruce , it is an in ground pool and I am sure both kids will be more than willing to help some. They love to help Nina with just about anything.

Finishing up my second cup of coffee and then headed out to get the pump fired up. Morning Chores, care for Doreen & a muscle relaxer I took last night has put me at a late start, but I need the coffee to keep me going. Already tired once & found a small leak around a connector. Need to take that off and put some plumber's tape on.

I have certainly learned how to fix or construct new things in the past year. At 53 it's not always fun, but I do what I need to do. One thing I need to do that I have not quite got right is hay feeders. However I always try to do it with what I have around here instead of buying new.

This feeder is not covered, but I have a room in the house that I have hay out in also. I just have to pay attention to the weather so too much doesn't get wasted....but this is what I do for hay....

I love that they call you Nina! I may use that when I get grandkids WAY down the road. Lol

CntryBoy777 said:

This feeder is not covered, but I have a room in the house that I have hay out in also.

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One hopes that is in the goat house

goats&moregoats said:

it is an in ground pool and I am sure both kids will be more than willing to help some. They love to help Nina with just about anything.

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Ours is a 24' "adult wading pool" with 4' high walls, 5' deep in the center. The deck only goes about 1/3 of the way around so guess who gets to clean it. Hint: the tall person.

@Wehner Homestead , I picked Nina when my first grandchild was born because I wasn't ready to be called Gramma in my early 40's...lol. It worked and has stuck . 20 grand kids between my other half & myself. 5 from previous relationships of two son in laws.
I have a younger sister and her son's girlfriend's daughter calls her "lady"...it's kinds of cute.

@CntryBoy777 , this gives me an idea for inside the doe barn & under their over hang. Thanks!

Pool is half a$$ operating. Pump works great, but only upper skimmer is running. When I turn on the valve for lower skimmer I loose everything. Running as is until my older brother gets back and takes a crack at it.

Bummer on the pool. Lower skimmer?? Or bottom drain? Haven't seen a pool with multi level skimmer though what I know about pools would fill a thimble.

@Bruce, my apologies, we use "upper" & "lower" to differentiate between the deep end and shallow end. Just our lingo here, not necessarily pool lingo.
The pool is up & running. Kids were in yesterday after school. Yes they finally got them started. So now it's up at 6 am, kids on bus by 7 am, feed the goats and then move onto whatever other to do's are on my list. Today, it was trim the fence line..which is 3/4 done. I needed to get of this darn left foot a bit. DD1 helped and we had all 4 babies out with us. That was fun, because everywhere we needed to remove grass & weeds...the babies decided they needed to eat. LOL Even the older two girls hung out with us. ....

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Let's see, if I'm standing in the shallow end the skimmer would be lower than eye level. If I were standing in the deep end, it surely would be up above eye level. Makes sense

Well, we spent 3/4 of the day in the pool. So the rest of the fence to trim tomorrow & finish mowing the grass. I did manage to finally get the garage started around. It was great to have a day of relaxation though.

Winchester is completely weaned at two days shy of 11 weeks. The other three are on 10 ounces split into two feedings. Friday they will go to 5 ounces at night. Then by next Wed. -Thurs. they will be completely weaned as well. At that point Juniper and Nutmeg will be put in with Sage and Ginger full time. I don't believe it will take two long for Rio & Winchester to get use to be the only two in the buck pen.

I am finally getting caught up with chores around here. Need to get the scrape metal removed as well as old lumber and other fencing & building rubbish. I do have a couple of more projects in mind, but I don't have to rush with any of them. A lean two for the boys with a hay feeder, two hay feeders for the girls. One inside and one in their lean two. Thanks to @CntryBoy777 I definitely have a good plan for constructing them. I also want to get to work on the chicken coop. If I am not lucky enough for laying hens this year, I will have to get chicks in the spring.

It was a no go on the Nigerian buck and doe. She only had one doeling for sale and the buck went to another person who called first. No big rush there either. I will keep looking.

Here are some pictures from yesterday:

Babies enjoying leaves as I hold down a branch.


Babies in with Sage and Ginger...Last pic Sage is actually laying under toy as babies eat around her.