farmerjan
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I'm with you @promiseacres .... masks are just too close to the bad guy... don't want to be identified thing for me too.
Coffee anyone ?
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promiseacres
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But he is much more handsome without it, and I may be wrong but I believe it also says something about men in masks can't be trusted.Watch the Princess Bride. Maybe Westley will help you get over that idea.
It really doesn't matter... I will deal day by day, fortunately I don't have to wear one for hours on end. People in power say it works or helps though cases are increasing crazy like despite wearing masks...so who knows.
Anyways, am tired but a 3 hour trail ride was lovely and helps the mental weariness. Here's a giggle for you. Went with my friend (& dd1) and we told our husbands we would be home about at lunchtime. Well about 2 hours in we had the choice to head back to trailers or take another loop....well of course we kept going... it was mid 40s and sunny, no breeze. Just us and our steeds in the quiet woods. No one else had shown up at the parking lot when we left on our ride so we had the park to ourselves. So I get home for a "late" lunch...DH and our two other kids had moved all the firewood....friend's hubby thought he would start on their goat barn mucking, just one load before she got home...he ended up finishing it up....so we both had annoyed husbands but hey no one told these guys to start working before we got home. She said he's never touched the goat barn (they are her goats ) and I have carried my share of firewood over the years...enough that I consider it my winter "work out" . The ride was worth it.
and getting out of our normal chores...was hilarious. 
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Good for you getting a good long ride in PA! Here's to more of them and and chores finished while you're gone!
Baymule
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I'm so glad that you got away and had a nice ride. 
promiseacres
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Coffee is on.
Back to real life, school and speech for us, work for DH. He got over being annoyed about us riding "too long" pretty quick. Rain then snow...need to get hay and clean cages.... might be interesting getting those done...I knew it was coming.
Back to real life, school and speech for us, work for DH. He got over being annoyed about us riding "too long" pretty quick. Rain then snow...need to get hay and clean cages.... might be interesting getting those done...I knew it was coming.
Baymule
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Thanks for the coffee. We have sunshine after several dreary days. Sunshine really affects my mood. PA maybe you need one of those SAD lights?
promiseacres
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Coffee is on.
Got the lineleom up in the kitchen. Ran after shavings and other errands yesterdsy. Today need to get rabbit cages cleaned and hay brought from the farm. After school of course. Discovered we were out of milk at supper so ran after groceries after supper and made some cookies.... hoping the weather is better today.
Got the lineleom up in the kitchen. Ran after shavings and other errands yesterdsy. Today need to get rabbit cages cleaned and hay brought from the farm. After school of course. Discovered we were out of milk at supper so ran after groceries after supper and made some cookies.... hoping the weather is better today.
Baymule
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Thanks for the coffee, cold here this morning, it got down to 25, but is already up to 39 degrees and sunny outside. Yesterday we fashioned a hay ring out of half hog panels for the steer. He stomped and pooped on a lot of the first round bale, we are trying the hog panel square, he can reach over the panels. We'll see how that goes. Today our project is to put wire up for a small pen to feed Pearl the skinny horse in, so she can finish her feed without Prince taking it away from her. I've been putting her in the pasture behind the horse barn to feed her, but the rye grass I sowed is trying to come up and I don't want her to stomp on it or eat it before it can even grow. And I have a half hog panel for a gate! LOL I'll staple it halfway up the post so Prince can't just step over it.
@promiseacres you do a lot of cleaning rabbit cages, are they wood frame hutches? Those do get piled up in the corners! When you move to the farm, maybe you can buy rolls of wire and build your own all wire hanging cages. They are SO much easier to keep clean.
@promiseacres you do a lot of cleaning rabbit cages, are they wood frame hutches? Those do get piled up in the corners! When you move to the farm, maybe you can buy rolls of wire and build your own all wire hanging cages. They are SO much easier to keep clean.
promiseacres
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@Baymule every 7-10 days, they are stackers... and YES we plan on a different set up eventually. The gentleman we got our pup from had a very nice set up, with a system that has two high but it all drops to the floor. I wouldn't mind a gutter system either. Just NO space at this time.
Baymule
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In my mid 20's I raised show rabbits and kept a big barn full. I attached a chicken coop to the rabbit barn, with a door so I could close them off if I wanted to. I single hung wire cages, back to back in rows. The chickens scratched through the rabbit poop, ate dropped feed and fly larva. It GREATLY reduced my work load. The only drawback was ear mites, so I did a monthly preventative mineral oil in all the rabbit's ears, no big deal. It was a great system, I highly recommend it for you, then all you do is gather the eggs and when you need it for the garden, clean under the cages. Simple. Use your time for other more important things.
