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Ferguson K
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At one point we had all of those things! Working 60 hours a week and DH working 50 we cut way back. It was just to much.
FergusonK's journal - Goodbye Java Jewel.
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sadieml
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DH reminded me that I forgot to mention she wants alpacas and a CAMEL!!! 
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Wow, @sadieml! You wear me out with all those animals. We have a lot of the birds you are wanting, and as much as I love having them - especially the ducks! There are times, it can be a lot of work, that we don't have the energy for. Right now, we have 12 Buff Bramha Roos, in the back chicken run, waiting to be butchered. We just can't find the time or energy to butcher them!
There was a time I wanted all the animals you listed. However, now that DH turned 70, and he is slowing down, that list has gotten pared down quite a bit.
There was a time I wanted all the animals you listed. However, now that DH turned 70, and he is slowing down, that list has gotten pared down quite a bit.
Bruce
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Well that is true is it not? You feed them whether they work on your place or across town but they don't get money from you. The "room and board" doesn't count as "pay", it is an entitlement of being born to you. I bet my kids aren't the only ones with such an attitude.My boys would (understandably) rather work at the farm across town where they get "paid" for their efforts, since somehow fresh, home-grown food doesn't count as pay. I only counts if it's cash in-hand.
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Ferguson K
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My idiot thoroughbred just destroyed a gate... and took the hframe with him.
Gates destroyed. Java has minor cuts.
17 hands of panicking horse is not fun.
Another day at the funny farm.
Third day in a row Diva has spilled the bucket on me. She's getting better, but she's still kicking a little. Her udder is evening out now. Need to get her ready for LA on the 18th. She's not been milked at all this freshening before I brought her home so it's trained to only filla little at a time for her kids. I can retrain it,thankfully she's early in lactation.
Frida milks like a dream and has such a soft beautiful udder. I need to get a picture of it full.
Gates destroyed. Java has minor cuts.
17 hands of panicking horse is not fun.
Another day at the funny farm.
Third day in a row Diva has spilled the bucket on me. She's getting better, but she's still kicking a little. Her udder is evening out now. Need to get her ready for LA on the 18th. She's not been milked at all this freshening before I brought her home so it's trained to only filla little at a time for her kids. I can retrain it,thankfully she's early in lactation.
Frida milks like a dream and has such a soft beautiful udder. I need to get a picture of it full.
Mike CHS
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The gate/horse battle could have been a whole lot worse. Glad it wasn't
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Ferguson K
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Could've broken a leg.
CntryBoy777
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There simply is never a dull moment when ya have animals, and just when ya think ya may just have one....one jumps up and thinks it is their "Duty" to give ya something to do...
May have got stung by a wasp building a nest in the gate. It's that time of yr.
May have got stung by a wasp building a nest in the gate. It's that time of yr.
NH homesteader
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Glad it wasn't worse! That's a big horse! Any idea what spooked him?
