Margali's Griffin Wood Ranch

[Ridgetop]

I would have gone with wheels if I could move it anywhere. I like the idea of moving it around the garden lot after harvesting so the chickens would scratch up all the remaining plants, and fertilize the soil for next year. If too much nitrogen in the chicken poop, toss a bag of fine sawdust or shavings in for them to scratch into the soil. The extra nitrogen will mix with the carbon in the sawdust and break everything down into nice rich soil.

 

[Alaskan]

I really like having my veggie garden set up for chickens. Good fences and a net I can stretch over the top.

In the fall it is easy to toss cockerels in the garden to clean it up.

It is a bit trickier to toss chickens into the garden in the spring... usually no extra cockerels and so much snow.

 

[Margali]

Spot is HUGE! He weighs 60.46lbs at 67 days old. He's shaping up well.

 

[farmerjan]

He has some serious leg under him. That's pretty big for 2 months !!!!

 

[Alaskan]

Spot is HUGE! He weighs 60.46lbs at 67 days old. He's shaping up well.
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Dang he looks great! And huge!!

 

[Baymule]

Congratulations of one very fine boy! He is beautiful.

 

[Margali]

So I set up first paddock of electric fence, ~.25acre. The grass is barely started but all the scrubby trees are budding out. Snip was willing to leave the runout paddock for a grain bribe. Scaredy Panda refuses.

Bruno met the electric fence and now will not come within 200 feet of the sheep shed.

 

[Ridgetop]

Amazing weight on 2 month old lamb!

 

[Margali]

It's been awhile since I made an update. I've been soo busy!

2 weekends ago family came over and we had tons of fun. The teenage boys did some shooting and everyone rode go carts. Alijah gave littles a wagon ride around the property. I bought a food oil IBC tote and cleaned it up. 250ft of hose later, I have a water supply by the sheep shed. I plan on making a gravity refill water trough.


Last weekend I worked on chicken coop and got it mostly done. My neighbor that's moving gave me a corral! My family invaded and we put up gates to property. Albert (grandfather-in-law) gave us posts.


My baby chicks arrived Thrusday and are doing okay. We've lost the 5 spares included in order. Some of that is my kids fault sneaking them out of brooder to play with them. This weekend I set up the corral as an isolation pen. I traded Spot and some cash for a pair of katahdin/dorper cross ewes. Need to figure out names.

 

[Baymule]

WHOO-HOOO!!! That’s the right kind of family get together! Awesome progress! And a free corral too!

Baby chicks don’t stay babies long, they will soon be feathered out. Chicken coop going up! That’s super!

Nice trade on the two ewes! Now Snip has 3 girlfriends! More lambs! LOL I need better pictures of your new ewes! How old are they?