That's a hurricane rain total!My front field, there’s supposed to be fence posts out there somewhere.
The gates are almost under water
We’ve gotten 13+ inches.
Purplequeenvt in 2025
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Baymule
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Hang in there! It will stop and drain off.
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That’s awesome! I bred budgies for 12 years. Fun memories.
Baymule
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How are you, family and animals this week?
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purplequeenvt
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We’re still floating. Apparently our flood isn’t going to go down much until the Ohio River level drops.
Baymule
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I’m praying for you and family. The water will go down and then you have the mud and mess.
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purplequeenvt
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Don’t forget to peel your sheeps!
I sheared 1/2 of the boys today. I did all the yearlings and Triton. I still have the big Border Leicester boys and the wethers.
These naughty nuggets have been wreaking havoc in the barn.
Water level on Friday
Today
It’s gone down, but not enough yet. I waded out on the driveway this afternoon and it’s still well over my knees and I didn’t go out very far.
I got some pictures of my new girls that are still in OH.
Symphony is the one we are waiting on to lamb before I pick them up. She’s massive!
Linen
I sheared 1/2 of the boys today. I did all the yearlings and Triton. I still have the big Border Leicester boys and the wethers.
These naughty nuggets have been wreaking havoc in the barn.
Water level on Friday
Today
It’s gone down, but not enough yet. I waded out on the driveway this afternoon and it’s still well over my knees and I didn’t go out very far.
I got some pictures of my new girls that are still in OH.
Symphony is the one we are waiting on to lamb before I pick them up. She’s massive!
Linen
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purplequeenvt
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All the boys are naked.
Little Snap got them all locked up because he wouldn’t stay in the fence. He started off going out the front into a netting fence which was fine until he tried to go through the net back into the main pasture (presumably to get to the pond for a drink) and nearly strangled himself. My BIL just happened to be there in time to rescue him.
I added a few strands of poly wire across the spot he was escaping and charged it with a small fencer. Snap then went up the hill and popped through the fence into the neighbors yard. They chased him back a couple times.
They’ll have to be shut in the paddock until the fence is clear of the water and I can get it running again.
The flooding is slowly going down, although it’s gone down quite a bit over the last couple days.
There was a bald eagle in my front field this morning.
Oskar’s brother and sister came for a visit the other day.
T picks snacks for Twig every time she comes over and now Twig follows her around like a puppy.
Little Snap got them all locked up because he wouldn’t stay in the fence. He started off going out the front into a netting fence which was fine until he tried to go through the net back into the main pasture (presumably to get to the pond for a drink) and nearly strangled himself. My BIL just happened to be there in time to rescue him.
I added a few strands of poly wire across the spot he was escaping and charged it with a small fencer. Snap then went up the hill and popped through the fence into the neighbors yard. They chased him back a couple times.
They’ll have to be shut in the paddock until the fence is clear of the water and I can get it running again.
The flooding is slowly going down, although it’s gone down quite a bit over the last couple days.
There was a bald eagle in my front field this morning.
Oskar’s brother and sister came for a visit the other day.
T picks snacks for Twig every time she comes over and now Twig follows her around like a puppy.
Baymule
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It takes a long time for that much water to drain off. It’s getting better.
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purplequeenvt
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One of my new ewes that I haven’t picked up yet lambed last night. 2 boys, a gray katmoget and a moorit gulmoget. Girls would have been lovely, but I’m not upset about boys. I like to grow out at least 1 ram lamb every year and I’d actually have a good number of ewes I could breed one of them to.
The ram she used was new to her so these lambs are completely unrelated to all of my ewes (except their mom, obviously) and all of my current ewe lambs.
The ewe that we were waiting to lamb before I go pick them up hasn’t lambed yet, but she looks ready to blow any second.
The ram she used was new to her so these lambs are completely unrelated to all of my ewes (except their mom, obviously) and all of my current ewe lambs.
The ewe that we were waiting to lamb before I go pick them up hasn’t lambed yet, but she looks ready to blow any second.
