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@Bruce they may have been “barn” cats but I still loved them all. One was my precious Oscar. You know how he was always up to something.
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It became necessary to start a kidding thread...
!!! Check it out for details and updates. (New one for 2019.)
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I’m way behind on updates so I’ll now flood this thread with what I can recall...
A few weekends ago, DH spent 27 hrs on a skid steer cleaning out the barn and getting rid of the mud pit immediately behind it. I have a few after pics to share.
Views of the completed doe pen. This was divided into several separate stalls. There is still one of the very end that was left as a Kidding pen for Nellie. You can see a small pen in the left back corner of the first pic to put Caramel’s does in at night. (Note that Sparkle and CeCe can only have their rears seen in pics as they have to be as close to me as possible. Love my girls!)
Kidding stall cleaned out. This is where Pork Chop was. We spread straw before putting Nellie in this pen and changed out some gates.
Behind the barn...this was a miry mud mess before! DH also put down lime in each of the areas that he cleaned.
I don’t have any pics of the chute stall cleaned out. I do have this pic of where we had Blossom and a stall for Cowboy/Jewel. We also had two separate steer stalls here during the polar freeze. It’s now stalls again. Lol
A few weekends ago, DH spent 27 hrs on a skid steer cleaning out the barn and getting rid of the mud pit immediately behind it. I have a few after pics to share.
Views of the completed doe pen. This was divided into several separate stalls. There is still one of the very end that was left as a Kidding pen for Nellie. You can see a small pen in the left back corner of the first pic to put Caramel’s does in at night. (Note that Sparkle and CeCe can only have their rears seen in pics as they have to be as close to me as possible. Love my girls!)
Kidding stall cleaned out. This is where Pork Chop was. We spread straw before putting Nellie in this pen and changed out some gates.
Behind the barn...this was a miry mud mess before! DH also put down lime in each of the areas that he cleaned.
I don’t have any pics of the chute stall cleaned out. I do have this pic of where we had Blossom and a stall for Cowboy/Jewel. We also had two separate steer stalls here during the polar freeze. It’s now stalls again. Lol
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We are up to a total of five calves (2 bulls, 3 heifers) and we are awaiting four more calves from Otis and Fred. Pics are on the Calving thread and I’ve got a few recent ones to add after I’m done updating here.
Nellie also had quads and updates/pics are on the Kidding thread.
We had my sister’s two dogs here while they were on vacation. Both are some type of lab mix mutt. Great dogs with their kids and mine. Max is the one with white on him and he’s crazy submissive. She was afraid to board him and it was decided that they’d do better here. They did! We set up a dog kennel in the lean-to for them.
They were walked on leashes for the first few days, several times a day. This was to keep them from running off, control their introduction to my dogs as all the males are intact, and work on their leash manners. After they knew where their pen was and did well with my dogs, they got free time. They never got left out when we weren’t out too though. They were here 9 days.
Of course I have to share a few pics of Tucker and Max. I sent them lots of pics because they were all so worried about them. Tucker appears to be more lab while Max appears to be more Border Collie mix. They got Tuck as a pup whereas Max was more than a year old and found on the roadside.
Nellie also had quads and updates/pics are on the Kidding thread.
We had my sister’s two dogs here while they were on vacation. Both are some type of lab mix mutt. Great dogs with their kids and mine. Max is the one with white on him and he’s crazy submissive. She was afraid to board him and it was decided that they’d do better here. They did! We set up a dog kennel in the lean-to for them.
They were walked on leashes for the first few days, several times a day. This was to keep them from running off, control their introduction to my dogs as all the males are intact, and work on their leash manners. After they knew where their pen was and did well with my dogs, they got free time. They never got left out when we weren’t out too though. They were here 9 days.
Of course I have to share a few pics of Tucker and Max. I sent them lots of pics because they were all so worried about them. Tucker appears to be more lab while Max appears to be more Border Collie mix. They got Tuck as a pup whereas Max was more than a year old and found on the roadside.
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I’m not done overloading y’all with pics!
We had torrential rains that caused a lot of damage in our area. Fortunately ours wasn’t too bad other than some washing and the driveway needing fixed. Gravel on a hill doesn’t do well.
A sunrise pic from another day...
We had torrential rains that caused a lot of damage in our area. Fortunately ours wasn’t too bad other than some washing and the driveway needing fixed. Gravel on a hill doesn’t do well.
A sunrise pic from another day...
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Kids played on a row of round bales. Jewel readily joined them. I actually did too and took some scenic pics from that viewpoint.
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Very cool pics!
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We also now two little pigs. They came on separate days. They are from show pig stock that didn’t sell. We had planned on freezer meat but may ending up breeding these two... Bacon Bit is black and white and couldn’t sell due to a small lump where she’d had an umbilical infection. The area is now completely healed since she’s off concrete.
On the way home...the temp was moderate and she wasn’t in the crate for even five minutes.
In true BYH fashion, her new pen wasn’t ready so she stayed in the trailer temporarily.
In her new barn stall.
Lil Blue was offered to us as a runt that wouldn’t be big enough to show. She has awesome conformation and genetics. Time will tell what her future holds. Buying her back was also mentioned but no agreement was made.
The girls get a few minutes together each evening. We hope to pen them together eventually but don’t want to take a chance on Lil Blue being severely injured because Bacon Bit is so much bigger.
On the way home...the temp was moderate and she wasn’t in the crate for even five minutes.
In true BYH fashion, her new pen wasn’t ready so she stayed in the trailer temporarily.
In her new barn stall.
Lil Blue was offered to us as a runt that wouldn’t be big enough to show. She has awesome conformation and genetics. Time will tell what her future holds. Buying her back was also mentioned but no agreement was made.
The girls get a few minutes together each evening. We hope to pen them together eventually but don’t want to take a chance on Lil Blue being severely injured because Bacon Bit is so much bigger.
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As y’all know, I love my Aussies! They’ve been very interested in Nellie’s babies. Of course, they are never far from me either. They’ve also been to the vet in the last month to get caught up on their vaccinations, heartworm meds, and getting a fecal. All did awesome. Jewel even did better riding in the vehicle.
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Aussies cont’d...
