Well its been fun and interesting this first year. The wife and I were both raised on the farm so we are not strangers to keeping and caring for animals or the basic care needed for production livestock as we have a cow calf herd, some goats and a few hogs to feed out and butcher.
The...
Thanks. It was too much good to bulldoze and just enough good to salvage. All the lots/corral are enclosed with pipe and steel with 5ft cattle panels welded wire. They can free range over about 2 acres when I get the cats under control!
One of my first projects after retiring from my oilfield job was to get some chickens. My wife and I both grew up on farms and had chickens in our very early life. We wanted fresh eggs, the entertainment and a chance to show our grandkids the joys of having chickens around.
The old shed on...
I recently retired and now am at the farm full time. We decided to add a small laying flock for eggs and fun. First there was the job of fixing a coop. We have an older shed next to the house and barns that was used for cattle loafing in the corral. With some material and sweat equity we...