Just on for a quick minute before I go into work briefly, then out to look at houses.
The place I'm liking better has a small orchard--I'm stoked! I could trade orchard for barn, maybe. That's been one of my regrets is we never planted fruit trees here, we thought it was too wet and they'd simply rot. I'm trying not to get too excited, it's hard to ride the ups and downs, I do better when things are level emotionally.
I am enjoying having the cows here, though. they're getting comfortable enough I can touch them in passing, things like that. I'll have to work out some sort of creep feeder system for the little steer calf especially, momma cow is a feed hog. I have feeders set up in two different stalls, but I still don't think he's getting quite enough. And I'd like to grain him a touch, but she really doesn't need it. We'll see what works out.
I'd decided not to incubate any more eggs until spring. My last batch---I dunno, I'm losing chicks. Some pasty butt, some just up and die. Discouraging, so I was going to take a break. But this morning, Honey got up and wired my new thermostat to the cabinet incubator. He's so proud of himself, I can't disappoint the man, now can I? If only some hens will start laying........
We do have some sunshine here today
. He and Sugar Monkey and one of the boy's friends are out smashing a junker camper in the garden. It's been stressing me, we need to get rid of that thing before we sell the place. It's too muddy to drive back there now. I think he's going to dismantle what he can, burn the rest, and then we'll see.....all I know is men with large heavy objects having a good time with mayhem and destruction
. I'm going into my nice clean office job to work for a few hours, it's safer there!
Okay, you got me. I'm kind of jealous. Part of me wants to go pick up a sledge and whale on the camper too!
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