The Old Folks Home

[chickisoup]

Been up since 5:30. Rain. Just enough to make the air heavy and everything wet. Finished cleaning the dust out of the sunroom where the chicks were brooded, went to town for no really good reason except a few groceries and deal on some oil, came home. Still drizzling. I'm bored. BORED BORED BORED! Tons of things that need to be gotten done outside and the weather is just bad enough to prevent getting them done because they involve things like digging the other deep hole for the 4x4's for the supports for the new door and the posts for gate to the new brooder run.

 

[Wickedchicken6]

Pigeon poo

My sister had vultures take over her barn loft once, now THAT is impressively nasty, but I am pretty sure I am also against the pigeons pooing on my very expensive hay.

Probably can't keep them out can you?

Maybe eat them?

Nope...the ol barn is making a very, very slow decent towards it's end on this earth and there are large cracks between the boards where it's started to give. It's ever-so-s-l-o-w-l-y falling falling towards the east.

The cats can have the pigeons. The boy does shoot them...and I feel bad because I know how lovely they can be from the people who raise them on here.

I've wanted pigeons living on the farm since I was a little girl. We never had any at my grandparents.

Ok I understand.... about lofts. Here its at best a roof some pallets and a tarp on the windward side. Nope no concrete floor. The only things I have to worry about getting the hay are rabbits and the occasional deer. Then again I only store enough hay for a month. At any given time.

Thats pretty much standard through out southern California. Though some people buy an old semi Trailer or Sea Container for hay storage. I have a sea container originally intended for feed. But I built the shade structure for the horse with space to stack hay. Tom put up chain-link kennel panels to keep her from doing take out. and Yes she can almost get a 125 pound bale up over a five foot fence.

deb

We didn't have a loft growing up. Our hay and straw was stacked behind the barn in huge long stacks, and covered with tarps that were tied down to the bale strings. Our slaughter chickens used to get up under the tarps and lay nests of eggs. Where did those days go?

When the barn was no longer used...the bales were stacked inside in the stalls. It smells very nice in there...lol.

 

[perchie.girl]

Deb-wow, wish I had been raised out west. Never knew as a kid you could store hay anywhere but 20 feet, at least, off the ground. Get it off the ground, on to the wagon, winch it up in the air, swing into the loft, stack as high as you can get it, repeat.

this is pretty much it

Decomposed granite base... Bales are stacked on top of wooden pallets. Ideally the pallets should be removed after the hay is gone and a good rake job to remove the hay from underneath... Also this is how the hay is stored in the fields if they advertize barn stored hay.

another way they store hay in the fields

Believe me the tarps they put over it all are freaking HUGE. remember no snow and very little rain but there will be dew.

deb

 

[chickisoup]

wickedchicken6 - I really hate that all those beautiful traditional old barns are reaching the end of their lives. Every time we have a wild storm in the flats, the next time we drive thru there is another one down. I would give almost anything to have one of them on our place. I so miss the look, the smell and feel of a well used and loved old barn.

 

[pennyJo1960]

I understand I look at them out here all going to crap and just makes me sick

 

[chickisoup]

this is pretty much it

Decomposed granite base... Bales are stacked on top of wooden pallets. Ideally the pallets should be removed after the hay is gone and a good rake job to remove the hay from underneath... Also this is how the hay is stored in the fields if they advertize barn stored hay.

another way they store hay in the fields

Believe me the tarps they put over it all are freaking HUGE. remember no snow and very little rain but there will be dew.

deb

efficient but not as pretty as our old barns. Just a bit partial I guess.

 

[chickadoodles]

Nice work Scg.

Great looking son Alaskan! Proud moment for sure! Congrats!

Good luck on your hatch Penny!

Hi JD

I lost my oldest hen and dh found her yesterday. So sad. She's the Splash Andalusian by the gate.

 

[Alaskan]

So sorry Chicka, I am partial to splash. Sad to loose a nice bird and a pretty one at that.

 

[Alaskan]

Just field sparrows and barn swallows and we have seen a decrease in the barn swallows lately.

Not pleased with most sparrows. ..I like Swallows, even the messy barn swallows. They eat so many insects, I just gotta love em.

Deb-wow, wish I had been raised out west. Never knew as a kid you could store hay anywhere but 20 feet, at least, off the ground. Get it off the ground, on to the wagon, winch it up in the air, swing into the loft, stack as high as you can get it, repeat.

Hurts just remembering, huh?

 

[CapricornFarm]

Been up since 5:30. Rain. Just enough to make the air heavy and everything wet. Finished cleaning the dust out of the sunroom where the chicks were brooded, went to town for no really good reason except a few groceries and deal on some oil, came home. Still drizzling. I'm bored. BORED BORED BORED! Tons of things that need to be gotten done outside and the weather is just bad enough to prevent getting them done because they involve things like digging the other deep hole for the 4x4's for the supports for the new door and the posts for gate to the new brooder run.

You need to take up quilting.