Wisconsin "Cheeseheads"

[jvls1942]

well TerriO, that worked ..

those are the goslings that were hatched on/and around Christmas.. that was their first day of freedom from the brooder pen.. they have not bonded with the big geese yet.. the big geese tried for a couple of days, but after being rejected by these little guys, they gave up.. so now I have two flocks of geese.. I make them all go into the guinea pen together at night . though..

somebody asked me if I kept chickens in my breeder/brooder pens during the winter.. yes.
you can see the BR roo in the right door.. he has 6 girlfriends in there with him.. and no, they won't use that barrell shaped canvas "nest" they just scraped all the hay out of it and lay their eggs next to the waterer..

this weekend I am going to start these BR's on laying mash.. I figure in about two weeks it should be warm enough to start collecting eggs for the incubator.. then the turkeys should be getting into full swing also..

I want to start letting all the turkeys and chickens from the main coop out each day.. I just know that there are going to be some terrific rooster fights, though.. I might have to watch the red rooster.. he is free ranging already and has been trying his darnedest to get into the main chicken coop..

I have a good picture of him.. anybody want a good rooster? I have one red hen to go with him.. I might just put them on Craig's list as a pair.. I am not going to keep him, no matter what.. If I had about 3 or 4 more pens to separate the breeds, I would keep them..

I can see what my project for early this summer will be.. pens, pens pens.. (and planting boxes).....

I am really tempted to build a moderate sized green house.. and abandon the garden except for corn.. I do not think I would heat it, just like the idea of extending my growing season for a few weeks on each end..

fut first, I have to get outside and feed the flocks..

c u L8er ..........jiminwisc..........

 

[Bigfamily4me]

Alright folks... wandered around in my bathrobe outside coughing and hacking the whole way to get pictures... hope you like them

The view from the driveway

 

[Bigfamily4me]

shoot... trying to get more than one in a post... try again i guess...



view from driveway



A view of the barn and the lawn mower etc shed and "The Caves..."



Barn and old cow yard



back side of barn

 

[Bigfamily4me]

And some more...



back pole shed with original farm building...



The pole shed and the chicken run



The wall that the big coop will be built against. Excuse the junk!

 

[Bigfamily4me]

the old milk house...



milk house



inside...

 

[kristip]

BF4Me... I am moving in. There is so much you could do with that space. Do you have any other animals besides the chickens... boy could I fill those buildings... maybe that is why DH didnt let me buy the farmette we originally wanted. We joke that if we win the lottery the adorable little farmette down the road is ours! (Jerrys farm carol!) it even has a mother in law house on the property.

You can set up seperate small breeding pens inside the barns or poleshed.

Oh the silkie babies are adorable.. hoping my one is a roo so we can have cute babies running around this summer/fall! When do silkie roos reach sexual maturity? Roos are new to me...

hoping the snow misses us, but looking forward to 50's next week!

 

[Bigfamily4me]

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The old grainery... only used for storing junk... i didnt taake a pic, but there is stall and a room in it... oops ()the back of it first i guess...)

 

[Bigfamily4me]

ok folks... thats pretty much it. Im feeling rather exposed now... putting all those out in cyber space...

No one tell me its a dump. My husband grew up here until his dad died when he was 9. He then lived with his mom in Milton for a few years until he was old enough to move back to the house (she kept it and the farm land). It is very special to him. Would love to have it completely tip top... but that costs lots of money and time.

Anyway... will take suggestions as to what to do with the coop...

 

[Bigfamily4me]

Oh and I only have 2 cats in the house, and some chicks so far... Thats it...

 

[bigzio]

Afternoon All..nice pics bf4 of all the buildings...with all that housing the bator could just keep going non-stop. Lucky you to have the nice buildings. Where's the snow?

The orangeheart are a yellow/gold tomato that is globe shaped CC. Sandhill does offer a orange oxheart that would be like the amish paste that we dearly love also...they make the best salsa without farting around with the usual small paste type tomatoes.

The flock sure hates being locked up to only the pens again....we need some melting weather now.

bigz