Got sheep sorted and moved around. Of course it rained on me. I had to run get sheets and blankets off the line and inside. Then back to work in the rain. Thankfully not a hard rain and no lightning. One ewe had a bad cut at top of her hoof and was limping badly. I soaked her foot on a coffee...
Hahaha, have slaughtered 3 feral hogs past couple of days. My bird feeder is the far back corner. Also coyotes and bobcats. They not only clean up the offal, they haul it away. Bobcat coming in to feed on a dead lamb one early morning was screeching. I went to YouTube to find videos of bobcat...
Coffee is ready! I think I’ll sort some sheep this morning. I need to sort out the 7 young ewes born in April and put them in a pen until I can get up a temporary fence for a bit of pasture. Then turn in one of the rams, to breed the ewes. Need to sort out one ewe to go in with another ram. She...
Got 4 loads of dirt coming this morning. 3 loads for future barn pad, 1 load for me to make higher spots for the small shelters they already have in the 2 pens.
I’m so sorry for the circumstances of illness for your MIL. Why does it have to be so hard, drawn out and sick. I’m sorry for your DH too, it’s hard to deal with.
I finished #8 today! Front porch is stained! Yesterday I used a screwdriver and shop vac to dig out dirt packed with dog hair, in the cracks between boards. Today, 2 coats of stain! I feel accomplished!
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Some years back, when we lived in Livingston, I drove to Houston every day for work, 75 miles. I kept my sanity in the heavy, high speed traffic by using that as my prayer time. I think this is only 56 miles and on long stretches of 2 lane roads through the Pine Forest. I call it tree canyons.
Ummm, nope. It’s 5 days a week, no weekends or nights. Off Christmas and Thanksgiving, work most holidays. Plus 8 hours pay plus the actual hours worked on holidays. It’s going to be rough, but I’m motivated. I want a barn and finish fencing.
Hi y’all! I’ve been swarmed. Bad weather, rains from January through June created the perfect storm for parasites. I lost 11 out of 31 lambs. Followed vet protocols and watched lambs weaken and die. I’ve never, ever had lambs with parasites like this. I took stunted lambs to auction and got...
I just got caught up. Sorry that Ive been away so long. I had problems to deal with, but after reading about your husband, they are nothing. You and your dear husband are such wonderful people, I'm so sad that he is in such pain and misery. I have a friend with hydrocephaly. He has a shunt in...