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pinkfox
Super Self-Sufficient
well today im in serious burnt out mode, afte yesterdays running around I whent to bed exhausted sure id get a good night sleep...I tossed and turned and kept waking up...couldn't get comfortable and despite my ac being on my nomraly compfortable 76 I was sweating up a storm...
woke up more exhausted than when I whent to bed :/
got up, planned to finish working on the fence...HA!
got dressed after chores, whent out with the t-posts and the post pounder, managed ot get the 5 posts in across the gully...
then hauled that pounder back out of the woods and managed to get the new pig eatere set up...
its a plastc trashcan with a pig nipple attatched but in order to prevent it falling or the goats or pig pushing it over I put 3 t-posts around it,1 back, 1 on either sie, then theres 2 of the heavy duty rubber bungee cords crossed infront. I need to be able to unhook it dump it out scrub it down ect to adding a 4th post wsnt doable...but I also needed to make sure the pigs couldn't just roll it over...so this should work. seems pretty stable.
filled It up and now its got until the fence is done to prove its not going to spontaneously combust or something lol.
by the time I finished that though I noticed I was sweting a lot more than I realy should have been my head was hurting and my hands were shaking...which meantmy bloodsugar was wonky, so in,drink, cool down and had a ham sammich.
fingers are still a lttle tingly, and im TIRED...but im not haking and feel semi human again.
however it did show me very quickly that I NEED to take a day off today! ad with scattered showrs and t-storms all afternoon I think I going to listen.
got an electrician coming today to give me a price on upgrading to 200amps.
Ive been asking around fo others and canot find anyone willing to come out, same goes for the septic tooso im going to have to call her and ask her what now? im not paying someone$100 to come out to give me a quote only for them to choose the other guy nd me be out the money...heck, I don't even HAVE the money to be putting out...
and ill see what se says, mabe given the urgency of the septic situation they'll take 1 bid...
but whatever...
he used to work for my actual electricity provider so everything would e done up to local code with this guy which I need...so hes coming this afternoon.
Sears is coming tomorrow, they are gonna give e a hvac and a door quote.
gona call lowes and be like...apparently you guys don't want to come give me a price for a hvac unit...since the schedualer has NOT called me yet (and its been a week!)
in good news.
lilly seems to be doing ok with her sling...im imiting it to 1/2 hour 3 times a day for now because its ealynot propely set up to distribute her weight for long periods....
and as of today shes another inche closer to standing on her own...(I presented her with some corn stalks to munch o and she tried to get up to come get em and was up on her front knees and even had her back end up a little...if I can buil the stenght in the back end it would make ling time even easier a that ould remove the worst pressure point over he stomach...
glory seems to be slowly fitting in. she wants me mostly but the others seem to have accepted her.
and bonnie and clyde did great overnight...they've got upset tummies today BUT they were still feeding on momma and lord knows what dog food (if any) they've been on...ive got them on a the best I could afford which is diamond naturals chicken and rice.
il probably go give the both baths this afternoon since im calling NO on anything else requiring any enegy...
but there going to need shots and deworming too as well as topical flea/tick and heartworm protection asap.
hoping the tummy upset goes away pretty quickly as they adjust.
both are very sweet, bonnie a little more warey then clyde, they were quiet all ight afte about 5 mins of howling after last check/lights out. imsure having each other is helping with that too.
Bonnie
Clyde
and yes all that black/grey around their ears/faces is flea dirt.
I mean I know they come from WORKING stock that's never seen the inside of a house before but youd think theyd at least make sure moms and pups are kept flea free so they are healthy enough to keep working.
Glory
and Lily the Pinyata Goat
you ca see where that back strap digs into her belly, I try spreading it out so it goes under her belly and rib cage like the front oe does but it just slides and bunches back up so im going to try putting that one at the front to spread out easier an the narrow pieces which ihave in a x shape at the back. and ifthat doesn't work im going to take a large piece of canvas cut 4 holes in the bottom for her lgs to go through and just have it come up like a weight sling...
shes supprisingly complacent about letting me rig her up though. as arkward as it looks she doesn't complain and I think it helps those front joints to be able to let the legs hang traight down in front.
woke up more exhausted than when I whent to bed :/
got up, planned to finish working on the fence...HA!
got dressed after chores, whent out with the t-posts and the post pounder, managed ot get the 5 posts in across the gully...
then hauled that pounder back out of the woods and managed to get the new pig eatere set up...
its a plastc trashcan with a pig nipple attatched but in order to prevent it falling or the goats or pig pushing it over I put 3 t-posts around it,1 back, 1 on either sie, then theres 2 of the heavy duty rubber bungee cords crossed infront. I need to be able to unhook it dump it out scrub it down ect to adding a 4th post wsnt doable...but I also needed to make sure the pigs couldn't just roll it over...so this should work. seems pretty stable.
filled It up and now its got until the fence is done to prove its not going to spontaneously combust or something lol.
by the time I finished that though I noticed I was sweting a lot more than I realy should have been my head was hurting and my hands were shaking...which meantmy bloodsugar was wonky, so in,drink, cool down and had a ham sammich.
fingers are still a lttle tingly, and im TIRED...but im not haking and feel semi human again.
however it did show me very quickly that I NEED to take a day off today! ad with scattered showrs and t-storms all afternoon I think I going to listen.
got an electrician coming today to give me a price on upgrading to 200amps.
Ive been asking around fo others and canot find anyone willing to come out, same goes for the septic tooso im going to have to call her and ask her what now? im not paying someone$100 to come out to give me a quote only for them to choose the other guy nd me be out the money...heck, I don't even HAVE the money to be putting out...
and ill see what se says, mabe given the urgency of the septic situation they'll take 1 bid...
but whatever...
he used to work for my actual electricity provider so everything would e done up to local code with this guy which I need...so hes coming this afternoon.
Sears is coming tomorrow, they are gonna give e a hvac and a door quote.
gona call lowes and be like...apparently you guys don't want to come give me a price for a hvac unit...since the schedualer has NOT called me yet (and its been a week!)
in good news.
lilly seems to be doing ok with her sling...im imiting it to 1/2 hour 3 times a day for now because its ealynot propely set up to distribute her weight for long periods....
and as of today shes another inche closer to standing on her own...(I presented her with some corn stalks to munch o and she tried to get up to come get em and was up on her front knees and even had her back end up a little...if I can buil the stenght in the back end it would make ling time even easier a that ould remove the worst pressure point over he stomach...
glory seems to be slowly fitting in. she wants me mostly but the others seem to have accepted her.
and bonnie and clyde did great overnight...they've got upset tummies today BUT they were still feeding on momma and lord knows what dog food (if any) they've been on...ive got them on a the best I could afford which is diamond naturals chicken and rice.
il probably go give the both baths this afternoon since im calling NO on anything else requiring any enegy...
but there going to need shots and deworming too as well as topical flea/tick and heartworm protection asap.
hoping the tummy upset goes away pretty quickly as they adjust.
both are very sweet, bonnie a little more warey then clyde, they were quiet all ight afte about 5 mins of howling after last check/lights out. imsure having each other is helping with that too.
Bonnie
Clyde
and yes all that black/grey around their ears/faces is flea dirt.
I mean I know they come from WORKING stock that's never seen the inside of a house before but youd think theyd at least make sure moms and pups are kept flea free so they are healthy enough to keep working.
Glory
and Lily the Pinyata Goat
you ca see where that back strap digs into her belly, I try spreading it out so it goes under her belly and rib cage like the front oe does but it just slides and bunches back up so im going to try putting that one at the front to spread out easier an the narrow pieces which ihave in a x shape at the back. and ifthat doesn't work im going to take a large piece of canvas cut 4 holes in the bottom for her lgs to go through and just have it come up like a weight sling...
shes supprisingly complacent about letting me rig her up though. as arkward as it looks she doesn't complain and I think it helps those front joints to be able to let the legs hang traight down in front.
