Pj homestead

[Pjhomestead]

Well the culvert is half cleared. I will hopefully finish clearing it in the morning. Thankfully it was a beautiful day with little to no wind because the water is cold. The temp today was 0°c / 32°f I managed to stay mostly dry thankfully and luckily I never fell in. I almost did but was able to get my balance back. My son thought it was quite funny watching the look on my face when I started to fall back. I managed to get a good flow of water going so hopefully tomorrow the water will be much lower as the top of the culvert was about 3 inches under water

 

[Pjhomestead]

The pond was caught over this morning when I got up the wind is strong again today and cold. Starting my morning rounds now the turkeys just finished their breakfast.

 

[Pjhomestead]

The pond was caught over this morning when I got up the wind is strong again today and cold. Starting my morning rounds now the turkeys just finished their breakfast.
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Everyone has their bellies full now time for me to go get my breakfast and tackle the culvert. Here are some more pics from this morning.
I thought I posted this this morning but I guess better late than never lol.

I have the culvert about half cleared the bugger has it packed in good this time it goes in further than I can reach with a rake. Hopefully tomorrow the water will be low enough for me to climb in to get the rest of it.

 

[Pjhomestead]

Someone asked in a post what breed my sheep were. I dont remember who it was and I'm not sure how to search the threads to find it.
The answer is I'm not sure. Bonnie our female is a cross between a Dorset and some other breed. The farmer we got her from said he couldn't remember. Blake we really dont know. If anyone is good at identifying the possible breeds please pass on your ideas

 

[baymule]

No idea what breed they are, but they sure are cute!

 

[Pjhomestead]

I checked the culvert this morning and he has it almost fully blocked again. I pulled a bunch of stuff out and put some chainlink across. I know it wont stop him but it will make it easier for me.

The water is usually only a quarter of the way up the culvert.

This is what I pulled out

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Busy lil beaver, isn't he? How long you gonna keep up this argument with him? Next plan?

 

[Pjhomestead]

Hopefully not much longer a local trapper is supposed to be putting out some traps in the next few days

 

[Pjhomestead]

Everything was white when we got up this morning but it was all gone by lunchtime. All the waterers were frozen so we put the cinderblocks back in place. I have light fixtures in the blocks with a light bulb in them and a piece of cement board other the top to keep any water from dripping in on the bulb the waterer sits on top does a great job keeping the water from freezing. We have 1 in each coop. $2 light fixture with salvaged cinderblocks and cement board much cheaper than $70 heated waterer.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Sounds like a great idea!