Friday and Saturday this week were actually pretty neat out! Still in the 40’s and a little chilly, but there was some lovely sunshine and it was nice… We let the gang out of the paddock to frolic and run about, stretch their legs and have a little roll. They tried to graze, but there is not much green stuff yet. Soon… sooon…….
Buttercup and Daisy got to come out and play… they are just so stinking adorable! They are here meeting Uncle Cody. Whom could care less about the little worts. As long as they leave his tail alone. Buttercup tried chewing on it and he was not pleased. But it was nice to see him just flick it away with out kicking. He’s a good boy. I think most adult animals understand annoying little baby animals. If it were a full grown sheep or goat, he would have given them a little smart kick. But not the babies. He even tolerated them walking under his belly. Barely.
The dynamic dairy duo off to cause trouble somewhere else! They are so cute!
Daisy still has that terrible baby goat wobbly leg syndrome where they are so cute that you have to carry them around all over the place! haha… Maggie really likes the little girls. She lets them climb all over her when she goes out to feed them.
Here she is encouraging circus behavior in them. As if goats need any encouragement.
Ta! Da! Daisy, the circus goat!!!!
Buttercup says, she could have done that with her eyes shut!
Maggie and her little entourage! They are so funny as they follow her on her chores.
Big Blue Louie is looking very dapper this day… he is the nicest rooster! BIG!!!
See this ugly wall? Well, it was my project for the day. I scored these really neat hard plastic panels at our local wholesale surplus place. I just don’t like how the wall looks, it’s got this plastic hanging on it and it’s all studs and dirty and well, I thought there has to be a way to cover it up, make it nice for the animals, easy to clean, etc. And also that I can tuck insulation down behind there to keep the drafts off in the winter.
As you can see, I just nailed up a couple furring strips and then I nailed these panels in place! Wow! They looks awesome and the whole wall only cost me about $15. It will last forever! I need to cut that one panel piece, so we don’t loose the plug.
And I measured the top part and it’s a perfect 3 foot by 8 foot, with a 1 foot section over the doorway. So I can get just one piece of something like paneling or something and finish the top after I insulate between the planks! I’m thinking of just a piece of white paneling, so it will reflect light and brighten up the space a bit. I believe Martha would approve, don’t you think?
As I was working, Daisy and Buttercup were playing and exploring in the big barn. But at one point, little Daisy just stood in the doorway, soaking up the warm sunshine. She was so precious as she just stood quietly and looked all over at her new home and just ate up that warm sun on her little baby face!
Maggie loves roughhousing with the girls and they love it. These two are such little goofs. Such personalities! We just adore them.
Looks pretty nice, huh? I had enough to do both sides and I have 8 more planks left! I might use them on the other side, or I might save them for some other application. They are pretty neat. The fellow said he had a couple hundred but that was it. I think next time I’m in Hudson, I might pick up another $20 of them for future projects. They are a nice hard plastic and would hose down nicely. I think they would work nicely in some other areas! Perhaps in our rabbitry plans… Hmmm…..
I made a little stall in the front feed room of the big barn. We don’t really keep feed up there because it seems too vulnerable to the various critters. All you need is a pony to eat a whole barrel of grain and get very sick! No thanks. So most of our feed is in areas that critters are not allowed. Since we don’t stockpile that much this room is sort of wasted space. So I made a little nighttime stall for Rana and Rafeka, our angora goats. They like it. Just enough room for them to hang out and they like huddling under the little countertop, behind the pallet. It’s like their little clubhouse. Of course, at this point, the chickens were all checking it out. They have to approve everything we do!
Now this is a true sign of spring on the farm…. when you have to start shedding layers while you are doing chores! Of course, tonight it’s snowing and windy again… but soon… soon…. it looks like beginning on Thursday we should have some really nice decent weather. For a good four or five days in a row! I can’t wait. If we could accomplish so much in just two days, imagine what a week will do for the place! And I know all the critters would like to see the grass start to green up!!!
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