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Never got above freezing today, and there's a 2" thick layer of ice over all the water in our water barrels. We had to bust through it with a hammer. We took hot water from the stove out for the chickens, bunny, and cow so everybody had something to drink. Rita will drink more water if it's warm with a little molasses in it.
Rita kicked a little poo off her hoof into the milk pail at tonight's milking. So it'll go out to the chickens.
The wild guineas are spending the night in our coop again. They may be here to stay. One of our guineas however is spending the night in the oak over the coop - I guess having forgotten the lesson of a night out in the cold with the possibility of a great horned owl swooping by.
Got the french door opening framed on the upper story of the barn. Have 2 more doubled studs to put in, then I can put together a materials list and order the wood for girts to begin siding the building.
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Maybe you should try goat's milk! Just a thought. =)
ReplyDeleteGoats are definitely on the list of things we would like to obtain. Almost went and looked at an Alpine the other day but focusing on siding the barn. Goats are apparently much easier to milk and handle, and would help clear the brush out of the woods. We'll probably side the barn and put in a fence for the pasture before we get goats.
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