I have mentioned several things on this blog that I would have loved to provided a photo for, however there was no camera... until recently! So, here are some photo illustrations! This is the rock that we had brought in to raise the barn floor and provide for better drainage. The bucks have between 2 and 12 inches of the stuff, leveling out their floor and keeping them dry without having to use tons of bedding, even in the wettest weather. What a blessing! Please excuse the bad photo of the bucks. Rut is never pretty!
This would be the corridor from the feed/milk room to the chicken coop. It's a 4x8 section of what used to be the buck pen. They don't miss the space, and it's quite useful for all those feed bins!
Here's a photo of our new bridge taken at night. I have yet to get a good daytime photo. Anyhow, you can see that it has wingwalls and side rails and everything!
Soap, soap, and more soap! The white on the front of some of the soaps (where it was thick) has been scraped off and the soap has been packaged. I look forward to giving it for Christmas this year! I've been using a bar in the shower and love it! Dry skin is healing, thanks to the glycerin that is retained in naturally made soaps, even with low conditioning properties. Blemish prone areas are clearing up, because the soap actually cleans, unlike some of the products marketed for blemish prone skin... I don't ever plan on buying soap again, unless it's from a small crafter.
This is the Poly-hub feeder in the chicken coop, and the roost space. The feeder holds 300 pounds of grain and has eliminated lots of daily work filling feeders!
Our new nest boxes, next to our old nest boxes, now hung in the new chicken coop!
The barn with the chicken coop addition! Didn't David do a beautiful job?!!!
2 comments:
Yes, he did a great job. How many chickens do you have? Is there a lot of work that goes into raising chickens? I remember my grandparents had free range chickens when I was a little girl. I'd love to hear her call them and when they'd gather around she would feed them. Such precious memories. Looks like you are doing the same for your children. I'm sure they love the animals. Thanks for sharing your life with others. May God continue to bless your family.
We have about 80 chickens. There is not a lot of work, provided you have good predator protection and an easy setup for feeding, watering, and collecting eggs. My mom has a difficult setup where she has to crawl in tight spaces to collect eggs, walk all over to feed in various places... she spends a lot more time on a lot less chickens just because it isn't efficient. Before she got a livestock guardian dog, she spent even more time, waking all hours of the night chasing away predators! I can't tell you how many opossums and raccoons she's shot!
With the right setup, chickens are very easy. Much easier than goats! :) They are very entertaining as well. Whenever I walk out the back door, several chickens come running up to me because they think I've got fruit or veggie scraps to give them. :)
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