Baymule’s Farm

[Crealcritter]

Absolutely! I love that it comes in such pretty decorator colors!


I save every single piece. I match the ends, then fold a few times, tie a loose knot in the middle and hang on a nail. It’s great for practicality everything.

Especially useful in the garden for vining trellises. I let frost kill the vines, give it a little longer to dry out, then cut the baling twine off the T-posts, fold, stomp, fold, stomp, fold, until it will fit in trash bag. All done!

Baling twine is EVERYBODY's go to! I refenced the south border of my property with cattle fencing attached to fenceposts with baling twine.
I use it every year in my garden.
It is indestructible.

And here I thought I was the only one to use baling twine in the garden. My garden is held together with t-posts and baling twine

Happy Easter, He has risen \o/

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[ninnymary]

Bay, will your sheep eventually stop using the chute to get to the pasture? Is this something you may take down one day or does it stay for future use?

Love learning how to be a farm girl through you! haha

Mary

 

[baymule]

Bay, will your sheep eventually stop using the chute to get to the pasture? Is this something you may take down one day or does it stay for future use?

Love learning how to be a farm girl through you! haha

Mary

The chute is used for worming, if needed. Trimming feet, anything I need to do for their health and well being. It will stay up until I build a permanent barn, then I’ll move it. By them going through the chute almost daily to get to pasture, it becomes no big deal. There is a drop down gate that keeps them from turning around and running out. Then another drop down gate with a small section of the chute, so I can confine them easier to treat them.

 

[baymule]

Eve had twins this morning, a girl named Easter and a boy that will be weathered and named Dinner. Son in law wants 2 for the freezer.

 

[baymule]

I worked all day on the chicken tractor yesterday. It takes me awhile to figure out what’s next. I know what I want the finished product to do, just don’t know how to get there and have to muddle along. I actually started 2 years ago and got the frame together, then BJ died and my world went to pieces.

The frame I started with.

Hardware cloth on 2 sides and tin across the back. Top pieces laid on top.

I carefully measured and marked where holes needed to go. I laid the tin on the porch, put a 1x4 under it and pounded a nail through it. I used aluminum wire to “tie” the tin on the frame.

Because I don’t like snagged myself on wire ends, I use pliers to bend the ends in “dog ears”.

The top tin is on, one side lifts up, the other side is wired to the frame.

I put a gate on one end for convenience. Today I will put tin on it and a latch to keep it closed.

It won’t hold all the Dirty Birdies, but it will get at least half off the porch. I have the pieces cut and the fittings for a second one, but won’t build it, I wouldn’t get it finished in time before these birds go to freezer camp. I’ll rig them up a pen so I can get them off the porch.

 

[baymule]

Chicken tractor is finished and Dirty Birdies are off the porch. I put ALL of them in the new chicken tractor. I was a mess when that chore was done. Talk about sh!t at and hot! Those birds have good aim! I cleaned up most of the mess, have feeders soaking in a bucket and water in the big tubs, but mostly all clean. The gross stuff anyway. I just got out of the shower. I had to clean up ME! Dirty Birdies are happy, I’m happy, porch is no longer a chicken poop sanctuary.

 

[Crealcritter]

Chicken tractor is finished and Dirty Birdies are off the porch. I put ALL of them in the new chicken tractor. I was a mess when that chore was done. Talk about sh!t at and hot! Those birds have good aim! I cleaned up most of the mess, have feeders soaking in a bucket and water in the big tubs, but mostly all clean. The gross stuff anyway. I just got out of the shower. I had to clean up ME! Dirty Birdies are happy, I’m happy, porch is no longer a chicken poop sanctuary.

That's a lot of dirty birdies.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

 

[baymule]

That's a lot of dirty birdies.

Jesus is Lord and Christ

49 of them.

 

[ninnymary]

49 of them.

What happened to number 50?

Mary

 

[baymule]

What happened to number 50?

Mary

Mortality rate of one. Not too bad for a bunch of Dirty Birdies.