Horses..........

The damn horses ripped the t-posts and wire from around the tree we planted to add shade. Then... they ate it...... they have grassy pastures plus this dry lot with a round bale of hay. Arrghhh...

Corid-Treatment for Coccidia

DEAD BIRD

Found a dead guinea hen in the coop this morning... Saw liquid chicken "poo" in the yard yesterday.. Am going to treat the entire flock with Corid and assume Coccidia is the culprit. Hoping this works........... I HATE losing birds:(. 

Chloe's Abcess

Opened up Chloe's abcess and it's now draining. Wrapped up with an Intex pad and is soaking... Stinks to hi-heaven and will smell worse when I remove the wrapping after 24  hours, but is already better. She isn't limping as bad... 

Chicken "Balance Beam"

The chickens are LOVING their new "balance beam." I had fun making it and they are reaping the rewards:). 

Lattice Out of Sticks:)

Lattice out of sticks

I was asked to describe how I made this...

We live on a farm and are BOTH (hubby and I) busy most of the day, everyday... So, I don't always have him to help me with things. With that being said, a few months ago, we purchased a small electric chainsaw for me at Lowes. I think it weighs around 6 or 7 pounds. I can't handle large gasoline powered chainsaws safely.

I would one day, like to participate in the local farm-tours our state puts on, and have been trying to think of free and low cost ideas to make our farm unique and enriching for the animals who live here.

I didn't cut down any live trees to make this, but instead, used limbs that were down in our woods. I used my chainsaw to cut the limbs into small sections.

From there, I made a small grid like pattern with the sticks with the smaller sticks on top running from side to side. I used screws and a battery operated drill to attach the smaller sticks to the larger ones.

I don't consider myself exceptionally strong or strong at all, honestly. Screwing the sticks on wasn't easy but it wasn't super difficult either. It took me about 20 minutes to screw all of the limbs in place once I had everything cut to size.

I have another project in mind for today, so I will keep everyone posted on my progress.

I LOVE the freedom my little chainsaw gives me:). I know that sounds corny, but it keeps me from "bugging" my husband with all of my "ideas."

And... The chickens LOVE this little lattice thing. It's ONE of their favorite spots in the yard:).

LGD's 20 weeks old now:).

Twinklebelle and Izzy Bella are 20 weeks old and growing:).