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dsimas
Farmgirl in Training
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Dawn
Auburn
CA
USA
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 Posted - Dec 06 2008 : 6:36:09 PM
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My blog has been updated with pics, going to take some more tomorrow. www.grandpas1947farm.shutterfly.com Scroll down below the Photo Gallery for the blog entries. There are more than I am posting here, some of the goat milking and heifer training in the stanchion. :)
A fellow came and bought all of the longest boards of the old siding. Such beautiful wood, and the sale helped toward my cost of replacing it. Here's before:
...and after:
And here is my friend Darren starting on the replacement. It is extremely heavy due to the moisture content, tough to drive nails into too. These boards were a tree a few weeks ago. The style of "board and batten" was developed because before lumberyards and seasoned dry wood, it would shrink after it was nailed up (as this will) and then the next year they put up the battens over the seams to seal the inevitable gaps.
This half of a dutch door weighs around 80#.
See it in the background, coming along.
Sad to see my little barn get it's facelift, but will be so nice!
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2008 : 8:14:32 PM
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Wow! It looks great. And the hay in there. It's so green. Is that alfalfa? And the friend is looking good, too!! HaHa! Yeah but really he is.(I hope you know I'm joking) It's nice to have good help and it looks like ya'll are getting it done.
And your babies are so sweet, all together. You're calf does look just like mine. I've finally named her, Maizy Mae Belle.
You're coming along really fast. Looks real good so far. The weather is nice out there and the grass is so green, too. Ours is all brown.
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dsimas
Farmgirl in Training
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Dawn
Auburn
CA
USA
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Posted - Dec 06 2008 : 8:24:31 PM
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Thanks!
The hay is 5 tons of pure soft orchard grass. Normally only 3 tons fits in the feed room, but I filled the one stall with the cow stanchion in it as the price was going sky high this fall...$20 for a 110# bale. Costs $2000 for what you see... But with my 1 acre pasture, the hay will last a year for the horse and cow. It's a great pasture. It is about 80% dormant in the winter, but still green, just growing extremely slow, so I have to be careful not to let them overgraze it.
Still using the other stall with the two goat stanchions (which Edie fits perfectly) and using for storage of some shavings and corral panels. It's amazing how useful this little barn is.
What kind of cow do you have?
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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kristin sherrill
True Blue Farmgirl
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kristin
chickamauga
ga
USA
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Posted - Dec 07 2008 : 1:42:53 PM
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Hey Dawn, I'm thinking she's a Red Durham. Several people have told me that when they see her. But she is the exact same color as yours and very fluffy now. I got her when she was just a few hours old off the slaughter house truck my SIL drove. I got 2 about 3 weeks apart. They're great. I'm going to keep her for breeding stock for future burger and the steer will go in the freezer later. But I want to try and milk her when she calves. I've read a lot about milking the beef type cows. And with her being so friendly it may work.
Hay sure is expensive, huh? I'm glad I already got all mine this past spring.
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