More progress on Chicken coop
Yesterday was a nice outside day, so we decided to work on the chicken coop runs…
Cleared all the tumbleweed and junk with a rake, then staked out the area. Gonna try to grow some grass for them, which may be a real trick in this sand.   We put a sprinkler out there and watered a little, will add some more water today then try the grass seed which is drought resistance and see what happens.
We also got our hot compost pile started a couple days ago. We are using sheep manure and hay stems right now and it is heating up a little. There again, will see what happens.
We are going to start a separate compost pile for the horse manure which should do well and I have a little bit of that.
Freezer, the little “Black Sheep” of the family is doing well, getting life lessons every day. He is about ready to get put in a pen in the backyard. Still on the bottle, but eating hay, sweet feed, and sheep creep, which is a lamb starter pellet. Still having a little problem grasping the concept of drinking water out of a container though, but is improving. When he gets that down pat, he will be ready to go into outdoor pen. He got moved to the garage about a week ago in a Doberman-sized dog cage so he has a bit more room to move around.
The older of our sheep are very intolerant of him in their pen area, so he will have to grow a bit before he can go in with the adult sheep. When he goes for a morning feed walk, Dusty is totally fascinated with him. It’s one of the few things that will switch his focus from eating. It’s cute to see this little bit of a lamb nose to nose with an 800 lb. animal.
Will try to get some pictures of the two of them.
Cindy
