Thanks ladies!! I finally hope to tackle the turkey tonight. I've had stuff to do both last night and Wednesday. It's almost a joke now as to when I'll get to the turkey. I did open the fridge this morning and it LOOKED normal...as in, it wasn't green or white and furry.
It's cold again outside. We had a nice break for 2 days...it was in the 40's and I really wanted to be home so I could get some animal pens cleaned out but of course I had to work.
Now it's cold again for the weekend. Thanks, Mother Nature.
Two nights ago I brought home a load of hay. Only this time I got a large round bale instead of small squares. I lucked out last year and earlier this year by getting square bales from my old work...they sold me incredibly nice organic hay for $3 a bale. It was gorgeous....Max Q fescue (the friendly endophyte type) and alfalfa. The animals LOVED it. Unfortunately they didn't have enough to sell me enough to get me through winter. All the other hay guys are selling hay for $5 to $6 a bale, which is a decent price I guess. It's just not in our budget right now though, so I bit the bullet and bought a round bale.
This bale is huge...about 1500 lbs and 6'X6'. I wanted to put it in our 8X10 metal hay shed, but it wouldnt' fit through the door. We ended up tilting the building back (like it was hinged to the ground) so we could roll the bale under it, then flip the building back down on it.
It barely fits in the shed. I was hoping to set it up on it's end so I could unroll the hay from the sides, but there's no way we could have lifted it up. So, I'll just have to peel the hay off from the side until I use enough to be able to manipulate it a little better.
This weekend I need to vaccinate my girls with CD/T. Purl (Romney ewe) is due Feb 13th. June, the goat, is due in March, and Darla (Southdown ewe) isn't due until May. I'll probably boost her before she lambs since she's more than a month out.
And it was dirt cheap compared to square bales...so as much of a pain it will be feeding it out, it will probably be worth it to just keep getting round bales! 
