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frustratedearthmother
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Today's chore of choice....uh no...today's pressing chore that I've put off for 18 months was to pull an old fence out of the weeds. This fence was knocked down by Hurricane Beryl almost 18 months ago. I had too many other things to work on to tackle the fence right then. So, it waited. There was another fence about 20 feet behind it, so the animals were still contained.
The posts and boards ae all rotten, but the hog panels are still fine. I need them, so I needed to dig them out. Holy Cow - what a chore. Had to spend about an hour with the weed whacker doing a 40ft section so I could even find the fence under all the grass and weeds. Major pia! Several hours later it's dug out and the panels are liberated from the rotten posts and boards. Not sure I'll even do anymore today. That was hard work. Pulling staples just about broke me. Who the heck puts 112 staples in each post, lol? Not quite that many in reality - it just felt like it. About 3 hours of backbreaking labor the panels are free. Already have ibuprofen on board and hope the soreness doesn't get any worse.
I need those panels to work on a chicken expansion area. It'll only be as tall as the hog panels but I'll block the bigger holes and cover it so they can't jump out. Their coop area is under a big ol' shed that I definitely can stand up in. They'll come in there to eat, drink and roost at night.
During all of that one of the Boer does decided to bless me with a baby. Mama is a moon spotted black doe - daddy is a moon spotted red buck. What did they produce? An almost solid black baby buckling. I see one spot on one shoulder, lol. Genetics are so much fun!
The posts and boards ae all rotten, but the hog panels are still fine. I need them, so I needed to dig them out. Holy Cow - what a chore. Had to spend about an hour with the weed whacker doing a 40ft section so I could even find the fence under all the grass and weeds. Major pia! Several hours later it's dug out and the panels are liberated from the rotten posts and boards. Not sure I'll even do anymore today. That was hard work. Pulling staples just about broke me. Who the heck puts 112 staples in each post, lol? Not quite that many in reality - it just felt like it. About 3 hours of backbreaking labor the panels are free. Already have ibuprofen on board and hope the soreness doesn't get any worse.
I need those panels to work on a chicken expansion area. It'll only be as tall as the hog panels but I'll block the bigger holes and cover it so they can't jump out. Their coop area is under a big ol' shed that I definitely can stand up in. They'll come in there to eat, drink and roost at night.
During all of that one of the Boer does decided to bless me with a baby. Mama is a moon spotted black doe - daddy is a moon spotted red buck. What did they produce? An almost solid black baby buckling. I see one spot on one shoulder, lol. Genetics are so much fun!
