We had plans to go away this weekend so we needed to not only catch up on a couple of things around the farm, but also get some errands done.
First things first – my little chickens are still alive which is awesome! So after work I went to town to pick up some more chicken feed. When I was at the farm store to pick up the feed (which I thought was an easy task) I made the comment which feed should I use? Well, that started this huge debate if I wanted medicated feed or not. Now seriously, all I wanted was some feed and I didn’t really care if it was medicated or not. Just give me the one that I should buy right? Well, it turned out that they didn’t have any unmedicated feed so now this should be an easy decision. And since I didn’t have any ducks the medicated feed would kill I should be fine. But then my clerk called in for reinforcement to find out if I could use this other kind. The other kind was for bigger chickens but it should be OK. Now seriously, we had a lot to do and all I wanted was something for them to eat. After a long discussion I found out that I could use either one. I tried to be patient, but all I could think of is Daryl raking the hay and wanting to grind feed yet tonight. These clerks were really nice, but I asked if my little chicks would eat the one kind and if they wouldn’t die from it. They said yes. OK, let’s buy that one! After I checked out, I grabbed the bag and headed outside. I was glad that the car wasn’t too far away because I forgot how heavy a 50 lb sack can be.
So when I got a couple of more errands done in town, I got home just in time to see Daryl pulling out of the drive way with the tractor and rake. The one small spot of grassy hay was still down and needed to be raked again. It didn’t take me too long to get the bigger feeder for the chicks and their new feed in the pen and then I started to mow the lawn. With all the rain that we’ve had lately, the whole lawn hasn’t been mowed now for some time. Our rider is fairly new and the only thing that I would change about it would be how fast it goes – or should I say ‘How fast it doesn’t go?’. But between Daryl and I we actually got almost everything mowed this time. The only spot is in the bottom of the ditches but that’s really not a big deal.
Daryl was able to get the feed ground and the cows were waiting to see which corn they were going to get tonight.
Grinding corn feed for the cows
They like the new ground stuff the best, but the feed pen needed a good cleaning so that was on their menu for tonight. I had to laugh because it wasn’t that long ago when Tango wasn’t allowed to eat with the big cows and now he’s just one of them.
Sassy, Ed, No Ears, and Tango
But Scarlet? Well, she’s not so welcome yet.
Poor Scarlet!
So at the end of the day, we got the chickens all settled, the hay raked (again!), feed ground, groceries bought, and somewhat packed for the weekend. Not too bad for doing it all after work.
The photo of the day is a picture of our two dogs. They seemed to be close to us when we’re outside doing chores.
Kaiser & Reno