What a job! It took three skid-steer buckets to finally get down to the floor. But once the hinge is re-attached to the door and the grain feeders are hung, the chickens will be all set to go for winter. The chicken barn only needs to be shoveled out spring and fall, but Oh, what work. So glad it's done! The garden greatly benefited from the boost of fertilizer. Am already looking forward to more big and delicious veggies from the garden again next year.
The cows are in the barn now each night. The cowyard is a muddy mess, so we have kept them in even during the day for the last week. Soon they'll be able to go back out to soak up some sunshine before they're tucked into the barn for the winter. The haymow is stacked to the rafters with hay and there's plenty of straw for bedding. What a welcome sight - though it was a lot of work - but it's nice having the barn prepared for winter with plenty of bedding and feed. After the last five drought years, we are so thankful to have all of this feed. Not having to buy it sure spared the budget too this year.
Chores are calling - cows are ready to be milked, so off we go!
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