Well, it’s raining. Again. Which kinda limits the projects we can get done around the place since our ground is this lovely combination of clay and sponge. 

However progress was made! Can’t hold a little Goatroper down. 

Joshua got the double stall area prepped for concrete to be poured tomorrow. He spread lime and left it work on the water, then smoothed the now not-mush flat. He also got the breaker box hung and ready for a sunny day to start wiring up (also not safe to wire things in a thunderstorm). 

I cleaned up bedding and put down fresh, checked eyelids to see if anyone needed deworming, and discovered two new cases of the sore mouth had sprung up. Now in the girl paddock, yaaaaay. 

Ariel and Kardashian were a little paler than I liked, so I hit them with a Dose of quest plus to treat any barberpole worms plus tapes. I’ll do a follow up in a week. No one enjoyed this but I would rather have cranky healthy mommas than sick ones. Ariel is our old girl so I pay extra attention to how she is doing. 

And I built a hay feeder! Made completely from found and freecycle materials. It’s less wasteful and allows for more girls to eat at one time.  

A partial pallet with a piece of thin plywood and chicken wire on the open side make up the back of the feeder. 
 The front is simply the cattle panel as a structural support for the chain link that was their old feeder stretched across it. 

NONOMNOM. And look at those big momma bellies. Love them ❤

the boys got a new feeder too, not as complicated but it allows for all the different heights to have access without shoving. It’s essentially a giant chain link hammock, wit a tub below it to catch dropped hay. 

  
It’s also where I stick ruperts feed bucket because he can eat without harassment. It’s good to be the king. And enormous.