Animal Bedding

Check out our YouTube video on animal bedding!
Animal Bedding
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afy_VnXVU94


Hay, straw, and other bedding is getting expensive. Some people forget to use the things at hand. Where we live we have tons of oaks surrounding us. Instead of mowing the leaves and mulching them up, we rake them up and save them for the pigs. We will be making a leaf baler soon for the tractor!

Chicken Moat Update and Guinea Hogs

The fence part of the chicken moat is up, and we've moved the guinea hogs up to enjoy it. We finished the fence at the end of November. Sorry for the delay.

We measured out the spacing for the T-posts, and I hammered them all in.
Then we had to take the fencing, fasten it to our corner posts, and stretch it using the tractor and a come-along to the next corner.
Then we hung the gate, moved the guinea hogs house and then moved the guinea hogs.

The guinea hogs have been enjoying all of the room. It's a win-win because they will get to forage though all of the plants from the summer garden that are left, which will tear up and turn the soil for next year's planting.

They made me laugh because there was a spot of untouched carrots in the garden. I went in and dug some out and tried to get them to eat them. They wouldn't eat them. So I took them down to the mini pigs for a treat. The next day they had eaten all the carrots. They must have been trying to save them and then saw me take them.

They're fun to chase around in the pen too. They buck around and take off. Then they come right back for a scratch behind the ears or a belly rub. 

This picture was taken when it was raining. They're so cute huddled in their house. Time to start planning for the building of a new one. This one is looking a little small.