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To: Roos_Girl
I know, and those few degrees make a big difference, especially for people that have farm animals.
I spent hours yesterday just getting all the animals set up in the barn, and bringing the barn cats in the house.

The absolute worst is the chickens. They stink up my whole barn in just one night.

The only one that seem to love the weather is a horse I just purchased from the north. My Florida animals were not happy campers.

I have mini donkey and mini cow who are best friends, so I put them in the same stall.
Well, they dug about a 3 to 4 foot deep hole last night and were all cuddled up this morning. So, now I have that to fill in today too.

32 posted on 12/07/2010 9:10:32 AM PST by kara37
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To: kara37

The work of a farm girl is never done!

Chickens are such nasty creatures. We’ve got quail and a few pigeons, and just have to turn a heat lamp on in their coop when it gets cold. Would hate the thought of torturing the other animals with their smell. ;)

Do you use your mini-cow for milk? If so, how much do you get per day? I’ve been entertaining the idea (and trying to talk my husband in to) getting a mini-cow, but we basically live on a big sand hill and have my doubts that the quality of grass production could sustain even one cow on the 5 acres we have.


33 posted on 12/07/2010 11:01:58 AM PST by Roos_Girl (The world is full of educated derelicts. - Calvin Coolidge)
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