Barn expansions/ upgrades are always a good idea and it usually benefits everyone on the farm in some way. 👍🏼 🩷WOW, Your milking girls are perfect the way they let themselves up, push the bar over, start eating and let you get to work!! Well done! 👍🏼 You and your husband also make a good team of getting tasks done together. 😊 Have a blessed day! 💕🙏🏼🌸
Thank you so much! When more milkers enter the routine this spring they will get confused about the pattern shift, but for now the girls have a nice flow to the milking routine!
How exciting! I am so pleased for you. It looks like an amazing storage and workspace and home for the bunnies. Those wood pellets in that quantity must smell wonderful. Enjoy your new barn!
When using gravel to stabilize soil, it needs to be tamped down with a gas powered tamper or thumper and then it won't just sink away, but will work as expected.
Barn expansion is looking phenomenal, Heather and Levi! Really love it, so much extra space and very well built! Love how the electrical was updated a little bit into the PVC conduit and little protected boxes. Thanks to GWP Homestead (Ragon and Megan) too for roofing help. This is going to be so amazing for goat/rabbit kidding/kindling season(s) and just future use once you get everything else shifted around and organized the way you want it. I learned too about using the string sort of like a plumb line for putting in screws in a straight line, very nice tip there. Thanks for sharing the journey! 💚🐇🐇💚
It's so wonderful to see what y'all have had "in the works" for some time now actually take shape and be ready for the transition so quickly. And those first freshener udders are exciting to see! I hope they develop into the exact kind of udder you're breeding for. Seeing you remove (some of) the rabbit cages, I was (for a moment) concerned about the rabbits that were supposed to be in those but I'm looking forward to seeing the next stage of the process! And I'm positively giddy at the immense progress y'all have made despite weather challenges. We use those same type of pine pellets as kitty litter for our indoor cats and I'm not worried about their ability to compost down (in a separate area from our kitchen and garden compost).
The cage we took out was the quail cage and yes the quail are gone for now! The other rabbit cages have been empty for a while because they need repair. Our breeders were under the camera:)
It looks so cool! That is going to be so open too, that's a big win!! Oooo, almost time for sweet baby goats overload! I can't wait 🤗 The strong thoughts worked 💪 That was awesome 😂
Its really looking fantastic! eager to see how the ground comes along with the peletts added. I used to use something similar as a litter box stuff cause its no where near as dusty depending on what you get. Girls are really developing nicely those utters look fab!
Building looking great. Have a fun day. I have extreme temperature shifting here hope yours stays fairly steady. from -27c(-17f) up to +2c(36f) in 48 hrs then back to -20's by the weekend. Might take some rabbit #'s and a few pics to take advantage of warmth.
Good morning! We have lots of projects on our farm list. Sometimes prioritizing is the hard part! Does anyone have a direct line to the farm fairy? I got some wish request! Always something to do on the farm! ❤
If I were u, I would’ve done a double layer of wood pallets for your hay storage. Our barn has alot of moisture and we stacked our hay the way u did and the bales on the skid were all moldy once we got down to them. A lot of waste.
This is how we store it in the green barn (which also gets muddy but has no pine pellets underneath) and in several years the only moldy hay we have had was baled wet. I'm so sorry you had some hay loss!
Why didn't you squirt out a couple of squirts before you milked into ur bucket? I always pointed those first two or three squirts toward the ground before aiming at the bucket.
I do sometimes but not always. One of my scientist friends did a test on what part of the milking process has the most bacteria and I thought it would be this first squirt. Nope! It was just as clean as the milk behind it, I'm guessing because the teat closes off within 10 minutes of being milked anyway. We feed right after we milk so the girls stay standing for this time as well, preventing their open teat from being in contact with the soil. For this reason I don't teat-dip anymore either.
ruclips.net/video/5kF85mFdPRY/видео.htmlsi=3_hBf1wxAQYM51IB There is a part 1 to this as well. This is the results video..part 1 has the way they collected samples.
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What a simple but beautiful barn expansion ! I'm excited to see how you use it in the spring.
Barn expansions/ upgrades are always a good idea and it usually benefits everyone on the farm in some way. 👍🏼 🩷WOW, Your milking girls are perfect the way they let themselves up, push the bar over, start eating and let you get to work!! Well done! 👍🏼 You and your husband also make a good team of getting tasks done together. 😊 Have a blessed day! 💕🙏🏼🌸
Thank you so much! When more milkers enter the routine this spring they will get confused about the pattern shift, but for now the girls have a nice flow to the milking routine!
Glad we could help! Was a very fun afternoon.
We appreciate you so much!
Great job Levi! The barn extension looks great!
Team work makes the dream work 🌱🪴🫶🏻🇨🇦🐐🐐🐖🐓🦃🐇🐈⬛🐈🐕🐐
Exactly! :)
How exciting! I am so pleased for you. It looks like an amazing storage and workspace and home for the bunnies. Those wood pellets in that quantity must smell wonderful. Enjoy your new barn!
I am glad the renovation went well and everyone is safe. It looks good.
Your girls are so smart! You don’t even have to call them up. They know their order. ❤❤❤
Yes they are creatures of habit for sure!
The new add on to the barn looks great. Thank you for sharing. Thoughts and Prayers always. Love and Blessings.
Doris, Penrith 🇦🇺🦘
Thank you Doris! I am so excited to be using it!
I use the pelleted pine bedding as garden mulch to protect my garlic in my raised bed during the winter.
I love that!
“Think strong thoughts!” Best line! Great video, guys
Thank you!! ♥ Your hoofprint is green now!
How exciting to see the progress your family has made with your farm and this barn. I cant wait to see what is coming next! GOD bless
Thank you so much!
Thankful for your barn expansion!
How exciting!
It'll feel like a whole new place once you get all your rearranging done!
When using gravel to stabilize soil, it needs to be tamped down with a gas powered tamper or thumper and then it won't just sink away, but will work as expected.
GREAT to know, thank you!!
That was so exciting to see! Thanks team!
Thanks for watching!! I am thrilled it was able to be done on time!
The addition turned out so nice! Mozzy is one lucky kitty getting squirts of milk lol!
He hears the pail clanging and comes running! LOL
Barn expansion is looking phenomenal, Heather and Levi! Really love it, so much extra space and very well built! Love how the electrical was updated a little bit into the PVC conduit and little protected boxes. Thanks to GWP Homestead (Ragon and Megan) too for roofing help. This is going to be so amazing for goat/rabbit kidding/kindling season(s) and just future use once you get everything else shifted around and organized the way you want it. I learned too about using the string sort of like a plumb line for putting in screws in a straight line, very nice tip there. Thanks for sharing the journey! 💚🐇🐇💚
It's so wonderful to see what y'all have had "in the works" for some time now actually take shape and be ready for the transition so quickly. And those first freshener udders are exciting to see! I hope they develop into the exact kind of udder you're breeding for. Seeing you remove (some of) the rabbit cages, I was (for a moment) concerned about the rabbits that were supposed to be in those but I'm looking forward to seeing the next stage of the process! And I'm positively giddy at the immense progress y'all have made despite weather challenges. We use those same type of pine pellets as kitty litter for our indoor cats and I'm not worried about their ability to compost down (in a separate area from our kitchen and garden compost).
The cage we took out was the quail cage and yes the quail are gone for now! The other rabbit cages have been empty for a while because they need repair. Our breeders were under the camera:)
Love the way everything it coming out. Can't wait to see the final product, I know it's gonna look amazing.
So very exciting. I love barns. So happy for you and your critters.
Thanks so much!!
The build looks fantastic!!! Great work. ❤
Thank you!! 😊
Barn is looking absolutely great...
Thanks!
Levi is amazing ❤❤☕☕🕊️
It looks so cool! That is going to be so open too, that's a big win!! Oooo, almost time for sweet baby goats overload! I can't wait 🤗 The strong thoughts worked 💪 That was awesome 😂
Yes TWO WEEKS to kidding!
Eeeek!!! How exciting!
Who needs a rake when you have feet?! Just the way i would do it ☺ Barn looks great!
One of the little pellets got in my boot and that was annoying haha
Its really looking fantastic! eager to see how the ground comes along with the peletts added. I used to use something similar as a litter box stuff cause its no where near as dusty depending on what you get. Girls are really developing nicely those utters look fab!
We use the same stuff for our indoor rabbit's litter box! :)
Good morning 🌞
Good morning! ♥️
Looks so good, Levi & Heather!!
Thanks so much!! ♥
Yay! I was wondering how the build was going, now I need to convince my fiance we need an extension as well 🤭
Yes!! Where you can shut them in not butted right up to your bedroom!
@ YES 😂
I look forward to hearing how you like those pellets for that purpose.
So far so good! We are getting rain this week and I will update! :)
Building looking great. Have a fun day. I have extreme temperature shifting here hope yours stays fairly steady. from -27c(-17f) up to +2c(36f) in 48 hrs then back to -20's by the weekend. Might take some rabbit #'s and a few pics to take advantage of warmth.
Good morning! We have lots of projects on our farm list. Sometimes prioritizing is the hard part! Does anyone have a direct line to the farm fairy? I got some wish request! Always something to do on the farm! ❤
Awe the farm fairy! I haven't heard that one but I like it. Does she have a cleaning service? I need that LOL
The barn extension looks great! Nice work Levi! What’s loafing? Like resting as in loaf around?❤
Yep!!! Exactly that :)
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If I were u, I would’ve done a double layer of wood pallets for your hay storage. Our barn has alot of moisture and we stacked our hay the way u did and the bales on the skid were all moldy once we got down to them. A lot of waste.
This is how we store it in the green barn (which also gets muddy but has no pine pellets underneath) and in several years the only moldy hay we have had was baled wet. I'm so sorry you had some hay loss!
Why didn't you squirt out a couple of squirts before you milked into ur bucket? I always pointed those first two or three squirts toward the ground before aiming at the bucket.
I do sometimes but not always. One of my scientist friends did a test on what part of the milking process has the most bacteria and I thought it would be this first squirt. Nope! It was just as clean as the milk behind it, I'm guessing because the teat closes off within 10 minutes of being milked anyway. We feed right after we milk so the girls stay standing for this time as well, preventing their open teat from being in contact with the soil. For this reason I don't teat-dip anymore either.
If I can find this video again I will link it..this was a couple years ago by Sweet Briar Farm.
ruclips.net/video/5kF85mFdPRY/видео.htmlsi=3_hBf1wxAQYM51IB
There is a part 1 to this as well. This is the results video..part 1 has the way they collected samples.