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06/26/2006: ""

The chickens arrived and are all ready in the "ugly" stage where they are starting to feather up.
The coop has kept them quite warm and I only needed to use one of the three heat lamps I put up.
I finished the cow shed this weekend and got the fence made as well. Belle went right through the uninsulated gate and Lady decided in the middle of the night she'd rather be in her pen in the garage.
So today I had to do a little reconstruction. I put up a third wire around the pasture and orange plastic snowfence at the gate. Hopefully they will stay put.

I bought a tractor a couple of weeks ago. Got a deal on it because it needed some work. Pretty much have it ready to go. All I need to do now is find some equipment for it.

The other animals are doing fine. Caught a wild rabbit yesterday and will see how it adapts to the cages.
The chickens are busy cleaning up 30 square feet of yard a day.

The garden is really looking good. Have some thinning to do in the turnips, rutebegas, and head lettuce. But the weeds are pretty much under control and stuff is growing well.
My oats look OK. Hopefully next year I'll have a drill for the tractor and I'll get a more even stand. And as the rotation works around I'll have less weeds because I won't be planting them on sod.