Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm

[SKT]

Dude those look like heavy, dense bales. Is there alfalfa in them?

[SKT]

Also I can smell your barn from here and it’s making me nostalgic/happy

[jordanscollected]

They are heavy and dense @SKT. They are a mix of grass (mostly Timothy) and alfalfa. They seem like really high quality hay that will yield little waste.

[SKT]

@jordanscollected I worked on a dairy farm when I was in high school and sometimes have nightmares (not really) about bucking those heavy alfalfa bales. Bet they smell amazing though

[jordanscollected]

Yesterday we had a “horse warming party” at the farm for friends to come out and bring their families and meet the animals and see the new spot.

Quote of the day goes to 8 year old William who after meeting the horses, ducks and chickens, turns to me unimpressed and says “what other animals you got?”


[jordanscollected]

[SKT]

Beautiful pics man. Looks like an awesome time

[tody]

@jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

Quote of the day goes to 8 year old William who after meeting the horses, ducks and chickens, turns to me unimpressed and says “what other animals you got?”

Next, kangaroos!

[Tago Mago]

@tody hippos, always a hit when they're introduced to a new country

[tody]

@Tago-Mago I see what you did there...
The bales of hay he moved already reminded me of this little gem here:

[jordanscollected]

Finally let the chickens out of their enclosure to free range with the ducks. I’m playing “shepherd”.

@WhiskeySandwich have you had any issues with ducks and chickens interacting? My wife has a read that male ducks can attack chickens and kill them. This first interaction showed no signs of that though.

[SKT]

Fingers crossed for no duck on chicken violence. And that looks like a pretty damn fine way to spend a morning

[jordanscollected]

@SKT That was closer to sunset last night. It's pitch black when I leave for work in the morning these days.

[WhiskeySandwich]

nice @jordanscollected ! We were good for about a month i guess with them all living together with no issues. 3 female ducks, 12 hens, 1 rooster. We're def thinking the rooster killed the female duck i spoke of yesterday. He's been picking on another one of them today and we're about to quarantine him. It seems the ducks are getting ready to lay, and i think their hormones/pheromones have changed and the rooster has been aggressive and mounting and such. Since our hens are younger and behind them developmentally, he isn't into them yet, so he's taking it out on the ducks it seems. thats the current theory.

[jordanscollected]

Popped out for a quick ride this morning while the pork got started on the Traeger. We’re hosting a small Halloween get together tonight with a movie around the fire.

[jordanscollected]

The first Halloween work party was this weekend. Smoked pork was the center of the burrito bar. Homemade pumpkin cookies and brownies for desserts we watched a movie outside around the fire (practical magic, I don’t get tired of Sandra Bullock).

[jordanscollected]

Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.

We picked up an armoire on marketplace for free and gave it a paint job. A couple plants and an outdoor rug and that’s that.
Before’s, during’s, afters below

[Mizmazzle]

@jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.

I will take this wisdom and apply it to my own domicile.

[motojobobo]

Mmmm….going by the pics you shared with us…I’d say Allie was right all along.

[Giles]

@jordanscollected said in Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm:

Allie wanted to spruce up the barn a bit. I said we didn’t need to it was fine. So we went ahead and spruced up the barn.