• Home
    • Recent
    • Calendar
    • Register
    • Login
    Iron Heart Forum
    Iron Heart Forum

    Iron Heart - Coveted - The Wall Street Journal

    Jordanscollected’s Hobby Farm

    General Chat
    36
    181
    21.2k
    Loading More Posts
    • Oldest to Newest
    • Newest to Oldest
    • Most Votes
    Reply
    • Reply as topic
    Log in to reply
    This topic has been deleted. Only users with topic management privileges can see it.
    • JordJ
      Jord
      Haraki san Expert
      Joined:

      living the dream!

      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
      • jordanscollectedJ
        jordanscollected
        啓蒙家
        Joined:

        When we bought the farm we inherited ducks from friend of ours who sent along a janky duck coop setup. We hated it but it worked for a time.

        Excuse my wife with the air rifle, we had been practicing for the protection of our birds and this was the best pic I could find showing the coop. We have had a bad coyote and fox problem the last couple months (luckily we haven’t lost any birds), and so we haven’t let the birds free range without us both out watching like shepherds.

        Onto our solution. We had a shed built that we intended to use for goats, but then we pulled back and decided we were too busy to add more animals to the farm.

        So that shed sat and was just used as, well a shed for over a year. Finally we decided to repurpose is as a far too large duck house and add a larger run to the side of it. It’s 8’x24’ and we put in 2 automatic solar doors so we can segregate the Drakes when they are over mating. Photos of old and new.

        The chickens are getting an expanded run today to give them more space.

        Who needs savings anyhow?

        IMG_7965.jpeg
        IMG_8349.jpeg
        80446924491__35B8E0D3-0847-47DC-8F3E-F95A3F4B03CD.jpeg
        80446923416__0995D3F4-3858-4882-9C28-B8F0F37FE92E.jpeg
        IMG_8352.jpeg
        IMG_8353.jpeg
        80482184878__5CB6500C-B7F1-4609-8662-667B9151D4C9.jpeg

        world tours:
        888 Fat guy chocolate WT
        Mad Red x2
        Wabidashery

        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 15
        • MizmazzleM
          Mizmazzle
          見習いボス
          Joined:

          Never a dull day on the farm!

          In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

          last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
          • Denimhead 0D
            Denimhead 0
            Iron Heart Deity
            Joined:

            So cool. I miss Minnesota. I was born in Grand Forks, ND and lived in New London / Spicer Minn for a bit in my youth. We vacationed on the lakes of Minn, Relatives had cabins on Grace Lake, Lake Bemidji, and Detroit Lakes. My uncle lives in Fertile now. Such a beautiful state.

            IG - gratefuldenimhead (jeans and boots), Norseamerican (bicycles)

            last edited by Denimhead 0 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
            • jordanscollectedJ
              jordanscollected
              啓蒙家
              Joined:

              Welcome the newest addition to Nightshade Farm.

              My wife has always wanted a Dalmatian. This guy is 9 weeks old and has been a gem so far.

              Dalmatians were bred to run along side of carriages and protect horses, hence why they have association with Fireman, as the first fire/water wagons were pulled by horses.

              No name yet. Yes I’ve cleaned up pee and am angry about it.

              IMG_6366.jpeg
              IMG_8416.jpeg
              IMG_8414.jpeg
              IMG_6315.jpeg

              world tours:
              888 Fat guy chocolate WT
              Mad Red x2
              Wabidashery

              last edited by jordanscollected 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 15
              • phoenixinflightP
                phoenixinflight
                Raw and Unwashed
                Joined:

                Absolutely adorable! Enjoy falling under his spell!

                last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                • AdamJA
                  AdamJ
                  IHUK Crew
                  Joined:

                  @jordanscollected holy shit he is cute!

                  The devil is in the detail..

                  last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                  • jordanscollectedJ
                    jordanscollected
                    啓蒙家
                    Joined:

                    On our trail ride today we came across thousands of butterflies. There were multiple sections of the ride like this one.

                    world tours:
                    888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                    Mad Red x2
                    Wabidashery

                    last edited by MizmazzleM SKTS 2 Replies Last reply Reply Quote 8
                    • MizmazzleM
                      Mizmazzle
                      見習いボス
                      @jordanscollected
                      Joined:

                      @jordanscollected incredible!

                      In the easy chair with my boots on, melted whiskey in my hand. Could'na been asleep for more than three hours...time to go to work again...

                      last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                      • GilesG
                        Giles
                        IHUK Crew
                        Joined:

                        Fabulous....

                        "OK face up to it - you're useless but generally pretty honest and straightforward . . . it's a rare combination of qualities that I have come to admire in you" - Geo 2011

                        last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                        • SKTS
                          SKT
                          見習いボス
                          @jordanscollected
                          Joined:

                          @jordanscollected that’s so cool…were they Monarchs?

                          Rampant Hemmer
                          WTB: IHSH-308-IND large

                          last edited by jordanscollectedJ 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 0
                          • jordanscollectedJ
                            jordanscollected
                            啓蒙家
                            @SKT
                            Joined:

                            @SKT yes. They must be migrating because we’ve seen some over the summer, but this was wild numbers.

                            world tours:
                            888 Fat guy chocolate WT
                            Mad Red x2
                            Wabidashery

                            last edited by 1 Reply Last reply Reply Quote 1
                            • First post
                              Last post
                            Copyright Iron Heart 2025.