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September 21, 2007
Great Advances at the farm this week!
The very nice young man who works at Horse Country (our local feed store and animal supply and tack store), came out to the farm yesterday to help me with the chicken run. I now have a completely enclosed run (except for a roof, which we can take our time on.
Major, young man's name, has about 40 horses 30 miles north of the farm. He has 6 or 7 young horses that he is going to start training, but with the price of gas, it's expensive for him to drive up there every day.
So, we made a deal. Major will bring 6 or horses to our farm. They are pasture horses, so they don't need anything for shelter, or anything other than the acres and acres of pasture that has not been touched for a couple of years.
In return, he will help me get things done around the farm. Like the chicken run, stalls, fencing, corrals, etc. Plus, I get to play with young horses and watch this remarkable young man (he is only 20), train his horses.
If I'm lucky, maybe I'll be able to save enough money to purchase another horse - one that I can ride around without fear of being bucked off (Petey's a real pain if he is in a mood).
Anyway, I drove him around the farm today on our Polaris Ranger, and we decided that the fencing on a good chunk of the land is pretty good. The fencing close to the barn and house, though, sucks.
I'll publish a picture of the chicken run (with a door, even!!!!!), later on today.
Posted by Beth at September 21, 2007 4:25 AM
Comments
That is so cool! Barter is a great way to get things done... plus, you have more horses around! Win/Win. :D
Posted by: pam at September 21, 2007 8:27 AM
I am glad I read your post. We have chickens but the people who owned this place before us had horses. We've got lots of good area for horses. We can't find anyone to help us around the place. Ah Ha! Maybe we can barter some help with someone needing to board some horses! Hooray!
Posted by: Granny Annie at September 21, 2007 11:21 AM
Major is an interesting young man. Severe troubles at home (illness in the family), so he dropped out of school as a sophomore, and got his GED six weeks later.
And has been working ever since.
He's been a fount of knowledge for SWWBO.
And she's learning quickly just how much you can get done via barter.
It's amazing how the rural community works.
And pretty cool, too.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at September 21, 2007 9:49 PM
Now that's what I call a deal!
Posted by: caltechgirl at September 22, 2007 2:26 PM