Spring is a busy time here, and although the calendar tells us that spring is still several weeks away, we are taking advantage of our recent good weather. We are finally making some progress on some of our many on-going projects. For us, creating all the spaces, fences and feeders from scratch is a never ending process.
The little rabbits are growing and the bunny enclosure is doing it's job, keeping the rabbits in and the cats out. Still some finish work (and clean up), to do, but we will wait until the kits are a little bigger so as not to disturb mama and babies. The below photo shows the rabbit enclosure being built. It's still not quite finished, but is enclosed. This photo will give you an idea of how we are using pallets to finish the space.
The little rabbits are growing and the bunny enclosure is doing it's job, keeping the rabbits in and the cats out. Still some finish work (and clean up), to do, but we will wait until the kits are a little bigger so as not to disturb mama and babies. The below photo shows the rabbit enclosure being built. It's still not quite finished, but is enclosed. This photo will give you an idea of how we are using pallets to finish the space.
Mr. Elliott built a new hay feeder to hang on the wall of one of the barn stalls, and will be building more for the rest of the stalls. I am hopeful that we will be wasting less hay now, and the sheep won't have to bend down anymore to eat. This feeder was built with scrap wood and a hog panel.
The broody house, next to the chicken coop, now has a fence made from pallets and is fully enclosed above with netting. The net keeps our birds in as they grow, and keeps the hawks and cats out.
We have chosen to build our bird coops out of metal, rather than wood. I prefer the look of wood, but the metal seems to do a better job of keeping the predators out.
The first photo is of the pallets being set up for the fence, the second photo was taken tonight after we finished the netting and put the adolescent guineas in their new enclosure.
We are in the process of building a feed storage building out of pallets, and a moveable fence with pallets as well. Then we have more hay feeders to build, and some table height gardens for me. I am hopeful we will get most of our building projects finished before I have to consolidate my efforts into growing some food. Homesteading is sometimes hectic, and often exhausting, but always changing, and never boring.
Now I need to revamp my chicken tractor before the new chicks hatch...tick tock, tick tock...
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