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General Category => Community Conversation => Topic started by: Forge on March 22, 2016, 08:29:26 pm

Title: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Forge on March 22, 2016, 08:29:26 pm
So due to some last minute family stuff my friends have, they have to fly down to Vancouver. So we are looking after their farm, so awesome.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: killa_robot on March 22, 2016, 09:10:14 pm
What does that actually entail?
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Forge on March 22, 2016, 10:04:34 pm
Feeding and care of the lambs twice a day, feeding and care of the chickens and turkeys twice a day as well as their coop. Then just looking after the dog and cat and crops etc. which is easy.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Kiel_Farren on March 22, 2016, 11:12:44 pm
Quote from: Forge on March 22, 2016, 10:04:34 pm
Feeding and care of the lambs twice a day, feeding and care of the chickens and turkeys twice a day as well as their coop. Then just looking after the dog and cat and crops etc. which is easy.

I've had to do that for my folks before. Chickens and goats. Especially this one little goat whose mom basically tried to kill him when he was little, had to be bottle-fed.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Drakilian on March 22, 2016, 11:19:26 pm
Good luck with the chickens
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Morgan_R on March 23, 2016, 02:35:20 am
Nice! My aunt & uncle used to have a farm. Fond memories!
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: King Playa on March 23, 2016, 05:12:38 am
Watch your step!
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Sethaniel on March 23, 2016, 07:18:27 am
What kind of crops?
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Forge on March 23, 2016, 10:51:08 am
Basic food stuffs like standard veg, lattices rhubarb etc. Just normal stuff you'd see in a farmers market and wheat in a small area. A lot of it is still seedlings sized as it is still occasionally frosty here.

One chicken got out of their fenced area, got spooked and got over the top. Took a while to corral that lil sucker... They are fun though as they are second and third generation now so are used to humans.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Arthesul on March 23, 2016, 10:56:06 am
Chickens are the best. They're like tiny R2-D2's made out of rubber and pipe-cleaners.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Sethaniel on March 23, 2016, 11:03:08 am
XD cool
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Drakilian on March 23, 2016, 11:05:23 am
Quote from: Arthesul on March 23, 2016, 10:56:06 am
Chickens are the best. They're like tiny R2-D2's made out of rubber and pipe-cleaners.

Chickens are little assholes
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Arthesul on March 24, 2016, 03:35:32 pm
I've often found that roosters are the little assholes. I could hang out with most of the chickens I've met all day, though, with few exceptions.
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Morgan_R on March 25, 2016, 03:58:00 am
Our local dairy farm has chickens, and there's always some loose. The six-year-old likes to chase them. And they have turkeys, but apparently they had to separate them... from what we can tell, the dominant male was picking on another male. The one hen still likes the big full-feathered guy, buuuut she's in with the two "beta" males for some reason?

Anyway. Delicious milk, beef, cheese, & eggs, from a tiny unstaffed store. They have a lockbox for larger bills & checks, and an open cashbox for change. Love my neighborhood. <3
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: BerkaZerka on March 25, 2016, 10:56:38 am
Sounds like fun Forge!
Title: Re: Running a farm for the rest of the week
Post by: Kiel_Farren on March 31, 2016, 12:00:47 am
Quote from: Arthesul on March 23, 2016, 10:56:06 am
Chickens are the best. They're like tiny R2-D2's made out of rubber and pipe-cleaners.

That may be the strangest description of any animal I've ever seen.