Temps neared 100 today as we spent the day working on projects around the homestead. The day was spent mostly welding, grinding, and painting. For the anchors on the turbine pole for the guy wires, we cut and welded eye hooks about 2/3rds up the pole. We painted these -- and all the other welds on the post and jin pole -- kelly green (just because). We tried to drive a four-foot stake in the ground for the main guy wire, but made it three feet before hitting bedrock. The rebar is starting to bend, but otherwise the stake seems very strong, so we will probably encase the rest of the rod with rock and concrete.
Yesterday we picked up our baby chicks at the post office, all alive and well, but this morning it became obvious that one of the pullets was not thriving. The chick had separated itself from the flock and wouldn't stand on its own for more than a moment, so it was quarantined all day until it eventually died. Still have 25 hale and hearty chicks, and we will post photos as they mature.
Yesterday we picked up our baby chicks at the post office, all alive and well, but this morning it became obvious that one of the pullets was not thriving. The chick had separated itself from the flock and wouldn't stand on its own for more than a moment, so it was quarantined all day until it eventually died. Still have 25 hale and hearty chicks, and we will post photos as they mature.
It seems from my other friends in Terlingua that the hot season is arriving in full force. Are y'all planning on some sort of cooling system ... like a swamp cooler? Good luck with the chicks.
I love the chicks.