Tuesday, October 21, 2008

my chores


- Let Finn (the dog) out
- get milking equipment
- get oats for pigs and whey and go to barn
- pitchfork hay from hayloft to first floor
- prepare milkers grain cups (6 w/one cup bagged grain + 1 cup oats) put in milking room
- prepare 10 feed bowls: 1/3 cup barley, 2/3 cup oats, and minerals in all except male goat Norman, who only gets kelp added
- put 8 grain dishes in milking room
- give Norman + Bucko (the males) theirs
- move goats out of exit pens
- close big gate, and inner door
- give hay to kids
- let in first goats, grain, milk
- hook up goats #10 + #7 (the bullies) after they're done and open inner door after they're hooked
- finish goats through milking room
- feed out hay
- unhook #10 + #7
- check automatic waterer
- refill bucks and kids water buckets
- check all gate locks
- clean up milking room, give kitty milk and rinse bowl
- add one quart pig grain to pig oats and minerals. Feed + water pigs.
- turn out lights, carry milk to house
- get poultry sprouted oats. Feed most to chickens plus quart chicken feed and minerals inside feeder. Change poultry water.
- bring one quart turkey feed, rotate position of pen on lawn and change water
ALWAYS ASK THESE QUESTIONS
- does everyone have water?
- does everyone have hay?
- are all the goats released?
- are all gates locked and 2 doors hooked open?
- are chickens in and gate locked?
- let Finn in to bed

2 comments:

  1. I am exhausted just reading this! Is Pucci liking it up there?

    ReplyDelete
  2. This list looks somewhat like my to-do list at work...just a little twist on the content.

    ReplyDelete