I began the big clean in the barn yesterday. Working our way through each pen …
… forking out all the old hay out to the compost piles..
… scraping and cleaning the concrete floors …
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.. … …everything get sprinkled with diatomaceous earth to kill any bugs, then lime to dry it out
All the inhabitants are rehoused outside, except Mama and her quads whose pen has extended to include an outside door.
So spring or not we have begun to empty the filthy barn and close its rooms for the summer. If we have a bad storm they will be invited in for the night. But for now the hotel is closed. It is warm enough. And I have always maintained that any animal is better off outside where they can move away from their own excrement. Barns when they thaw are breeding grounds for bacteria.
The pigs get their turn today which will please them no end because as the thaw proceeds there will be MUD!
Good morning. You all have a lovely day!
celi
The Kitchen's Garden 
41 responses to “Lambs go out and play in the snow”
I’m inspired by your spring cleaning, miss c! My what a clean stall that is and those babies are growing so already. Happy Sunday!
The newly cleaned pen looks fantastic, Celi. I hope the weather will let you finish off the other 3 today or soon. our weather is a wet mess right now. Still though, it’s better than snow. The lambs are looking nice and healthy. They’re growing like weeds! I’m looking forward to tomorrow’s post. Can’t wait to see the Sisters out and about. That mud has “Shush” written all over it!
Have a good Sunday.
They are having a grand old time, making a huge mess! c
I hate housework, love the garden, but when domestic duties have to be done there’s so much satisfaction at the end, looking at it all clean, light and fresh smelling like that last pic 🙂
Love to spring clean! (Even if we still have 2.5 feet of snow on the ground.. 😉 )The lambs are so cute!
So much constant planning and organisation! Anyway, it must utterly alleviate boredom!
There is no boredom, i bet you are never bored either!! c
Could not believe how big the lambkins have become and to see them without their coats: I guess their own are growing! We had a delightful episode a few days back on our fave ‘Vet’ show: 5-weeks old ‘Lamby’ looking exactly like Tilly had been scorned by her mother at birth but ‘adopted’ by the family Dalmatian. Problem: no colostrum and living away from flock. Dear vet took a blood transfusion from a new mother ewe, separated out the antibodies and injected them > Lamby. But she smelled like the dog: so a nappy was put on a flock lamb and when it was full of nice smelly urine it was put on Lamby who joined the flock safely for the first time! Maybe can’t tell the tale well, but it looked gorgeous and I thought of Tilly all the time 😀 !
that is an amazing story, I bet she loved her smelly little coat! c
I can’t get enough of those lambs!
I’ve learnt a bit more about barn management today. The main thing I’ve learnt is to manage not to own a barn, but to read about such a thing, daily, in an interesting blog whilst relaxing in the warmth of my office:)
so cruel of you to mention how warm your office is.. morning roger.. c