18 Apr 2005
A New Implement

Well, it was such a pretty day that we figured it was high time we got the bulk tank set up. This is a ton and a half model that I procured in trade for 20 dressed chickens and a sheep. It's big, but it's not nearly as heavy as it looks. Believe it or not, Kevyn, Kris and I managed to manhandle it onto a hay wagon and haul it over here Friday evening - then Kris and I (and nobody else) mounted it to skids and got it ready to move into position this afternoon. We still have to level out the final resting place beside the garage but that'll have to wait until tomorrow. Archimedes was right: with a lever and a place to stand you could move the Earth!

This will be used primarily to hold layer rations: chicken feed for my laying hens. Buying in bulk will cost me roughly 6.5 cents per pound for a ton of feed, compared to nearly $0.20 per pound for bagged layer rations. This will save me a considerable amount of cash over the long haul.

The green structure in the background is the chick brooder. We built it out of an old water tank from the highway department last year. Cleaned it out, wired it for lights and ventilation, cut a hatch and we were brooding chicks in no time. This is the fourth batch we've run through it, and these guys are about to get moved out and onto grass when they hit two weeks old this coming Wednesday.

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