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32 currently. Snowing. Light accumulations so far. 1-4 inches over night. Half of birds are gone. Well the crews are finishing up.

The growing point of a corn plant stays below ground until vegetative growth stage 5 (V5). Which is when the 5th leaf sets on the whirl. Until that point a corn plant is capable of surviving a freeze but you will take a yield hit. Also at that point make sure the plant is not under any stress...

50 currently. Rain and snow tomorrow. Birds leave tomorrow and Wednesday. Lots of work going on here this layout. New tunnel fans(32). Windows (88) go in. Hopefully new tunnel curtains make it in. Also have to register oldest son for kindergarten tomorrow. He starts in the fall. Hard to...

Ha. I had to laugh. You guys seen a mistake. First thought I had when looking at that photo was. Good fracture. He had that ripper set right. I’d have to say first generation auto steer. You have to turn it around at the end and get close to next pass then press a button for computer to take...

We always used something similar to that to juice tomatoes. Blanch them. Peal them. Slice small enough to get under flap. And juice away.

Here you guys can pick this apart. I didn’t feel as if anything was wrong on the way home. But it will at least get you back to topic. Disclaimer. I removed the middle 3 straps before the picture as I was out of straps and had to take a another trailer back for more. 25 fans. Maybe 200-250...

Power came back on about 9. Nice little generator exercise. 50 amp load with 75 amp spikes for 7 hours.

She was doing better today. They had her on an enhanced recovery plan and Saturday they switched her from a clear diet to a creamy diet. That went south and the doctor admitted they pushed her recovery too fast. So back to clear liquids. Maybe Home Tuesday. Surgery was Thursday. Only removed...

34 currently. About 4” of heavy wet snow. Forecast was for 4-8. Probably had a couple of inches melt during storm. I’m up with a power outage. Since 2am. Now 3 am. Chicken houses have their generator running and the emergency heat(ventless gas logs) is on in house. Won’t heat entire house but...

41 this morning and headed to 51 today. Winter weather advisory for us this evening and over night. 2-4 inches of snow forecast. Take care of birds. Then head to Louisville to visit a friend wife went to college with. She has bad diverticulitis lost a foot of colon this week. Don’t think she’s...

Me. Me. Me. Me. I hate tractor supply and rural king this time of the year. All I see and hear is bio security breaches. Do my best to make sure I atleast change shoes after coming home. Most of the time I change clothes.

I still drop in to the FP threads. Don’t bother posting there anymore. It doesn’t matter what you say someone will start calling you names. I mainly read the joke threads and funny memes. Although most of those are political also. But I also keep updated on other threads over there. Skipping...

Oh. For you guys looking for RS. He’s fine. He’s over in FP. “Educating”.

Drew. Might install a lightning arrestor. I have one. Still in box. Zareba Lightning Arrestor Kit at Tractor Supply Co.

Leftovers, leftovers, what are these leftovers you speak of? We stopped having leftovers when the youngest started eating off the table good. Still ain’t figured out where the 23 pound 19 month old puts it. Wife never was a big fan of leftovers. I was raised on them. She was raised on fast...

38 this morning and headed to 55. Currently 53. Kyle Finley has out done herself again. Instant Pot-yes Roomba-yes Microwave-yes just replaced the one we got as a wedding present last week. It started flaming inside at 12 years old. Crockpot-yes-2 sizes Toaster/oven/convection oven-yes...

Drew. Be careful planting beans too early. Most beans don’t like cold ground. Can cause them to catch some diseases. Although SDS (sudden death syndrome) in soybeans is the only one I can readily remember. It’s main cause is cold souls at planting. Some Peas are the exception...

Glad y’all are feeling better. Wife’s been on me to go to doctor. I haven’t yet. Mainly because I took our youngest twice last week. Here’s results. Flu- negative Strep throat- negative RSV- negative Chest X-ray- clear So doc what’s wrong with him? Hhhhmmmmmmmmmmm. Virus I guess. Give him...

CWB What model ranger crew is that? We’ve got a ‘15 ranger 570 crew full size. Love it.

60 for the high today, well yesterday since it’s after midnight before I get caught up on this thread usually. Currently 40. 8 inches of rain for February. 4.5 in last week. Rivers are starting to crest. Moderate flooding. News media is comparing this to the ‘97 flood (major) but we are still...

50 tonight. Big warm up coming. Put hay out today and took care of chickens. Got a good look at what the creep feeder needs to get it back operational again. The height regulation bar was torn off by last set of calves. These really should have been on creep feed a month ago. Would take...

63 currently. And it’s cooled off a little. Took wife to eat at Texas Roadhouse. After her doctors checkup from her mole removal. At 4:30 they had a 45 minute wait. We left at 6:30. Food was good. Got her a flower arraignment and card. Florist wouldn’t deliver to school. Said too busy, then...

Every time I have to get the stud finder out around her I turn it on and run it across me. And tell her I had to test it. It always puts a smile on her face even if she won’t admit it.

29 this morning and headed to 44 today. Flood warning out on the river. Over a foot above flood stage by Wednesday. All that water in eastern Kentucky has to go somewhere and this is the beginning of it. A light layer of ice over night. Just enough to cancel school today. So wife and kids are...

Yes you can get some gorgeous views here. Land restrictions, what’s that? Just kidding, if all you were finding was restricted property then you need a new website. [emoji3] lots of unrestricted land here. I have 4 commercial poultry barns on less than 50 acres. Your civilization requirements...

Be happy to have a guy like you around. Even if just for a visit. We have interesting weather. It can snow 7 months a year. Or we can have 80* and tornadoes any month of the year. Cost of living is pretty decent. Taxes fairly low. Properties are decently priced depending on how rural you want...

29 currently. Some snow showers and freezing rain moving in. Forecast are for light amounts. Spent the day migrating chickens. They now have 2/3 of the barns. Then fed cows and calf. Wishing I had a set of scales for the cows. But I just can’t justify them at my current size. Not having any...

We had a trailblazer that headlights would dim and then rebrighten. No set schedule just random. Talked to several mechanics around and they said trailblazers just did that and they didn’t know why. Good luck.

48 this morning and that’s the high for today. Rain showers all day. Front is basically stalled on top of us. Keeping heavy rain south. Flood watches out SE of here up to 3 inches for those folks. Guess the river will rise. The river a couple of miles from the house drains that area. Replacing...

17 this morning and headed to 44 today. Wife is doing better today. She’s hurting still. If she’d quit trying to avoid the pain medicine and use it correctly then she wouldn’t be in as bad of shape. But she was also down several days when she had her wisdom teeth cut out in ‘05. Take care of...

30 currently. Was 32 this morning it’s been to 28 today also. Rain has stopped now just wet. Boys tubes went good. Wife had 2 teeth cut out today and that also went good. She’s resting and you don’t even know boy had anything done yesterday. We got to doctors office this morning just as...

Crews battling fire at Patti's 188's Settlement Patti's 188's Settlement - Patti's A very popular and semi local restaurant burned today. It’s about a 2 hour drive. They say they’ll reopen. Town has a population of 350. They employ 200 and served 350,000 last year according to the news...

34 today. 30 currently. Don’t know if snow will hold together long enough for us to get our forecasted dusting. Youngest son goes in at 6:15 in the morning for tubes. Hopefully home before lunch.

I’ve looked at them also. But with a 300 gallon overhead tank and a 50 gallon pickup tank with 12 volt pump I’ve left them on the shelf. The only 2 times I need/use diesel jugs is the torpedo heater in old shop and to start a brush pile fire. For the heater I load the heater in back of truck or...

17 this morning and headed to 38 today. Very light dusting overnight. Dentist this afternoon and run some errands. Have some maintenance to do this morning in chicken coops. Mostly spray foam air leaks. Was washing equipment yesterday when temperatures dropped. Winterized washer as it was...

41 currently and that’s the high for today. Sleet is falling and melting on contact. Supposed to be rain. Don nice work. Guess you know how to lock yourself up with a backhoe so that you don’t pull the tractor around. Lock up and attach chain to hoe and pull. I’ve been waiting for that stump...

The pictures that go with my post this morning. They wouldn’t load then.

8 this morning and headed to 31. 17 currently. Yesterday was a forecast of 45 and rain. Well we started at 50 and by 5pm we had this. Birds to be here before 10. All barns today. Have a few minor things to finish up today. Then it’s off to friends to help him set a wall back on the...

Yep. I’m currently shopping. It’s the outdoor gas/a/c pack at the house. 3.5 Ton with 100,000 btu propane heat. The way the tech explained it to me was this model blows air across the heat exchanger instead of sucking air across it. So any combustion gasses are blown back into flames. But it’s...

Drew. You said you wanted tractor pictures. Well I finally remembered. The international needs work. Hasn’t run in over a year. 424 gas with over 5k hours. Massey is a 255. 46xx hours. If I remember right.

26 this morning and headed to 37. Currently 32. Birds come in Friday. Been getting things ready for them. Had a guy out last week over furnace problems. Cracked heat exchanger. So now shopping for a new furnace. Current unit is 12 years old and heat exchanger is almost half of new unit.

Drew. I’ll offer $4795.00. [emoji41]Make you a deal on delivery I’ll meet you at the Kentucky Tennessee state line. How much of that has to be cash? I’ll have plenty of chicken in about 7 weeks. [emoji56][emoji16] Original tires are fine with me. Does it have the arctic kit? Kubota, Massey and...

Warm this morning and made it to right at 60 today. Rain tomorrow. Spent day running errands. Went to Sam’s club only picked up essentials and got out cheaper than normal. Wife wasn’t with me so I got to avoid the candy isle. Milk for $1.96/gallon. 3-1/2gallon almond milk for $8.98/box. Has...

23 this morning and headed to 54 today. Heavy frost this morning. Need to get going and run some errands. Been watching Superior Livestock Auction this morning. They are offering 19,200 head of cattle today. They only sell tractor trailer load lots. Only about a 6 hour auction. Seem to be...

33 this morning and headed to 40 today. Have to set out some hay sometime today. We’ll see after that. Thanks for the heads up buppies.

Sad news coming out of the western end of the state. Kentucky school shooting leaves 2 students dead, 18 others injured, officials say | Fox News Thoughts and prayers with the families affected. Been just over 20 years since last shooting here in the state. Heath high school in December 1997...

Maybe I actually have the flu and it wasn’t an over read. I don’t know. I do know that this is not like any other flu I’ve had in previous years. I couldn’t get up to pee without something to hold me up. I just got done changing the heating element in the dryer. Other than sweating a little...

I did today. But I’m probably going to have to go back tomorrow. Get all 4 barns back on 2/2. Lots of work left. Especially if I’m still going to try to take the wife somewhere this weekend.

41 this morning and headed to 43 today. We are thawed. Ground is very soft. Trying to decake chicken coops. Sure is taking a long time. Went into the clinic yesterday for what I thought was a sinus infection came out with a flu diagnoses. Cough, head congestion and sore throat. Only symptoms...

8 this morning and has made it to 35 so far. Roads are slick today. The ice is melting and they’re slicker than yesterday. Schools have been closed here since Thursday last week. They originally closed for the flu, then snow has kept them closed since. Should go back Monday. Highs over the...

12 this morning and headed to 20 today. Was 0 when I came in @12:30am and 5 @4:30 when I moved from the recliner to the bed. So nice warmup. Chickens are gone. Party time. We’ll have 2 crews there at 5:30. 10-4. First crew made it at 5:30. Second crew 8:30. First crew is the one that got...

Actually WRECC is the highest priced. With medium reliability. But I’ve always had great service from them. Like you said. They don’t care about busted seals. (Don’t make it a habit). Most outages run under 2 hours. And I’m 30 minutes from the office. But only about 3 miles from a major sub...

We are 4-500’ houses. Have a good friend that has 6-510’ & 4-600’ houses. We are probably an average size farm for this area. He is a large farm. We are both Perdue growers but Tyson is also in the area.

Our local utility is Warren Rural Electric Company Co-op. Our area is all monopolies so no choices. They buy their power from TVA. Last month was 138.00 plus the propane. Ain’t got a clue on that as it’s filled with the chicken coops and all billed together and a fill up usually last more than a...

Toppop. This is what we use between flock. Housekeeper Dump-Body Model 2 LP | Lewis Brothers Mfg. Now remember I have 80,000 sqft. under roof. We use a service for total clean outs once a year. They use skid steers.

7 this morning and headed to 12 today. A fresh 5-6 inches fell over night. Don our business closing list is longer than that. Every school in the area is closed also. Get the call last night. We are going to catch your chickens tonight. An hour after they are supposed to be here and I have...

-3 this morning. Made it to 25 today. Currently 23. Snow showers moving in. Main clipper system supposed to be here mid morning tomorrow. Additional 2 inches forecast. Last half of birds scheduled to leave tomorrow night. Talked to the guy in charge of the producers today. He says everything...

Drew. Half the birds left Thursday night before they shut the plant down for the incoming bad weather. They should be in stores now maybe on some tables tonight. Other half leaves Monday night. Plowing today didn’t go as well as I planned. I stayed warm but the drug lords on a spur road had...

Went in for a DOT physical once. My family doctor. While waiting on something he starts reading me his instruction booklet for the physical. Came to a part that was talking about mental illness. Said the way it was worded nobody could pass a DOT physical. Because everyone has some form and...

15 this morning and headed to 27 today. Still a few snow showers around today. Storm system yesterday brought us a thin layer of ice and about 6 inches of snow. Very dry snow that with 25 mph winds is drifting pretty bad. Will be plowing out today after the birds are taken care of. Spent most...

Made it to 62 today. Currently 55. Even warmer tomorrow before bottom falls out again. 2-6 inches of snow forecast with a quarter of inch of ice. I can live without the ice. For Friday. Half of birds leave tomorrow. Other half Monday. Then finish fixing fence. Have a shorter layout this time...

33 this morning and a high of 39. Currently 38. Rainy misty all day. Now lots of fog, visibility is under a quarter of a mile. News had false reports of school closures this morning. Not the first time that’s happened. Bet the superintendent is wishing he’d just canceled and made the news...

14 this morning and currently 40 with light rain. Still under winter weather advisory for a half inch of snow/sleet and 1/10 an inch of freezing rain. We’ll be thawing this week. Just hope roads hold up for birds to start leaving Thursday night. The east coast is hogging all the snow and...

Made it to 32 today. Cold front is just now coming through and already 20 headed to 9. Got birds taken care of and control rooms swept out and a little cleaning on them. Went and got allergy shots. Now looks like I’ve been stung by a wasp on both arms. Welps about a half dollar in size. Have...

-4 this morning and it has made it to the forecast high of 20. Forecast has changed for tomorrow. Was our only day above freezing this week. Now that won’t happen till Sunday. Home with wife and boys. Wife has another stomach bug and wasn’t sure if boys also had it this morning. Looks now like...

1 this morning and headed to 16 today. Currently 12. Tonight colder. Ended the year with several breakdowns. Shut tractor off last night and looked at phone. Midnight. Happy new year [emoji312]. Wife and kids already in bed. Hopefully today goes better. Still have to put out hay. And need to...

10 this morning and almost to 20. Wind chill advisory for next few days. -5 to -15 degree windchills. That’s cold here. But I see 40’s in forecast. Will thaw just in time for chicken catch. That always makes a nice muddy mess. Hope it ain’t too deep. Check cows and chickens. Give some extra...

Usually when they do that two things happen. Atleast around here. Fuel prices get a short term lock or atleast large increases get a serious investigation by Attorney General. You better be able to justify that quarter/dollar a gallon hike. Hours of service for the trucking industry get some...

Roy. Don’t know about using pickle juice as a chaser. I don’t drink. But it taste pretty good by itself. Wife gets mad when she catches me stealing a sip.

24 this morning and headed to 35 today. Only one more day above freezing till next Saturday. Which is fine we needed a deep freeze. Just hope roads don’t fall apart when it thaws. Need to drain some extra garden hoses today. Just Incase I have problems watering cattle I have backups. Main herd...

9 this morning and made it to 23 today. Buppies you were right it’s going to get cold. 37 is the highest temperature in the 10 day. Really should have finished the insulation in this building. Taking a lot to keep it a workable temp out here. Trying to build some control room doors as some are...

37 currently. Just wondering down to the chicken coops for today. Sister’s family had a stomach bug last week and I told her to keep it in Louisville. But the pharmacist swore that they weren’t contagious and came in anyway Saturday. 48 hours later and over half of the people at that family...

23 this morning and headed to 34 today. Wind chill 15. Blood needs to thicken more. Youngest is already up and trying to destroy the tree. He’s got his big stuff will make him wait for the little stuff till big brother is up. #Dont’twakethebear. Both were too excited to go to bed last night...

48 this morning. Currently 38. They’ve added a light dusting of snow to the forecast for tomorrow afternoon. We’ll see. Had 2 Christmas today. Eat way too much. Even though the first one was finger foods. Got some LED lights for the kubota. Traveler brand from TSC. Man those things are heavier...

52 this morning and headed to 45 today. Yeah that’s right dropping all day. 2” rain forecast but we are just north of the flood advisory. It comes up from the south and stops at the Green River. I love about 3 miles north of river. Finished shopping Wednesday for the most part. Might try to...

Drew. After you spread your fertilizer. Cross disc. Usually either 45* or 90* to the direction of planting. This helps prevent fertilizer streaks. Clay soils you won’t see it much but your sand will stand out. Then on final disc pass always go in the direction of planting. This allows any...

Don. Ordered the instant pot off amazon. It’s the new duo 6. 9-1 I think. Will be in stock tomorrow and could be here by Friday. Wife knows it’s coming. She if the one with the prime account. Supposed to be a new one.

42 this morning and headed to 55 today. Wng. Yeah those store birds aren’t your backyard birds. That’s for sure. The chicken that’s sold in today’s market is pampered. Temperature and for the most part humidity controlled since they were placed in the incubator. Never wanting for food or...

Hahaha. Yeah it’s a lot of cooling here also. We use swamp coolers to get the temperature manageable. Then we think of wind chills during the summer. Ie. How much air can we pull over the birds and how fast. During the summer we’re in the neighborhood of 160,000+ cubic feet per minute of air...

They are currently 80*F. We start off at 94* and by end they will be down to 65*. Insulation is not in good shape. 6” of poorly placed fiberglass in ceiling. Then 4” walls that have most if not all insulation eaten out of them by dartlin beetles. Mainly just a layer of double bubble on walls...

Sunday’s post that well didn’t get posted. 43 this morning and headed to 45 today. Buckeye never insult the cook. You’ll never know what they did to that plate. [emoji3] Turned another year older yesterday and had most of my day ruined by a negligent propane company. I called Wednesday with...

31 this morning and headed to 45 today. Got cows moved into the bottoms yesterday at dark. Need to take some hay down there and scatter around. It’ll prevent them from getting the green runs and make the grass last longer. Have one more field to fix fence and let them have this fall. Then it...

34 this morning and headed to 40 today. Have lots of things to do. Some chicken coop maintenance, some more fall bush hogging, and I also need to do some dirt work over in a rented hayfield. The guy that does the crop ground cleared some ground last spring and there was an old pond dam there...

Made it to 39 today. Currently 28. Did some work in chicken coops today. Got lumber moved inside so I can start on the new control room doors. Only replacing 2. Also moved the feed bin for the tractor inside so I can finish it. Not having a helper will be motivating to finish it as I’m going...

Instant pot owners. Any tips or advice for buying one. Wife is wanting one for Christmas. Size? Location? Pricing? I know it’s been answered and I should have paid attention.

56 today. Still 50. 30 by daybreak. Buckeye good to hear you and Buppies are doing better. Keep going. Happy birthday to all I’ve missed. Spent day with wife today. She had a biopsy done on a mole between her shoulder blades. It came back as pre-cancerous so she had it cut out today. For...

40 currently. Mid 60’s for hog today and next few days. Wow, you guys surprised me. Never having welded. Taught myself to weld at about 14. Guess I always took it fore granted that everyone around equipment welded. I never made the welding team. Bead wasn’t pretty enough. By my senior year in...

70 today currently 41. Rain by morning. Just in time for last of birds. Buckeye. Get better and rest. Speedy recovery. Kyle I hope you are correct and it’s that simple. Thoughts for your family. Drew. Good luck on the A. That combine is easy to pick out. The 2166, 2188, 2366 and 2388 had...

Buckeye. Hopefully your surgery goes as planned. Drew. A 2366 is no small machine. Although it looks like they’re running a small platform. Would guess a 20. Around here it would have a 25 maybe even a 30.

There’s a guy on YouTube from around there. Look up DLH Farms.

I use a product called Poultry Litter Treatment. http://joneshamiltonag.com/product/plt/ We only use it in the brood chamber. 7,600 sqft. Brood and use 600 pounds of plt. It’s safe to apply while birds are present also. The acid it’s made from is a food grade acid found in many of our daily...

30 this morning and headed to 64 today. Buppies. Thanks for the weather update. What region would you classify me? Saturday. Finished up thanksgiving. 2 more places and more heartburn. I get heartburn by simply eating too much. Food doesn’t matter. Yesterday. Swapped out 4 heaters. Spread...

Have a happy thanksgiving all.

34 here tonight after a chilly high of 48. Boy a lot has happened since I’ve been gone. Whipper came home. Randy lost his wife. Sorry to here that Randy but glad you’re doing well. Drew bought a new mower. Kyle got that pesky tire leak fixed. It took a couple of days to get through almost 200...

70 today currently 58. Got ceiling insulation in today in the new building. Yeah the one that’s 2 years old and not finished. Still working on the new cattle pen. Hung a couple more gates. Been in chicken coops. Started supplementing hay to cows. Still have about half my bushhogging to...

34 yesterday morning and 36 this morning. Our first 2 frost of the season. Mid 70’s for high. Mowed the sorghum Sudangrass yesterday. As it and Johnson grass can set up prusic acid poisoning in cattle. Hopefully get the Johnson grass mowed off tomorrow as I spent most of today in the chicken...

Kyle. Finnly is doing some mighty nice art work there. Tell her to keep practicing.

56 this morning and headed to 85 today. Took the boys to a local orchard yesterday. They had fun on the play ground. Oldest really enjoyed the soybean maze. It was like “I’m going” and every so often he’d turn around as if to ask if we were going to keep up or not. Wife made her yearly...

Why replace tires with so much tread?

Currently 62, don’t think it’s going to make it to the forecast of 66. 50 this morning. Currently getting allergy shots at doctors office. Need to get ahold of HVAC guy to see about parts I asked for a month ago. Made it up yesterday and picked up bull. Ended up going with the red one...

81 today. Currently 72 and headed to 55. 2 more inches of rain today in less than 2 hours. Had several roads closed for a few hours but think they’re all open again now. Lots of low lying soybeans under water. Could be lost crops. Everything stayed below flood stage Sunday and Monday was...

69 this morning and headed to 83 today. Go check cows and chickens when wife gets back from dermatologist appointment. She has some moles that need removal. Hopefully they go better than the one I had done a couple of weeks ago. It wouldn't numb. Mainly because it had an abscess under it. Yeah...

6.5 inches of rain last 24 hours. We were dry, but not unseasonably dry. Hope some of you that needed rain are getting some.

60 this morning and headed to 76 today. Currently 62. Think it might struggle. The rain from Nate is just getting here, but the cold front that came through last night dropped 5 inches on us. After all that rain I've got fences to check and see what was washed out. Should soften the ground for...

74 this morning and headed to 83 today before the rain moves in. A lot of rain being forecast for the next couple of days. My old mower has a bar style atv tire on it so I spec'ed the bar tires for this one. I stay hung up enough with high traction tires. Don't need to go low traction. If you...

Don. Sorry about your Dad. Kyle get better. I can't stand up on skates. Can't dance on blades but at least I can move around.

87 today currently 68. Rain coming in from Nate this weekend. Trying to locate a bull. Sold mine in the spring and just now getting serious about finding one. Think I've located a 14 month old black Gelbvieh. If he can pass a veterinarian exam. This showed up today also. 2016 model. Could...

57 this morning and headed to 78 today. No rain in the 10 day forecast. The typical fall dry spell is allowing a lot of farmers to cruise through their crops. Most big farmers around here are shelling corn at over 200 acres a day. Some higher. Some early beans are also being cut. But corn is...

61 this morning and currently 84. Half of birds are migrated. Made 33 1/2 bales yesterday. Now to get them moved and some seeding done. Big trailer is still down. Needs new axle u bolts. Have bolts just not time to install and realign axles. Don. Where did you find the 20%? Drew. It...

65 this morning and Currently 89. Still waiting on the dew to dry. Then hopefully bale hay. Ran the MF255 out of diesel once. Have to open and bleed each injector in firing order. If I remember right that's 1-3-4-2. But when I change fuel filters I use the process described earlier. Drew...

64 this morning and currently 89. Hay is down. Was planning to Tedder part of it but after checking it this morning think I'm going to just let it lay flat. Don't want it too dry. Getting things ready to migrate chickens. Kyle. When I change fuel filters I always fill them first. Fill, let...

Drew. Your way too funny. No cab and no a/c. Do have tunes thanks to radio ear protection. And wife ain't about to bring me no lunch. She'll be headed to school to get everything ready for the week. Boys are headed to church with my mom and she'll keep them for the afternoon. Livestock farms...

65 this morning and headed to 89 today. Put new inside skid shoe on disc mower yesterday and started digging post holes for working pen expansion. Will go cut about 15 acres of hay today. That's the 15 acres I want to drill this fall. Getting towards the end of planting window. But have been...

Toppop good job on the suburban. We love our Tahoe.

92 today. 89 currently. Went and got some post for a new pen that's going in at the cow barn. Put rollbar back on kubota and plt is spread and heat is on.

I call it a dairy allergy but it's actually a protein allergy. That protein is in all animal milk. So his only options were breastmilk or a nut "milk". The soy "milk" at our local store has some dairy in it. Doctor actually said the only thing he was concerned about is getting enough fat into...

That's good news. Glad you're still mending.

Made it to 89 today. About the same tomorrow. Currently 82. 2.5 inches of rain Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning. Thunderstorms dumped it fast enough the wife had to turn around and go out the backway Tuesday. We live on a loop. Water over the county road and up to the blacktop on the state...

62 this morning and headed to 87 today. Currently 82. Can beans and turn heaters on in chicken coops. Half of birds will be here Tuesday. So litter temperature has to be a comfy 92*. Have to go pull mom's mower out at some point today. That's how she ended up helping with beans yesterday. She...

65 this morning and made it to 88 today. Went to garden this morning and picked 5 gallons of green beans off the first row about 35 feet long. Called mom to see if she wanted any beans and her and her parents came out and helped pick and break beans. 23 gallons off 6 rows. First picking. Sent...

Some dog food factory will be a little low on production this week. Actually happens quite often around poultry plants. Although it's been a few years here. That looked like a standard dump bed. Around here the trailers look more like box vans with a tarp. Probably a live floor. They've had a...

Pretty sure that's not a load tester. But this is...

60 this morning and headed to 63 today as we get more rain from Irma. So far about a half inch just been light and steady. Have to get out this morning and go locate a cow. Found her last night about dark. But lost her again in some very heavy brush. I think she has a calf in there. If so...

4 semi loads of rice hulls are in the barns. 3 are spread out. Time for lunch and to do some equipment maintenance. That dust is hard on stuff. Already clogged one mask and 2 radiators. But it ain't as bad as saw dust. That stuff will mat eyes shut every load.

Correct. But definitely worth keeping an eye open for. Maybe it'll turn.

59 this morning and headed to 71 today. Irma's rain has arrived off and on right now. Will get windy today 25-35 gust. Center should be about LBL (Land Between the Lakes) in 24 hours. Florida and Texas stay safe. Florida has a lot of cleanup to do but it wasn't as bad as forecast, so that's...

53 this morning and 76 for the high. 69 currently as what's left of Irma makes its way in. Rains about Nashville and will get in here overnight. Windy tomorrow. Should be fun as all four loads of new rice hulls should be here about 8am tomorrow. Will have to get it inside before it gets too wet...

Don. That 3610 is worth more than you think. Check TractorHouse. Or you have a ripoff for a repair shop. How many hours? If you were closer we'd need to talk. Do you have a load tester...

Get better buckeye.

53 this morning and headed to 79 today. Finish washing the outsides and go to lunch with wife. That's about all that's planned for today. Figured out the furnace problem yesterday and ordered parts. The blower for the combustion air is bad. Called repair guy I use, he said he thought it came...

Eric. It was good enough to win the competition. Had a farm that I competed against have a 1.74. But my birds were a half a pound heavier so that offset the extra feed. My barns run northeast to southwest. Windows will be all around barns. Don't have the exact numbers yet but thinking a window...

57 currently. 71 for the high. Chicken litter is gone. 21 loads. Not sure of tonnage yet. Birds weighted good and performed well. 567,000 pounds of chickens only managed to eat 998,000 pounds of feed. Mainly corn, some wheat and soybeans mixed in. Company came to me wanting to install...

55 this morning and headed to 76 today. 3.5 inches of rain yesterday from Harvey. Have some garden work to do. But not much else planned. Waiting on guys to haul chicken litter out. It's all piled. Just need the ground to dry. We were needing the rain. I do need to work ok driveway.

We've started to get rain from Harvey. Forecast is for 6 inches over next 2 days. Most falling overnight. 71 this morning and headed to 81 today. Will be spending the day washing chicken coops. All birds are gone and we are cleaning the manure out of the barns. Estimates are for 500 tons. All...

82 today. 65 this morning. Rain supposed to be here Monday. Dad has hay down. Hopefully we'll be able to bale Sunday. Dad showed up at lunch holding a lift arm off his tractor. He had bent a shoe on the disc mower and was driving back to truck to straighten it when he crossed a set of ruts and...

69 this morning and headed to 88 today. Some thunderstorms moving through this morning. Weren't in the forecast last night. After the rain need to get some bags of concrete to put around post in the new working pen I'm building. Then back to digging holes and setting post. Using old telephone...

65 this morning and currently 85. Humidity a lot lower today than the last few. Half inch of rain last night. We needed it. Running errands today. Then back to work on a fencing project so I can move cows.

71 this morning and made it to 90. Heat index got to 105 right before the storms started. Couple of quick showers more tomorrow. Changed out a fan motor today in chicken coops and then started wiring in some lights and receptacles in barn. Put a disconnect on each side, as this area needs to...

Drew. Ask your doctor about these. When I started my allergy shots my doctor recommended these. I got 4 doses for free. It also comes with a reusable trainer. It gives verbal instructions and also counts out your 5 seconds for you so you receive the correct dosage. The trainer allows you to...

71 this morning and headed to 82 today. Currently 79 with some rain headed in. Sitting here at doctors office waiting my 20 minutes after my allergy shots. Then go back and pickup oldest from phase in day at preschool and take him to daycare. Then I get to go to work. Drew. Look forward to...

61 this morning and headed to 85 today. Already 80. Tilled the garden up this spring, planted corn, and it set in raining and was 3 weeks before I could work it again. Not wanting to go get the tiller again. It's my grandfathers and it's 40 minutes one way for 15 minutes of use. I just set my...

Looks like you've figured out a lot. Good job. Just a couple things I think are worth mentioning. One thing I see is that as those insulators sit in the sun they'll start to break. Will probably take a couple of years. To avoid this problem I use the round porcelain insulators tied onto post...

65 this morning and headed to 87 today. Chance of rain this afternoon. Have to run to town for gas for the mowers. Helper will be mowing today. I'll be trying to finish spraying pastures. Weeds in hayfields are already wilting nicely.

64 this morning and headed to 87 today. Cleaning out cabinets for the exterminator. Then maybe some spraying later. Most of hay fields are done. Now 30 acres of pasture.

Bought this this spring. I'm thinking something along this line would work well for you. ProTank Pasture Blaster. 300 gallon tank, 8 roller pump, 34 foot boomless setup or 35 foot booms, with hand wand. It's a manual on/off so no cab can be used but for $200-300 I could make it electric boom...

60 this morning and headed to 85 today. Did I miss a month somewhere? Or is it still August? Forecast looks like one for late September. Nothing hotter than 87 in 10 day, but no complaints from me.

75 for today's high. But with 83% humidity it was miserable outside. Took oldest son into ENT doctor for a checkup. He said that everything looked good and that our concerns were common ones here of late. He expressed some distrust in any and all local "quick care" type facilities. Evidently...

Wng that much sugar here would raise suspicions. You'd get accused of making shine not feeding birds.

68 this morning and headed to 86 today. PM thunderstorms likely. Finish mowing Johnson Grass and start spraying today. David good news.

70 this morning and currently 85. Rain chances next few days. Installed a culvert going into field yesterday. Had just been driving across ditch for last 8 years. But it was to the point my truck wouldn't cross, 2wd drive tractors had trouble get front axles out and ranger drug frame through...

75 this morning and headed to 83 today. Thunderstorms off and on all day. Have a couple of repairs in the chicken coops. But mainly watch it rain. Randy. Sorry for your loss.

74 this morning and headed to 94 today. Got cattle worked yesterday and no injuries to man or beast so successful day. 2 open cows, which I suspected both. One acted like she was in heat last week and the other wasn't exposed to the bull for very long after calving this spring. She was set to...

The oldest is still doing good. He has the want to to talk just not the ability we think. He's dropped some bombs on us. Looked at speech therapist and said dinosaur as she was holding a toy one he wanted. Told me "eat Doritos". Well guess what I did. Found the boy some Doritos. His babbling...

74 this morning and headed to 90 today. Off to town to get supplies and then back to catch cattle. Then maybe some bush hogging. Wife complained about snoring last night. Then I reminded her that I mowed yesterday. Guess it'll be a least a week before she gets any sleep. I really didn't sleep...

88 today. Much better than the end of last week. Humidity still high but rain showers are around. Moved a bush hog for dad today. Had to load without a tractor. But was in a shed so we had overhead to lift with. Chain hoist and comalongs. Took an hour to put on trailer. Then back home and...

Rs good to hear your mending well at this time. Don. What model Gleaner was that? F? For their time they were great machines.

Yesterday made it to 97 with a heat index of 112. Today is supposed to be a little hotter. And it's well on its way. But a 10 degree cool off tomorrow when rain chances come back into forecast. Currently 90 and 104. It's a take care of chickens and check cows kind of day today. Maybe see about...

76 this morning and headed to 97 today. Currently 83. Heat index above 105 and heat advisory out. Have to migrate chickens and move cows. Wife is wanting me to work on the bathroom closet and install the organizer. So that sounds like a cool enough job for today. Also need to set up...

73 this morning and headed to 96 today. Currently 87 with a dew point of 81. And you can feel it. House a/c already running. Won't shut off today. Today is mowing day as I've scheduled a heat closure for tomorrow. All I'll do is take care of birds and check cows tomorrow, no helper. But today...

One day I may need too. Never rule out options. But don't plan on it. Although one day I'd like to build my own kiln using fans and a window unit a/c. But not this building. I'd probably spring for spray foam when that time comes. Yes Drew. I know too much about fans and ventilation. But...

Kyle. Happy birthday. Allergy shots went well. Small amount of swelling at one of the three injection sites but they measured it and sent me on my way. My eppi pen should be here Friday. Will have to carry it on shot days.

Drew, RS, and TP. Thanks. Building is 16x24 will be insulated R-30 ceiling and R-19 walls. But uninsulated concrete floor. Unit I'm looking at is a portable 14,000 btu.

72 this morning and headed to 90 today. Heat index back above 100 again today. Did get a small shower yesterday afternoon with a 10% chance of rain today is 20%. Lots of second cut hay down around. Helper is supposed to be here today, so am going to try to get upstairs door built and hung on...

Drew. I'm about 15 miles north of the green line on that map. Areas around Hoptown (Hopkinsville) and Russellville. Are advertising that it's going to bring in visitors by the hundred thousands. Current estimates are 300k people to areas that have more livestock than humans. Citizens are already...

Welcome back Ed.

68 this morning and headed to 91 today. Heat indexes back above 100. Headed to the allergist this morning then back before it gets too hot I hope. 70 mile round trip for me. But she's supposed to send the rest of the shots to my family doctor who I seen yesterday. That's a 20 mile round trip...

68 this morning and headed to 90 today. Helper called in sick. So I'm on my own today. If the water level around the pipes in the hole continues to drop today I'm going to fill it back in so I don't have to worry about trucks getting in. It's right beside the driveway and I had to pile some...

Currently 73. High today was 88. Much cooler than last week and this coming week. Mid 90's and heat indexes above 100. We had a great vacation but since we've been back I've been logging triple digit weekly hours finally took a day off, for the most part, Friday and Saturday. Placed birds...

The only thing we have planned so far is: my wife has specified that we have to find a Lamberts. We'll have to see what we find once out there. We don't like highly scheduled vacations. Actually not staying in Branson. We'll be in Hollister think the resort is on Table Rock Lake but not sure...

65 this morning and headed to 81 today. The remnants of TS Cindy dropped 3.8 inches of rain on us. Several flood warnings are out on area rivers. Birds are gone. Will spend this weekend decrusting so we can head towards Branson, MO on Monday. It's been 15 years since I've been out there and my...

73 this morning and headed to 92 today. Thunderstorms possible tomorrow although they keep dropping the chances. Was 90 now 60. Not a good weather pattern we're in, not desperate for rain yet but sure could use an inch. Have a load of scrap metal to haul off. Also need to move hay. While...

75 this morning and currently 88. Heat index 96. The guy that farms my neighbors land was cutting wheat this morning when I came back from the stockyards. Hauled the last of my big calves today. Need to go move some hay to field edges so we can haul it out even if it rains.

75 this morning and headed to 90 today. Last day with no rain chances till next Sunday. Need to get a garden in but don't know when I'll get it done. Been busy or wet. All hay that is down is raked into windrows. Now up to dad to roll it up before it gets wet. He's still not convinced that...

57 this morning and headed to 83 today. Finish bailing hay on my place today and move to dad's hay hopefully Monday. Having trouble starting rolls but dad doesn't want to maintenance baler belts. I think they've stretched and need to be resized. But yet again I'm the kid and know nothing...

75 here today for a high. Next chance of rain is in a week. Hay is drying have about 15 acres ready to bale and another 25-30 on the ground. 30 more to cut. 2 weeks left on chickens. Hauled heifers Monday probably haul steers next Monday. Then all calves will be gone and we can wait on this...

68 this morning and headed to 85 today. Storms possible this morning. Could use some rain to help with my ground prep for the sorghum. Disc not cutting well. Drew. Good luck with test. Grandfather had a heart rate about as low as you. They gave him a pacemaker. He felt better.

68 this morning and headed to 88 today. Audit is over and went well. Good for another 14 months. Got started discing down the winter pasture and feeding areas so I could plant sorghum Sudan grass. Will take most of today to finish. Kyle sorry to hear about your dog.

73 this morning and headed to 86 today. Migrate 2 barns of chicken this morning and finish some old and end clean up. Then to town to order some sorghum Sudan grass seed. Looks like I may need extra summer pasture.

67 today. Rain off and on all day. Spent day cleaning control rooms to get ready for audit next week. Drew. Sounds delicious. Too bad they missed out.

Might look at some of these. I've been wanting to do the dinner train in Bardstown, but it's never worked out. Ride the Rails: 5 Scenic Kentucky Train Rides, Kentucky - Kentucky Tourism CWB welcome. Never been to Wyoming but it's on my list. One day.

67 this morning and headed to 85 today. Need to grade driveway and parking lots. Then work on some things in chicken coops. Audit next week. Recertification for GAP level 2. Might be the last one (kind of hope it is) as we've taken some pretty big cuts to the program over the last couple of...

60 this morning and headed to 85 today. Barns are full of new birds. Calves are balling as I weaned them this weekend. Picked up a new sprayer and got started spraying pasture. Should have been done a month ago but sprayer took 3 weeks to get. 20 acre loads are much nicer than the 3 acre loads...

66 this morning and headed to 74 today before the rain gets here. Spread 30 acres of fertilizer yesterday evening. Now go back and get the last 20 acres and spread it before the rain this afternoon.

Well sun finally made it out. Up to about 60 here. Warmer tomorrow. Need to be thinking about fertilizer. Rain starts back Saturday. Drew. Serviced kubota yesterday. MX5200 so service cost should compare to your tractor as they're roughly the same size. 440 hours on tractor. Last service was...

33 this morning and headed to 46 today. Snow on the way. Won't stick around though. Off to load cattle. Happy birthday Drew. Everyone up north stay warm.

35 this morning and headed to 47 today. Currently only about 40. Getting ready to sort cattle for tomorrow's sale. Bull and a couple old cows leaving.

38 this morning and headed to 47 today. They've backed off the snow accumulation forecast for tomorrow. Was 3-5" now less than 1". Oh well wife probably won't see that snow day she wanted. Think I'll head back to the sawmill today. Hopefully the fuel truck makes it today.

Made it up to 73 today. Snow storm for Saturday. Wonderful Kentucky weather. Spent yesterday working on truck instead of sawmilling. Battery and alternator went out. Had to order alternator. They have 4 different alternators that fit my truck. Local napa only stocks 2 and my luck wouldn't...

One thing about the 40 is it will only saw about a 38" log. The guides hit. It saws good but get at least one bed extension. Otherwise it's hard to saw 16' stuff. Doable but hard.

I don't but he has this one. EZ Boardwalk Model 40 - EZ Boardwalk Portable Band Saw Mills I can't talk my wife into one so I guess I'll use his when I need a mill.

28 this morning and headed to 67 today. Need to move some diesel fuel around and order some fresh. Then looks like I may be off to friends to help him saw. He's got a stack of logs from his new chicken house build. Made the clearing crews layout anything saw logs size. Will see his progress on...

58 this morning and headed to 60 today. Thunderstorms currently may last a couple hours. Take wife to work. Then get parts for truck. Seems alternator went out. Then will get to migrate chickens. Another out break of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza has hit southern Tennessee. Looks to be in...

Kyle. Nice picture of your son and fish. Good job giving him the opportunity to catch it. PJ. We found Lowe's contractors to be the high priced guys. Last estimate we got was 1/3 material and 2/3 labor. Ordered off their measurements but layed part of it ourselves and then hired another guy to...

52 this morning and headed to 65 today with off and on showers. Need to get things ready to migrate birds.

Yeah. She's been on me about a house for a year or so. But this time it wasn't: when are you going to build? It was: let's fine some land so we can choose a building spot and start designing a house to fit. I think she finally realizes that those TV shows that show a house built in an hour...

Yeah. It had better have had 42-43,000 worth of timber on it. :). What I buy will have to cash flow. $700 calves and $3.75 corn means I can't pay war prices. It doesn't bother me to pay fair values though.

Depends on what you buy and where. Land can be had here for $1,000-3,000/acre. In large tracks. Think farm size. Land in town $50,000-100,000+ per acre.

37 this morning and headed to 67 today. Rain back in forecast for tomorrow and Tuesday morning. Noticed last night that the frogs are out. Could here the Cadiz from the swamp on the neighbors. That should also mean the snakes are out also. Have to be more careful walking around the woods...

29 this morning and headed to 63 today. Need to run into town with oldest son for hair cuts. Then back to chicken coops. Then maybe change oil in the tractor and ranger. We'll see. Don. Some of those hips have had recalls placed on them. I think mom's first hip was. She's had them both done.

54 this morning and headed to 70 today. With thunderstorms around. Could be severe. All birds are in. They showed up early this morning. Have some equipment cleanup to do today. Then mail taxes as today is the deadline. :). Need to go get some parts for chicken coops. Don. A diffuser and...