Our new farm has been progressing rapidly over the past seven months. We have both barns complete, squeeze chute in place, and my husband and I (and our son) built both the working pen for the cattle as well as paddocks for the horse, pony, donkey, goat, and sheep. We have already sweated, bled, and cried on our new land (sometimes all at once when a hammer went astray). We have bruises, bumps, scratches, bug bites, and probably a few more grey hairs after this past two years. The animals will never know how much thought went into their comfort (and ours) while we created our own farm from scratch. Many things might be a little funny to others, but it works for us. Our chickens and rabbits were not forgotten in this chaos. The chicken house, with the help of a dear friend, is complete. John and I painted it for fun. The same with the rabbit shed. All that is left to do is move in. We have had cattle at the new property for eight months, but the rest of the herd will be moved on Friday, July 27th.
Move in day for everyone else will be Saturday morning, July 28th, 2018. The first trip will begin with cats and John's fish in the truck, the horse, pony, donkey and goat in the trailer.
The second trip will be the dog in the truck, the sheep in the trailer, and the chickens in a dog crate in the tack room.
Both trips will have the respective water troughs in the bed of the truck.
**Update** July 28th, 2018
It went very well. The animals all made it to the new place and settled in immediately. The fish tank was even set up Friday so John's little Betta just slipped right in from his mason jar. The cats were restricted to one room until we set up the beds and furniture we needed. By Saturday night, they were out exploring and we were all ready to sleep, eat, and shower in the new place.
So, how do you move a mostly blind, old mare? We put her in the same stall in the same relative location in the new barn. I had her in mind when we created that stall and she did great!
We still need to add a sheep shed and a tack room, but everything else is perfect.
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