Boer Herd

The beginning of the R-N-R purebred Boer goat herd.
Left to Right:
Jet (Our registered but very young buck) - Traditional color.
Frenchie - Brown
498 / Blaze - Traditional
296  / Star - Traditional
497 / Brownie - Brown
PJ06 / Zelma  - Paint
Patch - Traditional

Starting the Barn or Cabarn (Cabin/Barn)

The day before Thanksgiving we were at the farm cleaning and buttoning things up for the winter.  Before we left we laid out for the barn, just in case the weather held out.

I guess we got bored during Thanksgiving. The Saturday following we got up early and hustled back to the farm to get started.

We worked untill after dark to get the first four (12 foot) posts set.

The next weekend we did not work due to bad weather.  I made a few trips during the two weeks and got the next eight holes dug.  I also changed my strategy and poured the concrete in the holes prior to setting the posts.  They were just too heavy to work with, as shown above.  On one of my hole digging trips I took some nice snow pics, I will post some of those soon.

Saturday Dec. 10th we returned to set 8 more (16 foot) posts.

It takes a lot of tamping when trying to backfill and compact 8 four foot deep holes.

I came back on Monday (12/12/11) to finish backfilling and compacting around the post, plum and line and brace everything off for the winter.