Feed Feed and More Feed

We feed our chickens an awesome

non-GMO soy free layer feed.

It comes from Ohio.

The only problem is,

it gets shipped to north Florida.

And there it sits.

We can sometimes get a semi to

deliver it to the farm next door,

but it's EXPENSIVE to do it that way.

So this time, we decided to go 

get it ourselves.

(The last time we did that,

we had a flat tire...)

It was a HOT MESS!

07-07-14

Kyle sold that trailer to our neighbors.

But when he went over to get it,

it had some issues.

And it's only rated for 6000#

and we were getting nearly 7000#.

So....

We borrowed his boss's giant flat bed trailer

that he uses to haul his tractor around on.

It's rated for 10,000#.

More than enough.

It was a beautiful day.

We loaded up and headed north.

Everything went well.

Until the GPS took us on the

"scenic route".

We turned down this single lane

dirt road (actually NOT dirt,

Florida Sugar Sand - which is 

exactly what it sounds like!)

It twisted and turned and wandered

through an interesting,

off the beaten path,

I think the drug dealers live here

sort of area.

Beautiful.

But we did NOT want to have to stop.

We eventually got onto the CORRECT road.

(Thank you Google Maps!)

Still skinny

Still dirt

But MUCH nicer!

A very helpful gentleman dropped what he was doing

and loaded us right up.

Which was good, because behind me is a

HUGE black cloud.

This is just 2 of the three pallets.

But with the storm looming, I had

to put my phone down and help Kyle tarp.

We made it safely out of the farm

and to the local KFC for some late lunch

while the storm passed over us.

And then on towards home.

Via the Scenic Route.

Again.

LOL

(This time we couldn't get to the exit

on the other side of the highway in time,

so ended up going about 10 miles out of

our way, but it's ok...)

Our detour put us BEHIND the storms

so our drive home was nice and

uneventful.

But we got home with just enough time

to unload our 1000# and run the rest

next door and park the trailer in the barn.

By then the sun was down and the

mosquitoes were out in force.

Guess we will be unloading all that feed

in the morning...

Just another fun day at the farm!