Spring 2008 Update From Judy and Andy Georgiades

When we purchased the panels, it was our intention to make some permanent pens in our 36 X 48 partially open barn (we are in hot Florida, remember?) Well, we have never fastened them to the walls, and find that we move them about depending on the rain direction or who needs to be with or without whom.

 Yesterday was shearing day…and it was raining lightly. We set up a girl’s pen and a boy’s pen. To keep the girls from leaving the dry barn and standing outside in the drizzle, we closed them in from the outdoor access with the panel gate. (Their presence in the barn kept the boys inside so that was not an issue)

 This was good for a few hours, but eventually, there was a small “mess” in the girl’s pen…..and then a larger mess. Some of our observers who had never been around these charming creatures before were nearly gleeful….”Oh look, they are all going”…I could hear from the shearing pen. Well, we had cleaned these girls…shaken out their fleece for weeks….. kept them dry all morning…and now we faced the threat of……a bean contamination!  

 Well sir, we just picked up that pen in the blink of an eye and moved it off that wet, messy floor to a fresh, clean, dry location, keeping those ladies clean. When it happened again, we did the same thing…new location….clean girls! How handy was that? We loved having the flexible means to deal with this instantly and easily!

Thanks, Jay.

 P.S. I only wish I had ordered more panels the first time. They ease my work and give me an “in the moment” flexibility that is so handy as we have added girls and boys!

 

Judy and Andy Georgiades
4800 County Highway 1084
DeFuniak Springs, FL  32433
Ph: 850-859-1007
georgiades@embarqmail.com