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I have lost count of the number of times that my husband has asked the whereabouts of something and my reply has been "Its in the barn". The problem is that inevitably it is a one way trip. For items such as digital thermometers it is understandable... husbands are surprisingly squeamish about using a thermometer that has been used on a horse. "I washed it really well!!???".
The list of what migrates to the barn is as varied as it is long though for the most part they are items from the kitchen or bathroom.
Besides the thermometer, other items from the bathroom end up in the barn: bandages, gauze, antiseptic, antibiotic ointment, pill cutters and grinders. The barn medical kit is better equipped than that in the house. There was one time when day old chicks got into the water trough and I shoved them down my shirt and pants to keep them warm while one by one I dried them off with the hair dryer. Of course it never returned to the house. So I have the occasional bad hair day. It was worth it to save the chicks.
From the kitchen came measuring spoons, mixer, microwave, measuring cups, coffee grinder, mortar and pestle, and spoons.
An old sweatshirt got peeled off my back and cut into a baby jacket when a lamb was going hypothermic. Socks are used as leg wraps and I even tried to fashion a pair of my underwear into an udder support for a ewe.
OK what is the strangest thing that has migrated from the house to your barn?
Later,
Laurie
Hawk Hill Farm
www.hawkhillfarm.ca
The list of what migrates to the barn is as varied as it is long though for the most part they are items from the kitchen or bathroom.
Besides the thermometer, other items from the bathroom end up in the barn: bandages, gauze, antiseptic, antibiotic ointment, pill cutters and grinders. The barn medical kit is better equipped than that in the house. There was one time when day old chicks got into the water trough and I shoved them down my shirt and pants to keep them warm while one by one I dried them off with the hair dryer. Of course it never returned to the house. So I have the occasional bad hair day. It was worth it to save the chicks.
From the kitchen came measuring spoons, mixer, microwave, measuring cups, coffee grinder, mortar and pestle, and spoons.
An old sweatshirt got peeled off my back and cut into a baby jacket when a lamb was going hypothermic. Socks are used as leg wraps and I even tried to fashion a pair of my underwear into an udder support for a ewe.
OK what is the strangest thing that has migrated from the house to your barn?
Later,
Laurie
Hawk Hill Farm
www.hawkhillfarm.ca
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Comment by Sarah Siler on June 27, 2010 at 5:13pm -
Auto drip coffee maker, when hot water, or mix cold with the hot to make warm water in a hurry, to clean cuts, scraps, etc.
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Comment by Hawk Hill on June 25, 2010 at 11:10am -
Actually my " Furminator" dog brush is now in my grooming kit. It is amazing for shedding out a winter coat.
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Comment by Jackie Cochran on June 25, 2010 at 8:57am -
A dog's slicker "brush", great for cleaning a dog's coat, even better for dealing with rain scald (fungus) in a horse's coat (be careful, some horses are really ticklish.)
I use bias tape to make bit keepers for my D-ring Dr. Bristol bits.
I usually carry a measuring tape around as I never know when I will have to check something's size.
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