Thursday, July 30, 2015

I hate 2 cycle engines

So the little red homelite chainsaw that was supposed to be fairly new and ready to go just died on me.  I have cleaned the carburetor, checked the spark plug, checked compression (thumb over the spark plug hole worth of checking) and even checked the magneto for rust.  It won't even offer a pop on starter fluid.  I am at my wits end.  I have moved on to the green poulan, dubbed the green monster.  I hope I can get this one operating because I really need a chainsaw to start my fence line.  I did find a carburetor rebuild kit for the weed-eater, but I had to go to ebay for it, but it only cost 4 bucks.

Picture show and tell time:

Varg is growing and still looking cute:
 Size comparison for Squire, Varg, and my big baby Bone. Oh and Khain hiding in the background.
 My hatched chicks have begun exploring outside their house.  I really needed to let the out a little earlier with as bad as the heat has been.  There just wasn't enough breeze going through their house.  I believe I have 4 hens and 2 roosters.
 Also the hen I had lost several weeks ago is confirmed dead.  I found a trail of feathers when I went to move the goat pen yesterday.
 She had an egg ready for me too, which really sucks as the rest of the hens have shut down in this heat.
 All the was left was her feathers and her keel bone (breast bone).  Thankfully I haven't had anymore losses.  But something is killing the semi-wild rabbits.  They just get really lethargic and die.  I think there is some sort of parasite wiping them out.
 The goats in their portable pen helping clear were me and Dad had cute down some trees last year.  I hope to have a chainsaw running soon to get the wood chopped up and ready for winter.  You can see just beyond them how much they clear in a day or two.

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