Never Enough Time!

Well it seems to have been awhile since my last post....yet again! Between work and the farm my free time seems to be spent sleeping! I am pleased to announce that I have off from work until Monday, so that will not only give me a rest, but it will also give me a chance to catch up on work around the farm and keeping you updated (as well as work on my new year's resolution list)

Lets see, what has happened around the farm, the chicks are growing up and doing well, still have all 10. The rest of the chickens are all doing well and we are still heavy on the roosters. We are working slowly to lower their numbers, but there are only so many roosters that people will buy. We lost 1 chicken to internal egg laying a few weeks ago, and the same day we lost her sister to a predator, we are thinking that it was a weasel. We have not had any other problems, but have heard reports from the hunters of coyotes and foxes, so we need to keep our guard up for all the animals.

The goats are doing well, we are looking to start doing planning for breeding for the spring and fall. I am looking to sell or trade either Buster or Dexter in order to get some new blood into our heard so we will be able to sell breeding pairs this year.

I look forward to revealing our plans for 2010 but not quite yet, we need to finish our list!

As for my 5 day weekend I need to:

-remove the fence around the chicks so they can explore and mingle with the others

-close up the goats rain/snow hut, make it more like a building

-move the hay feeder to the garden so the grass can try and grow back!

-attach an overhand to the coops so the chickens have someplace to go in bad weather

-insulate the water bins to try and avoid freezing solid

-get hay from Beth's house!

I am hoping that if i post this list for the world to see it will help keep me motivated to get it done!