January 07, 2007
Happy New Year. We are starting the year with a new look web site and this blog software. I'm going to try to post something every day Hopefully we can keep it interesting enough for you to check in once in a while.
Tomorrow is the chicken wrangle. The last batch of roasters is ready to go in for dressing/processing. They are 7 1/2 weeks old and look like fluffy white bowling balls with chicken feet and chicken heads. They run around all day flapping their wings and crashing into each other like little chicken sumo wrestlers. We had a lot of trouble with predators with this batch. I think the time of year lack of other food or something like that.... who knows. Every night when I go down to check on them there are owls and hawks and fox standing in line with little plastic trays. The electric fence was only good at keeping the dog away. Rufus got bit by the fence again and is now afraid of chickens. The dog needs to go visit Dr. Phil.
Based on the looks of about half of our ewes we'll be lambing pretty soon. I think that maybe five of the girls are carrying precious little bundles of lamb chops. I have to go to Farm and Fleet for fence panels. I'm putting together a couple of little areas where the girls can have a safe and relatively warm spot to take care of their new borns. I've never done this alone and I'm a little nervous but we'll see what happens.
