My Private Farm off the Farm

• Sunday, May 11, 2008 - No Roos for You!

The day has come that my son has truely given me what I want for Mother's day...haha! I have requested for some time to get rid of the roosters....one noisy bird in particular: MysteryChick (who is not a chick at all). When we ordered a box of rare breeds a year ago, McMurray hatchery included "one free mystery chick"...which at the time was loads of fun to try and figure out...but in my heart I knew they chicken guru at the hatchery wasn't about to hand out little hens... and low and behold: Mystery Chick. Everyone says he is handsome...and truth be told, all of our Roos are very well mannered..that is why they have survived this long. But long last the bantam hens are brooding! So in exchange for letting the hens brood on their eggs... my son has finally surrendered mystery chick to auction. So this Tuesday MysteryChick and a few of his friends are getting an all expense paid trip to the farmers market auction! Yipppeee. I say that but everytime I send something to auction I feel horrible about it...for like a day... then I am cool with it, lol! My sheep was lame. I am not sure why. I inspected her hoof and albeit a little long, I could find no reason for the limping. I cleaned it up and cut it down some..so we will see how she goes. She is a Cotswold...the last one I have and I am going to unload her too... although I say stuff like this...it may just be the spring cleaning mood I am in... we shall see. I just really want to reorganize the farm. We have puttered around with different animals and breeds and now I just feel like I know more about what I want and where I want this farm to go...and where I want this to go is less of a hobby farm and more of a Earn-Your-Keep-Farm... example:...if you are a hen and are not laying-get out. If you are sheep you better be dairy.... Gingersnap the horse can stay.. but her babies are worth something...haha, yeah like I would ever sell one of her foals! Okay so anyone want a friendly Cotswold sheep? How about some very friendly roosters...they are all purebreds and very handsome!? No? Didn't think so.

• Sunday, May 11, 2008 - HAHAHA!!

Posted by Barefootcountrygirl

Oh my gawd I think I am in love with you!! You are SOOOO me!! LOL!!! I loved this, and am totally with you on the Earn Your Keep Farm! It's where I'm at! Even down to the dern dogs! If the dogs don't have a job, they're GONE! The poodle is LUCKY because I use him as a grooming advertisement for my dog grooming services. Otherwise, that numbskull would be GONE! LOL!! Thanks for the giggles!

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