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We had a very busy weekend. A lot of hard work and a lot of fun. Right now my husband only has the weekends to work on the chicken coop and unfortunately yesterday his saw broke. Uuugh! LOL....how frustrating. Honestly, the coop is more for us because the chickens seem fine where they are at (in my garage). I know eventually we need to get them in their coop where they will have a lot of room to play (10 1/2 X 15 1/2), but for now they are fine in the garage. We let them out daily to play and get used to being outside where they will be spending most of their day anyways. This coop we are building is their "winter" home to keep them out of the cold, but once spring comes they will be in a tractor for nesting and out on the pasture for fun.   We had some unexpected visitors yesterday, which was such a warm welcome with all the work we had. They helped us with the chicken coop and to dig the ditch. We are digging a ditch from the garage to the barn for electricity. This will add electricity to the big barn, the goat barn, and the chicken coop. Their children also helped our children break in their new swing set.  Xander actually started playing on it the night before. Poor thing couldn't wait. He wouldn't even run inside to get a jacket and it was freezing. He wanted to take a couple of quick pictures (he says for my memories, we all know he just wanted to play  ), then we ran inside. You'll notice he is wearing women's mud boots. They're mine and he won't take them off. He will even go to the store wearing them. LOL I wonder what people must think of me.  Well here are some more picutures of our weekend. Like I stated above, it was a busy weekend full of hard work and loads of fun: I feel so Blessed that our Lord has given us this opportunity. We had such an amazing time working and playing this weekend. These will be memories my family will cherish for ever. To think, this is just the beginning. There will be so many more days like this! Praise the Lord for His abundance in Grace and Mercy because I know I do not deserve this. |
Posted in Chickens
Today I have spent most of the morning/afternoon reading and studying chickens. We were advised and planned to concentrate on some good laying chickens for now and then gradually bring in meat chickens. Now after all my reading, I'm starting to wonder if we should change our plans. Should we just get chickens that would serve both purposes? Some books state you should concentrate on a good laying breed for eggs and a good meat breed for meat. Then other books state if you will have a small family farm, it would be best to get chickens that are both good layers and meat producers. Very Confusing for this city girl! |