The Heat Is On

I guess this could be a post continued about the big changes.  Or not.  The fact is, time and money are short and the heat is long.  One thing about homesteading is that you MUST keep it moving along to suit your own family's needs.  There is no set answer.  First you pray, then you plan, then you pray more.

I have no need for 12 good production hens, 6 meat hens....and a handful of roosters.  So I sold them.  They are making a family on 5+ acres very happy.

I have a pen of bantams.....and they are happy.  We get the eggs we need for us, and that makes the budget happy, I have a little group of hobby chickens that makes me happy, and I fix Bob eggs on the weekends that makes him happy.  WIN-WIN over and over again!

There are some odd chicks in the bantam pen....but that's for another day.

All Done!!

I am very pleased to announce that we have come to the conclusion of our 2013 kidding season!

What a ride!

Moon Pie waited for a special morning.....coldest recorded temperatures for the month of May in history. 

I knew it would be today.....just as soon as I heard the forecast.  She didn't disappoint me.

I moved her to the day spa early this morning while doing morning barn chores.  Once I was done I came into the house for breakfast.  Just as I sat down to eat...she started pushing.  By the time I got things together and ran outside she was delivering a bubble.  A couple more pushes and ....

at 10:35 am weighing 8# 6 oz she delivered a bouncing baby boy...

and then at 10:46am weighing 8# 9 oz the little doeling made her appearance...

These are Pete's kids, and I am thoroughly pleased with how they look!  Pie is a fantastic producer, and she produces a high fat milk.

She gave 2 full quarts of colostrum this morning as her first milking.  Since we are on milk test for the first time this year, I'm anxious to see if she earns her star.  I'm certain she will.

Here are some more baby pictures for your admiration. 

Now that the puppies are born, the incubators are off, and kidding is over....I can get a garden planted!!



National Day of Prayer

And he said unto them, Whe ye pray, say,

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.  Thy kingdom come.  Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Give us day by day our daily bread.

And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us.  And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.

Luke 11: 2-4