It's been a busy spring, mostly because it's been compacted into a shorter time period by the weather. It's hard to do stuff around the farm when it's 10* F and there's 4' of snow on the ground. There still is a bit of snow in places but it's mostly gone now and I have been working like a madman.
The new fencing for the chicken yards is almost all up. SO excited about it. It looks so nice, and best of all is mobile so we can move it around to give them access to fresh grass when they've trampled their current supply. My hands took a beating getting it up though, I'm going to have a few new scars from this. I actually cut every single finger on my left hand while putting the fence panels together. Quite impressive.
The chickies are doing wonderfully. They are just loving being outside all day long. The boys have even been getting along (so far). And we have eggs GALORE! They laid 27 eggs yesterday, incredible! Tim has been selling them at his new job, which is fabulous. Dad has been taking them to work and selling them as well, and mom brings them to coffee with her friends and unloads a bunch.
I checked egg prices at Rainbow and it was $3. for a dozen organic brown eggs, what a rip off! First off the organic label is a total load. It doesn't mean the feed is a better quality, the USDA inspects all animal feed. And it certainly doesn't mean the hens are treated any better. They're still crammed into tiny spaces or crates, that's just how they raise layers in this country.
My girls eggs are just better because they are FRESH and they have access to the great outdoors and grass. No guilt with these eggs, the girls get tucked in at night and snuggled during the day. Ahh, I love my feathered ladies .
On the other hand the little horses are a filthy mess. Spring is always muddy and actually it's been an okay year mudwise. Other years have been much worse. All the same, any mud at all and they will find it and roll in it daily, it's a horse thing. My obsessive need to clean just has to be put on hold until it dries up, it's pointless to brush them right now.
We did get their hooves done by a pro. Nice guy, lives right down the road. He did an excellent job and the horses even behaved themselves.
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