Recently added another 20 chickens to the coop, I got year old cage free birds this time, having seen how a commercial operation for cage free eggs runs I would never call them free range. I consider it's almost a rescue operation to rehouse them in my Chicken Hilton.
The sheep now number around 30 with 12 or so ready for the freezer or selling, some of the ewes will be culled this year as they are around 8 years old and will be replaced with last years ewe lambs and we will get a new ram.
Yesterday we added 2 calves, yet to be named they have cried all night for their mothers, they will settle soon though. We have a cow each deal with a friend who has property down south, we run them for a year here and when they get too heavy for our property we move them to his and get 2 more calves. That way we both get a freezer full of meat a year.
Regrassing around the new paving will have to wait until after Summer, in the meantime we have erected a roof over some of the paving so the BBQ is under shelter.
And then there are the windows and all that paint stripping and painting...this plan has been completely thwarted by the weather which has thrown constant rain at us which only stops long enough for the wind to blow!!
Back to work next Monday.
The sheep now number around 30 with 12 or so ready for the freezer or selling, some of the ewes will be culled this year as they are around 8 years old and will be replaced with last years ewe lambs and we will get a new ram.
Yesterday we added 2 calves, yet to be named they have cried all night for their mothers, they will settle soon though. We have a cow each deal with a friend who has property down south, we run them for a year here and when they get too heavy for our property we move them to his and get 2 more calves. That way we both get a freezer full of meat a year.
Regrassing around the new paving will have to wait until after Summer, in the meantime we have erected a roof over some of the paving so the BBQ is under shelter.
And then there are the windows and all that paint stripping and painting...this plan has been completely thwarted by the weather which has thrown constant rain at us which only stops long enough for the wind to blow!!
Back to work next Monday.
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