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February 15, 2005
Countdown for kids starts 2/22
Kidwatch starts in earnest on February 22. If we get any bad storms after that date, you can be sure we will have babies :D I doubt we will get as lucky as we did last year when everyone decided to kid pretty much on a weekend day.
This past weekend we cleaned the barn out to get the birthing stalls set up. Cleaning was the hardest part, setting up the pens will be easy. We have a bunch of rough cut lumber in the barn that we had to sort through and store somewhere else. We also had to move what hay we store inside to another corner, pull up the pallets the bales had rested on and sweep up the chaf. This went onto the garden and will get tilled in later.
Spring is definitely in the air. Now that the snow has receded some, I can see that the daffodils by the front door are an inch out of the ground. Cardinals are setting up their territories for breeding season and serenade us day and night. The turkey hens are squatting for Murphy. And the ducks are doing their dances and the males are fighting to decide their ranks. Someone turned the Egg Button to ON in the chickens and I am collecting many more a day. Still not up to production levels but I have enough to sell again.
Luke the turkey has decided to be a tough guy to everyone but me. He has jumped up and spurred Gary 2-3 times now and on Saturday did this to a visotor. This is not a good sign.
Posted by roosterh at February 15, 2005 11:17 AM
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I hope someone tells my chickens that the switch has been flipped - c'mon lazy girls, break's over. :)
Posted by: shannon at February 15, 2005 11:43 AM
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