New Digs

So much has happened over the last few weeks that I do not even know where to begin. I am sorry for not writing sooner but we have been all out with the snow and all the animals. The biggest accomplishment of the month is finishing our mobile chicken house! After hours, days, weeks and many friends the chickens have their new digs! Zach and I would like to thank: Casey Loose for an extra hand and the design of the nesting boxes, Drew Sanderford for always being willing to help and Chief Adam Fehd for just being the one in charge. Anthony and David also went above and beyond yet again to help us finish the house. Our current-laying hens moved in last night and seem to love the new house. The pigs have moved up to the laying hens old house, the green house to root around and prepare my soil for the summer garden.

400 chicks arrived today safe and sound. They are all full of energy and doing extremely well.Currently we have 2 separate brooding stalls for our chicks. The first batch of chicks are a month older because of the snow and shipping delays, so we decided to keep them separate until spring when they all can join the other ladies in the new mobile house. The mobile chicken house will allows us to give the chickens fresh pasture everyday and provide them with a safe place to sleep and lay eggs. I feel like we need a name for the mobile chicken house, if you have any great ideas please email me at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with your thoughts.

We are now proud owners of a herd of cattle! There are 12 cows that are expecting in the fall and 8 calves in this particular herd. The cattle are all Angus crosses. They come from a very good friend who is now focusing on breeding roping cattle instead of beef cattle. This group is super friendly, fantastic mothers and we know all the history on them. For us, history on the herd is very important since this is our first go. Buying them from friends means that we also gain the benefit of a great resource for questions and problems that crop up along the way! We have not picked our cattle up yet because of the snow! UGH!! Hopefully we will be able to get the trucks and trailers into the fields to pick them up and bring them home in the next week or so.