Chicks and Calves

Today is going to be a busy one. Soon the girls and I will drive over and pick up fifty more chicks from Jake’s brooder house.  These are the last of the ones for the family freezers.  The Chicken  Caravan is in a new field ready and waiting. 

And hopefully a couple of calves will be delivered to the Big barn Across The Way tonight. The Fencer (you will remember him from last summer) is going to buy a few for him and one for me and I will  feed them Lady Astor’s milk for six weeks in exchange for some more fencing.

(Sheila is so much better after her massive pedicure).(She is such a big pig).

Lady A is giving almost four gallons a day.  So we should be able to feed three calves.

Tane. 

Tima.

(Tane and Tima are living in the field with Sheila and not terribly impressed.)

So we will be taking bottles of milk across the creek to the calves. I am keeping them over there as they will have come from a Sale Barn.  They will be like rescue calves. We will have no idea where they came from  or why they are being sold. Or what bacterias they are carrying.  So there is always the risk that we will have to fight to keep them alive and get them to thrive. But thats’ ok –  I am up for that kind of fight.  I just have to make sure to keep them away from my healthy pigs and cows until I know they are clean.

Calves are expensive this year.  So we will see if they are affordable.

Amanda’s chicken eggs began to hatch last night. No matter who you are or where you come from or even how old you are – watching chicks hatch is an extraordinary experience. 

SO – To Work!

I hope you have a lovely day,

Your friend on the farm

celi