This afternoon, we ordered the last batches of broilers for the year. We ordered over 200 birds between four families. I must say, that I am looking forward to brining this season to an end, I could use a break. Fire wood for the season has been weighing heavily on my mind, and I look forward to working on that.
Aside from fire wood, there are a couple of projects that I would like to get started on. One is an idea we have for a new chick brooder. I have a good supply of lumber and have the design in place, I just don't seem to find the time.
The other project is finishing the spare room. We have lived in this house for ten years now and our house is still not complete. My wife is anxious for this to happen. This room was to be the boys bedroom, now it will become a crafting, sewing, scrap booking, guest room. All that we lack is the tile floor and some paint. We will have to put a closet organizer in, but my wife will have to decide what she wants there.
The big reason to get that room done is so that we can de-clutter the rest of the house and find a semblance of order. We are the most organized disorganized people around.
I still need to do something with all the rabbits. We are coming on the time to breed again and still have a bunch left. We haven't even tried to sell them, which we ought to, or find the time to finish butchering them, one or the other.
I do look forward to cooler weather, but not the snow and ice. It would be great if it could hover around 60 degrees all winter. I look forward to deer season (archery) and the possibility of fresh venison in the freezer. With fall coming, I feel an urge to get in the woods.
I still haven't decided if this year has been a success on our farm or not. Last year, I started feeding hay in August. I have fed some, lately, but not full tilt the way I was last year. The pastures are still growing, thanks to some recent rain, but they don't have the grass amounts I was hoping for. The pasture is green but with weeds. I have to believe with better management skills, as I learn, this will improve. All in all, I guess we have done better this year. I will keep plugging away as I fully believe in MiG farming. Even on small acreage, like ours, these principles that I have learned have helped, just not to the degree I intended.
The animals are happy, that is what counts. Lord willing, we will keep going. Until next time...
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We too were having a hard time finding the time to build a brooder. Then we had rats digging in from underneath and snatching the chicks. We had to pour a cement pad and then we built the brooder on top of that. Ours has really served us well.
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