With an udder bright pink and swollen almost to bursting, the ewe we call Hannah on Monday looked more than a little pregnant. I’ll bet she gives birth soon, I told my wife. She was so big, I was convinced she was carrying twins. The next morning, this is what I found inside the pen […]
Forecast calls for cold and rainy weather through the end of the week starting this afternoon so I don’t have much time to fool around on the computer. I’ve got to finish the “tractor” destined to be the new home for the 25 Freedom Ranger chicks in our basement brooder. I know it doesn’t look […]
Things were getting a little crowded with 50 chicks in our basement brooder so half were moved outside to the “tractor” a week ahead of schedule. Chicks need their feathers to ward off cold and it’s been unseasonably chilly around these parts, with temperatures last night dipping almost to freezing. We put a tarp over […]
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