This is a continuing story of two people, four dogs, three barn cats, 8 pet turkeys, 6 guinea fowl, 20 ducks, 125 chickens, 1 rabbit, 5 alpacas, 4 sheep, a Llama, A Sicilian Micro-mini donkey, a Sicilian mini donkey and her baby and their life long dream to run a little 9 acre farm in upstate New York. After you read the blog entries, go to our regular farm web site, and then to our wonderful farm and fiber Shop that we built and opened in 2011. The links are on the left.
Thursday, April 22
Thursday, April 22, 2010... A Good Day To Get Things Done...Stone Coming Too..
Today we should have some new ducks hatching out...I think it's about time for them to pop! We have candled them and see movement, but I forgot exactly when they were placed in the incubator. We are now marking dates on eggs going in again, that way we know when they are going to hatch. We still have four chicks living and growing daily...
We went to the stone quarry yesterday and bought 1 ½ ton of flat paving stone to squelch the chickens destructiveness in the flower beds around the house. They are to be delivered today sometime. That will be fun! I'll put new soil in the beds and then we'll be off to Lowe's or Wal-Mart for shrubbery for in the flower beds. Whoa... stones here...gotta go.
Okay...I'm back...its 45 minutes later and my back and arms ache... Whew!!
Just finished my breakfast....Today is starting like a regular farmer's day... moved a ton and a half of stone, then had sausage, red peppers and parslied potatoes for breakfast with lots of coffee... yowl...baby, I can feel the caffeine and carbs kicking in....let go kick some assoon as Vick is ready to take off.....
Today's agenda amounts to the following...
1. Pick up layer pellets for the chickens...
2. Go to get shrubs for the flower beds...
3. Fill beds with dirt and plant shrubs...
4. Lay stone around shrubs to protect them and dirt in flower bed...
5. Bring dirt to gift shop for plants and back-fill...
6. Start electrical on gift shop...
7. Call Tru-Cut Lumber to place order...
8. Begin floor framing for turkey house...
9. Calculate 2x4's needed for framing turkey house...
10. Stop at Catskill Mountain Signs to order various signs...
11. Add another day to try to accomplish #3 through 9...
Uhhhh, we'll see what happens.... Seldom do we know, of where we go....
18099© Cluckin' "A" Critter Farm, LLC
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment
If you try to advertise on my comments section, I will delete your advertising. All comments must be posted in English or they will also be eliminated.