In the past week we have acquired some chicks (bargain roosters - more on this later), turkey poults, a few feeder pigs, a couple new gilts to add to the herd, and some dairy cross beef bull calves.
Morning and evening chores just tripled in time with this past week acquisitions.
We have been quickly running out of beef (thus the bull calves). Besides, as far as revitalizing the land, cows do go the most!
The turkeys - well we need something for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner!
The bargain rooster chicks .... First, they were a deal. Second, we have seen our land losing fertility with the dearth of livestock. This would seem to be fixed now, but we didn't know we would be getting new calves and pigs when we go the chicks. So our plan was/is to put the 39 chicks in chicken tractors and move them across future garden space to re-fertilize the land. At 5 or 6 months old, we will either sell or butcher the roosters. Still the plan.
In September we will probably get some new chicks to replace our laying flock for the spring. With all the new life around here, it almost seems like Spring instead of the doldrums of Summer.
Oremus pro invicem!
