Boy, oh boy, do we have a lot going on at our sweet, little homestead!
It is definitely Spring around here!
We've been busy planting and still have more to do, but we've also been harvesting, too.
Flowers are popping up all around in some unexpected places.
Our Muscovy duck is sitting on 16 eggs! We will have ducklings very soon.
In the last month, Bryan built our laying hens a new eggmobile. Our chickens could already move around in the pastures, but not very easily in the very heavy coop that we had from the city. Now we can move the chickens so much easier and it can hold so many more chickens.
We used metal that we found in the barn to cover the sides and a trailer for the base.
We still have a few finishing touches to do, but it is now in use.
Our first batch of 25 Rainbow Rangers came last week. These meat chickens will only live for about 11 weeks and then they will be processed and added to our freezer. We are hoping to raise another batch of 25 this summer. We are raising our own protein!
We pick up our bees (2 hives) this coming Saturday. So we've been painting bee boxes!
Mabel has been moved in with the sheep in electric fencing, and they get moved to a new section of grass every other day. She is a year old and slowly, but surely, she is growing into adulthood (thank goodness). She is now a Livestock Guardian Dog!
And....
today our first lamb was born!!!
Her mother, Harley, gave birth to her shortly after 5 a.m.
She is healthy and strong and her name is Victory.
