Another Christmas, come and gone.
Well, Christmas has come and gone once more. I had a nice Holiday. The weather was tolerable, it was quiet, peaceful, and enjoyable. We had a wonderful dinner at some friends’ of ours place. Good food, good company, a good time all the way around.
The animals are all well. Squeaky isn’t pregnant after all. She was, but someone, probably April, butted her hard and ended the pregnancy. It’s too late in the year to breed her now, so I’ll wait till next fall to breed her again. I might sell her in the Spring. We’ll see what all happens between now and then. So there are 11 does pregnant. Probably around 15 kids will be born in April.
We now have 12 turkeys left. That will be what we have till March. I think next year we will have 6 hens and the two toms for a breeding flock. They sure are tasty! Not a large bird, the heaviest one was 13 lbs, and the one we ate yesterday was only 6 lbs. But, they make up for lack of size with more flavor.
The chickens are laying one egg a day now. I got one every day this week. Maybe next week there will be two or three eggs a day. This year I’m letting at least one hen sit on the eggs and hatch them out. We need some young layers again. These girls are two and three years old. A little past their laying prime, but they will still lay fairly good. I’m not pressuring them, so they will last longer.
Our road is pretty icy now. We had a nice snow, then it warmed up and rained for two days, then got really cold again. So except for the very edge where there is a gravel strip, it’s ice. We are putting the chains on every time we go up and down the road. Rather an inconvenience, but such is life. It could be worse, so I’m not complaining.
Today there was a really pretty scene. We were under a cloud inversion, but up on the top of Wild Bill Mtn, there was a hole and the sun was shining down on the side of the mountain. Everything was covered in snow, so it was a beautiful bright white with a patch of blue sky. Hopefully tomorrow the clouds will lower down a few hundred feet, so we can be in the sun. That would be great!
Well, that’s all for now. Hope everyone is having a great Holiday!
