While we’ve updated everyone on the goat kids recently, we haven’t really mentioned the human kids much! I’m actually a little surprised by how long it’s been since they’ve been a major feature on a post since after all, they’re the ones that command the attention of about 97% of our waking hours. After a bit of a bumpy spring homeschooling has taken a bit of a detour these last few months. To a certain extent, I’m mildly impressed how…
We have ducklings! Three of them, to be exact. They hatched over this past weekend, and I’d forgotten just how adorable baby ducklings are. In terms of looks, I’ll take a baby duckling over a chick any day. I had however, also forgotten how messy they are! Ducklings love water, and it’s next to impossible to keep them from playing in their drinking water. Combine that with the fact that they often toss food around when they eat, and we’re…
This week I found myself suddenly caught off guard by the fact that I am officially 31 weeks along. A large part of the reason I was taken by surprise is because as of April 17th it was STILL SNOWING. We had flurries (and some accumulation!) nearly every day last week, which gave the illusion of June being much further away than it actually is. Meanwhile, we ALSO forgot that Pepper’s due date was this week. Again, it seemed like…
Now that the ducks are laying again, we’ve decided to try and use them for what their original purpose was: hatching eggs. For those of you who may have remembered, last year Gabe found himself with $50 to spend, which he wanted to use to buy a drake (male duck) to breed with our duck hens. His idea was to hatch the eggs and sell ducklings at a profit. After all, Silver Appleyards are considered a rare heritage breed, and…
We had a different post all written. A nice, spring-y post. One about warm weather, impending goat kids, and poultry resuming their laying. Then of course, ‘something’ happened. That ‘something’ was a snowstorm. One of the biggest of the year, following on the heels of the beautiful balmy weather I’d written about. If I’m honest, we had been hoping for some snow around here. Steve and the boys wanted to go out skiing again (the 50 degree weather from last…