HZ Harvest

The fall has been so busy that I really haven't had much time to catch up with you all.

Our 11 replacements heifers that we bought at the Fair in July have all calved except 2. We have also had 4 calves born from last year's fair cows.

Our "rare" sheep have had 1 lamb - should be having another one soon.

We finally were able to get all of the chickens out of the barnyard and up to their "chicken tractors" in the field. That was a big relief. They completely ruined my lawn and all the flowers I had planted around the house. A few chickens are great. A few hundred are a nightmare!

We've adopted an orphaned filly that we named Sugar. She is very beautiful and growing fast. We also adopted an orphaned calf that was pretty much dead when he was brought to the house. He was extremely dehydrated and blind. Two months later he is growing like a weed, seeing just fine and bossy. The two of them are in a pen together and curl up in a single ball at night. We let them out and they run and run around the property and then put themselves back in the pen.

The goats and the sheep are thriving. We penned up the neutered males and fed them lots of yummy things. They are now for sale. The females and their "boyfriends" are preparing for spring births.

The fields are getting ready for planting and the roads are based so we can get around this winter.

The new barn is just about done and the new trees are all growing well.

We are looking forward to some light rains this week and next which should make the grass come up to protect the land from the heavier rains to follow.

Our back 300 acres is now fully fenced and the cows are enjoying the new pasture land.

Life is good.