Coffee anyone ?

[Baymule]

Thanks for the coffee @promiseacres . How are you feeling this morning, besides over worked and run down? Please try to get some rest. Make a big pot of soup the family can eat off for a couple of days and give yourself a little time off. If Mom gets sick and goes down, the whole family dynamics grinds to a halt.

Butchered Neighbor Ron's 5 CCX yesterday. I told him to FEED them and he did. They were 7-8 pounds, dressed. I kept bragging on his beautiful chickens, how much meat, etc, that tickled him to death. I taught him how to scald, pluck, gut and wash, wash, wash, chickens. He helped me butcher 5 CCX for Neighbor Russell and I cut them up and froze them last night. I hit the outdoors yesterday at 8AM, sat down last night at 9 PM. Tired. Somewhere in the middle, we went to TSC for dog food and I ran into Walmart for a few things, fixed supper and did evening chores.

@Mini Horses we did have chicken last night-Chicken Mole'. I used home canned chicken, broth and a jar of Mole'. It's a quick meal, served over rice.

Neighbor Robert might come over today to help butcher his 5 CCX, don't know for sure. Neighbor Russell is coming over Saturday at daylight to butcher his other 5, he wanted 5 whole and 5 cut up. Since he has to hit the hay field at noon, I got the cut up ones out of the way. Then I can do the other 29 after BJ's hip replacement surgery!

 

[promiseacres]

Thanks @Baymule feeling better overall.
I have the tomatoes to squish... not sure I'll get them all canned today but will get the process started.
After speech I need to get some hay for Richie, who is finally doing pretty good with his off/on lameness. Think I found a long term solution to get his thin hooves to thicken up. Hoping we can get out to the trails SOON...it's been too long.
And at some point need to take some cull bunnies to the dog food buyer... hate too but need to cut numbers and these aren't looking too promising. Kids and I have been talking about taking the 2 retired pets also we keep outside... they keep digging holes and it will free up cages for our show bunnies... hard decisions. But we had a litter of Polish born this morning. And a couple more does due within the week.

 

[Jesusfreak101]

I am late to this party there are some fabric stores online some are less expeinsive but i love the clearanced fabrics and I buy as much of those as i can and save them for later.

 

[thistlebloom]

Online fabric stores? I could get in trouble!

 

[Bunnylady]

We used to have a store here that had bumper stickers that read, "She who dies with the most fabric wins."

 

[Bruce]

They were 7-8 pounds, dressed.

Those are huge! I'm amazed they could still walk.

 

[Baymule]

Those are huge! I'm amazed they could still walk.

At that size, they can’t. I grow mine todress out at 6 1/2 to 7 1/2 pounds. Some bump it up to just over 8 pounds. They stand up, take a few steps and lay down. They will lay in the Feed pan to eat. It’s like a shark feeding frenzy when I put Feed in, even with their crops full, they will attack food. Just stirring it up will excite them to eat.

Just finished 6 more. 5 were cut up and vacuum sealed, 1 whole. 4 more tomorrow morning and I can stop for 2 1/2-3 weeks before I start on the 29 others. I got the kitchen cleaned up, ice chest is on the mule for me to go dump out, wash, Clorox, wash some more. I’ll do it when I go do chores.

Goldie was mooing at me. He knows my voice LOL. Need to go feed animals but I’m tired. Gonna sit here on my vertical smile for a little while.

 

[Mini Horses]

Goldie was mooing at me. He knows my voice LOL.

He IS a pretty boy! Of course he knows you....the bringer of food. He looks calm in the pics you've posted. That's always good with a cow.

Kudos on the chicken butchering going so well. You're getting your "helpers" trained! No one around here wants to learn.

You see it isn't quite 4 AM and I'm up on here......sleep evades me again. I'm home for the weekend, so head is scrambling with what I need to do. So many things that I'd better start the coffee now, to be ready to shoot out the door at first light.

Got those 5 young bucks moved again......it's breeding season and I can't have them doing the job. As the does went to another field, there they were on that fenceline -- all five blubbering and making fools of themselves. I had to intervene. But they are still young enough -- well, no experience -- that they ran to the feed bucket and followed along. The old man, no -- he knows about sex and stayed where he could do his calls and blubbers in an attempt to find romance. That was fine as it was where I wanted him and them......next Saturday can't get here soon enough! Goat auction day and these 5 youngins are going. Trailer tires replaced.

Chickens molting -- feathers everywhere! Some are half naked, some have the bare body with pins there, starting to fill out into real feathers. What a sight. A mangled mess for sure. The pen of younger ones I recently bought all look real good and lay is increasing most every day. The young pullets hatched in the "old" coop are lovely birds...just not old enough to lay and still very junior to the cranky "old biddies" out there. Chicken wisdom....they know their place in the flock and scamper off and away.

AT LAST -- the tractor rake I think I want to buy has gone on sale. I'll need to call and ask a couple questions about it, then order if acceptable. It isn't a lot off but, any helps.

Hope everyone else is sleeping well! I'll finish my reading catch up -- had a busy week of work.

 

[Baymule]

Up at 5, no reason for it because I could sleep this morning so of course I woke up. No chickens today! Only 4 left in the batch I want to slaughter, will do them tomorrow. I need to do laundry, pick jalapenos, fence off my one bean plant that I want to save seed from and let the sheep in the garden. Maybe. Maybe not.

 

[promiseacres]

Got DH off to work, my stiff/sore shoulder is back. Trying to stretch it out.... might try to get into the chiro...
Hopefully we'll get the farm yard mowed one last time. Start on the upstairs bathroom. Move more plaster.
Jocelyn's polish had a litter of 4....all brokens...of course when we wanted a solid. Oh well. New healthy bunnies are welcome.