ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[elevan]

Just checked my records and it looks like she could be due anywhere from TODAY to JULY 4!

Obviously it's sooner rather than later, but I'm really gonna have to keep an eye on that girl!

 

[redtailgal]

lol, the things we get excited about.

Congrats! Cant wait for baby pics!

 

[elevan]

I've been invited to be a vendor at our County's first Farmer's Market to open in June. Our county has needed one of these for a very long time and finally a good group of folks is pulling it together. They want me to sell eggs, but there are a several hoops that I would need to jump through in order to accomplish it...not to mention that they must register the FM before I could sell eggs there anyway. I definitely want to participate but eggs may have to wait until next year...it would be really hard for me to turn a profit the first year given the cost involved. I'm still discussing and figuring things out right now, but this could be a huge boost for my little farm.

Turkeys are due to arrive this week between Tuesday and Thursday.

I've got 3 broody hens due to hatch their clutches this week (Monday nite, Wednesday nite and Friday nite are the due dates).

Neighbors got 2 piglets today and Jerry (llama) was very suspicious of those piggies running around next door. He decided that he simply must sleep in the barn right with the goats tonight. Most of the time in nice weather he refuses to go into the barn and instead will sleep outside the goat sized door to protect them.

It was very entertaining watching the neighbors chase around those piglets trying to get them caught to be penned for the night But of course all of that action just worried Jerry more.

Guinea eggs are finally showing fertile after a solid week into laying regularly. I have a guy who wants to buy a dozen fertile guinea eggs and I'll be popping some into the incubator after my chicken eggs are done that are in there (unless another hen goes broody before then).

I am so excited about Maggie!

We're discussing Snickers' future. He just isn't breeding any of the girls. It's not for lack of trying but it just isn't happening. He's such a lovable boy and I so wanted his offspring here but we may have to castrate him and make a decision to either keep or sell him.

 

[redtailgal]

Congrats on being invited! I hope that works out for you, it sounds like a wonderful opportunity!

 

[elevan]

DH added a maternity coop to our list of stuff to build

 

[elevan]

For some reason the change of platform on BYC is coming up again here at BYH. If you read my journal (and by the numbers a lot of you do) and haven't read the Speed Up Your BYC article on Backyard Chickens yet then please do so. Moderators on both sites work really hard to make things run smoothly but some things must be done at the members level. One of those things is making sure that your computer is optimized for the internet (I'm not just talking about BYC or BYH...but the whole internet). To be quite honest I despise Internet Explorer (IE) and never use it unless I absolutely have to. I run Chrome almost exclusively but at times use Firefox. DH prefers Maxthon. Downloading a new browser doesn't cost you anything and it'll speed things up for you tremendously. Please make me a promise to read the article, do what you can to optimize your situation and give change a try before you make statements of dislike about the new platform on BYC.

After that if you want to have a candid discussion about it then please feel free to post here and we can discuss it.

That's my public service announcement for the day

 

[redtailgal]

For some reason the change of platform on BYC is coming up again here at BYH. If you read my journal (and by the numbers a lot of you do) and haven't read the Speed Up Your BYC article on Backyard Chickens yet then please do so. Moderators on both sites work really hard to make things run smoothly but some things must be done at the members level. One of those things is making sure that your computer is optimized for the internet (I'm not just talking about BYC or BYH...but the whole internet). To be quite honest I despise Internet Explorer (IE) and never use it unless I absolutely have to. I run Chrome almost exclusively but at times use Firefox. DH prefers Maxthon. Downloading a new browser doesn't cost you anything and it'll speed things up for you tremendously. Please make me a promise to read the article, do what you can to optimize your situation and give change a try before you make statements of dislike about the new platform on BYC.

After that if you want to have a candid discussion about it then please feel free to post here and we can discuss it.

That's my public service announcement for the day

I second what Elevan has said. I switched to Chrome. It was quick and painless, and within 5 minutes I was hooked. EVERYTHING, the whole internet, runs better and smoother without bogging down or freezing up nearly as much as IE did. I dont have problems with ads on ANY site because of ad blocker. Chrome is a GOOD thing.

**I am not affiliated with Google in anyway and did not get paid for this announcement!

 

[autumnprairie]

For some reason the change of platform on BYC is coming up again here at BYH. If you read my journal (and by the numbers a lot of you do) and haven't read the Speed Up Your BYC article on Backyard Chickens yet then please do so. Moderators on both sites work really hard to make things run smoothly but some things must be done at the members level. One of those things is making sure that your computer is optimized for the internet (I'm not just talking about BYC or BYH...but the whole internet). To be quite honest I despise Internet Explorer (IE) and never use it unless I absolutely have to. I run Chrome almost exclusively but at times use Firefox. DH prefers Maxthon. Downloading a new browser doesn't cost you anything and it'll speed things up for you tremendously. Please make me a promise to read the article, do what you can to optimize your situation and give change a try before you make statements of dislike about the new platform on BYC.

After that if you want to have a candid discussion about it then please feel free to post here and we can discuss it.

That's my public service announcement for the day

I second what Elevan has said. I switched to Chrome. It was quick and painless, and within 5 minutes I was hooked. EVERYTHING, the whole internet, runs better and smoother without bogging down or freezing up nearly as much as IE did. I dont have problems with ads on ANY site because of ad blocker. Chrome is a GOOD thing.

**I am not affiliated with Google in anyway and did not get paid for this announcement!

 

[elevan]

Turkey poults are HERE!

So cute! And so friendly!

 

[BarredRockMomma]

pictures???