ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[Straw Hat Kikos]

Too bad I can't eat that darn horse. Ooops...did I really say that?

*sigh*

Sure ya can!!

 

[kstaven]

Too bad I can't eat that darn horse. Ooops...did I really say that?

*sigh*

You can, and the annoying ones taste better.

 

[elevan]

 

[bonbean01]

I agree with that...right now my butt head ram is looking like dinner if he doesn't smarten up! Have one very ornery hen that is looking like dinner too if she doesn't stop with the agressive pecking when I change her water and feed...

 

[elevan]

Been a heck of a day.

Went for an ultrasound and came away with more questions than answers. Next up I have to have a CT scan and an MRI. The results just made me wanna puke as this could end up pretty scary.

Then when I closed the chickens in I was missing 2 so I went on the hunt for them. I found one of my young roosters, Andy, dead by the pond with his head a bloody mess...dead. One of our guinea flocks has been attacking chickens. We've already had to put down 2 chickens from attacks and this was exactly the same. That flock of 9 will be in the freezer by the end of the week.

Got pics of Jack's new home and he seems to be happy.

 

[elevan]

Had a great dinner with DH and the kids yesterday. I decided to poach the turkey...needed a very large pot but it turned out soooo goood! I hope everyone else had a great day too!

The cold has finally moved in on us here in Central Ohio. Brrrrr!

 

[Bridgemoof]

Glad your day was good! I used your brining recipe for our turkeys and they were really good, thank you very much! I was worried about our turkeys being tough like our ducks were. But yay, they turned out really good.

 

[elevan]

I'm glad the brine worked out for you!

 

[elevan]

Just came in from separating 4 guineas in the coop for slaughter tomorrow. The goal was to get all of the "hit squad" but some of Cinni's crew and our Magnificent 7 were interspersed with them. Since the ducks made it impossible for us to sneak up on the coop (they sound an alarm at the first sound) the guineas were all awake and wondering what was going on but staying on their roosts. We'll re-evaluate in the morning to make sure that those are the ones that we want to process and then DH will do the deed. The kids have decided that they want to help with them, so we'll see how that goes.

While we were out there we checked on Daisy, who is still very much pregnant. Weather is getting colder...she seems to like extremely cold days / nights to kid so I expect no less this time.

 

[kstaven]

Don't they always pick the worst weather and worst time of day to kid?