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Is it really June already?! I can't believe in a few days I will be a senior. To me that's just..crazy.
Life has been good. My leghorn chicks are growing out really well and starting to feather out. I only have 25 now as one day I found one dead and two dying. I believe they got smothered due to the fact that all the chicks liked to huddle in the corner of their cage and there are a lot of them. They have since been moved in with the other chickens and ducks. They are on lockdown in the barn and won't be let out until the run is secured. Im also seeing quite a few roosters and while I do plan on keeping one the rest will become BBQ. This isn't all of them, the rest were running around on the ground.
Also all the animals got sheared! They are so happy to be free of the fluff especially since it has been really humid this week. The alpacas were pretty uneventful but the sheep were a nightmare. Clover was the worst, then Simon. Stella was being a doll but the shearer said "you are my favorite of the day" and that was it. She was so fussy the rest of the time.
Rosie needs to go on a diet
Pigs are doing wonderfully. I am in love with how our Nov. gilts are growing out. Pearl and Emmy are stunning with solid conformation and nice wide rumps. This is a trait Priss doesnt have so I cannot wait to see how their babies turn out. Both girls are old enough to breed however we plan on waiting until fall because due to the slow growing nature of mangalitsa they aren't as big as I'd like them to be. At least to carry a litter. Their brother will be moving into the barn for the last month to be finished before he becomes the "guest of honor" at a BBQ. Oh and Lucy is still my baby. When I walk out to the pig run she screams for me because she gets so excited to get let out and play in the grass.
Lucyy
Oh and finally I have learned to do my own fecals. I feel so privileged to have an amazing vet science course at my HS and I learned how to do two different types smear and flotation. We found hookworm eggs but due to the class only being an hour we didn't have enough time to evaluate the concentration of them. I have the class later today so we will look into it and I will let you guys know!
Life has been good. My leghorn chicks are growing out really well and starting to feather out. I only have 25 now as one day I found one dead and two dying. I believe they got smothered due to the fact that all the chicks liked to huddle in the corner of their cage and there are a lot of them. They have since been moved in with the other chickens and ducks. They are on lockdown in the barn and won't be let out until the run is secured. Im also seeing quite a few roosters and while I do plan on keeping one the rest will become BBQ. This isn't all of them, the rest were running around on the ground.
Also all the animals got sheared! They are so happy to be free of the fluff especially since it has been really humid this week. The alpacas were pretty uneventful but the sheep were a nightmare. Clover was the worst, then Simon. Stella was being a doll but the shearer said "you are my favorite of the day" and that was it. She was so fussy the rest of the time.
Rosie needs to go on a diet
Pigs are doing wonderfully. I am in love with how our Nov. gilts are growing out. Pearl and Emmy are stunning with solid conformation and nice wide rumps. This is a trait Priss doesnt have so I cannot wait to see how their babies turn out. Both girls are old enough to breed however we plan on waiting until fall because due to the slow growing nature of mangalitsa they aren't as big as I'd like them to be. At least to carry a litter. Their brother will be moving into the barn for the last month to be finished before he becomes the "guest of honor" at a BBQ. Oh and Lucy is still my baby. When I walk out to the pig run she screams for me because she gets so excited to get let out and play in the grass.
Lucyy
Oh and finally I have learned to do my own fecals. I feel so privileged to have an amazing vet science course at my HS and I learned how to do two different types smear and flotation. We found hookworm eggs but due to the class only being an hour we didn't have enough time to evaluate the concentration of them. I have the class later today so we will look into it and I will let you guys know!
....it is so nice when such hard work is noticed and rewarded....
