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Just checking in...

10/31/2016

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My personal family posts have been a little lacking these days in favor of informational posts, I have gained a whole new slew of readers (readership has tripled in fact) but for those who have been around a long while...I thought I would update on the personal side of things.

This is me last week, we are just 6-1/2 weeks shy of meeting our new little farm hand at this point, I sure am feeling the slow down.  One might laugh as I give puppy dog eyes to each of my children when there is something lying on the floor and I ask for help as bending...my body doubling in half these days is a bit more of a challenge.
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We are again planning another homebirth, you can read about our previous experience here. (No worries it is NOT graphic at all).

Currently our newest batch of chickens has started to lay, though even with over 30 hens we are only averaging about 5-6 eggs a day, some of them are slower than others I guess, they are just now 6 months old.  My boys love to pick up and love on the Chickens, and roosters too, so far there is only one rooster that won't allow it.  The picture below of my 4 y/o with the gray silkie, well thats a roo and he has to be the nicest one yet.  This same 4 y/o has not figured out that he is not supposed to enter the chicken coop that way yet!
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Our pigs are very close to the point they will be ready to fill the freezer.  They have been a lot of fun to raise and I believe that we will likely do this again.  Hubby is planning on butchering them along with our neighbor (who has a butcher shop) and they will be doing 5 pigs altogether (3 of theirs and 2 of ours) I love the camraderie of country neighbors!  

​I will be updating on whether this was a cost effective venture or not, so far I do believe that we will come out ahead if we aren't paying the butcher fee, we shall see.  If nothing else we will break even and have had a great learning experience!
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Thanks for stopping by, I will try to update the personal side of things a bit more often in the coming months, do give me grace though, life is going to get even busier around here when our newbie arrives!
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Katharine link
11/3/2016 11:09:21 am

Darling pics! I think you have come out ahead on the pig project, because the meat will not have any chemical in it. Wise move! ;) Hoping your delivery will be swift and beautiful. :)

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