Sunday, June 26, 2011

Some of the downfalls of farming...

Most of the things that we are doing on our farm are very new to me.  Except for the gardening (which I am in charge of-lol); I am truly on a learning curve.  In the past fews days, we have (unfortunately) discovered some of the sadder parts of farming.  One being that one of our baby goats that we were supposed to pick up in a few weeks has died.  Another is that Tammy got flogged by our big rooster "Kenny" and has really hurt her leg.  Of course; she is so hard-headed that she refuses to seek medical attention; so I am nursing her-lol. 

I also have this continuing need to decide what I am going to do (career wise) with the rest of my life.  Do I farm/have the store full-time.  Do I work full-time outside of the home?  Part-time outside of the home?  Decisions, decisions....We are also trying to decide about the homeschooling issue.  Part of me says to send the kids to school; the other half of me says "no way!"  Part of our intent when we began this last chapter of our lives was to homestead and homeschool; but we are starting to let others influence our decisions....we will see how this pans out!!

As far as the chickens, go they continue to multiply.  It has been decided that Kenny is being escorted off the farm to live in other pastures.  It has truly been an experience watching the chickens with their chicks.  It is amazing to see that they each parent differently and some are more attentive then others; so much like their human counterparts. 

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