The Chicken Farm takes Flight

Well, it has begun. The first steps in our family becoming more self-sufficient have been taken.. Wednesday we bought 100 chicks; 90 for poultry, 10 for laying. The yellow chicks should be ready to butcher in about 10-12 weeks. The hens will be producing by the end of the summer (hopefully). If anyone needs eggs, let me know. Our hens should produce roughly 3000 eggs per year. (That's 250 dozen for those of you trying to do the math.) So far, so good. We have had no chicken deaths! Not bad for a girl who has no clue what she is doing!! Next project........ building a chicken coop!

Cabin Views

We spend this past weekend at our cabin! Yeah! We haven't been able to do much of that lately. Hopefully that will all change for us now. Anyway, it was lovely and peaceful and oh, so relaxing! There is still about 2 1/2 feet of snow left! Jace was so eager to get there and get it shoveled. He matched shovel-fulls with his Daddy! He is a snow-moving-machine!

Ahhhh, Cute!

We went to the movies for family home evening a while ago. Joe and I were bringing up the rear. We had a wonderful view as we watched our little darlings walking to the show!