SA Farm's journal

It was a long day on the road yesterday, but I got a dozen Pilgrim hatching eggs, a pair of Pilgrim goslings, and 29 chicks for my trouble Fortunately they aren’t all for me and most of them will be gone by the end of the month. Some to a sale I’m going to, some to my sister, and I’ll be growing out the rest.

This handsome boy is Aragorn

And the lovely Galadriel

Buff Orpingtons (my individual pic didn’t come out very well)

Gold laced and blue laced red Wyandottes


Standard silver laced Cochins

And Easter Eggers

My nephews were over last night and the older one woke me up at 4am because the power had gone out! I threw towels over my incubators and the ducks and goslings to help keep their body heat and crossed my fingers that the ones out in the brooder shed would snuggle.
They did.
Power didn’t come on until after 8am and the incubators had only lost about 10* and all baby birds were alive and well
Here’s hoping the temp drop didn’t cause too much havoc with my eggs. I haven’t set the Pilgrim hatching eggs yet, so it’s just chicks and poults that might be in trouble The ones that didn’t drop too much were, of course, the ones due later this week. I’m not too worried about them. Just my turkeys.
Oh well. Nothing more I can do at this point. Just have to wait and see. I’ll be candling later this week and I’ll see how they’re doing then.

The turkeys are okay! All 15 eggs have veining I’m super excited about them. I was really worried that I wasn’t going to have fertile eggs this year. Just took King a bit longer than I would’ve liked to get jiggy with it
The lambie predators were their usual crazy selves today.

I had them out for quite a few hours to graze and race around since it’s supposed to be rainy all week. I despise rain and as it is we had quite the storm yesterday and my yard is already flooded. Ugh. Ironic that the weather was fine and we had a power outage and no problem during a storm

Tomorrow is lockdown for 43 chicken eggs that DH decided to buy. Started out with 58 set and was (for once) pleased when there were a few infertile and blood ringed.
Look how big one of my first chicken hatchlings so far this year has gotten

I'm curious to see how the color changes (if at all) on the dark face of the white one. It has some interesting markings.

congrats on the eggs being ok after the power outage. Somebody might have hit a power pole and knocked things out. That happened in our neighborhood one day.

@Mike CHS Yeah, she’s my mystery sheep lol. I don’t think her markings have changed yet, but it’s only been 2 weeks.

@Baymule Probably Whatever happened, I’m glad the power came back in time!

Cleaned out five of the seven animal houses today as well as some housework. I can hardly wait until the sale next week so I’ll have less mess, feed, and water to deal with. I love the animals and the work, but it can get overwhelming at times.
Yesterday DH and I moved the compost pile and filled the raised beds with the nice rich fertilizer from the bottom of the bin. Just need to top it off with some top soil and we’re good to go.
I also got one of the salad bars put in and planted. Clover, alfalfa, and a couple varieties of lettuce. The turkeys should be happy with it. I’m planning to move it every year as well. I wanted to get the duck one done, but with them being broody I didn’t want to mess with their space too much. I disturbed them enough today when I cleaned them out and candled their eggs. The one had all fertile eggs, the other’s were infertile. I think my drake picks a favourite. I think both he and the hen who had the infertile eggs will be either sold or sent to freezer camp. She’s a fantastic layer, but I have to make room for my Appleyards. I would like to keep her sister though. She went broody first and lays the green eggs, so she’s my best option.
And a random pic of Woolfie and Galadriel because I’m too tired to think of anything else to say

You may be tired, but you'll sleep good tonight. LOL
I hope you get a good hatch on your ducks.

Well, I think there are only four fertile ones lol. She set on two and I gave her some more from what I’d collected. I’m considering swapping their eggs out for the goose eggs I’m currently incubating, but I’m not making any definite decisions until I have a better idea of the goose egg fertility and their determination as they are first time broodies...
If I don’t swap them, I hope all four of her littles make it out and she, or rather they are good mommas.
Time will tell

Cute goslings and chicks! Love their LOTR names too! <3

So glad the eggs are all showing signs of life after the power outage. I know that can be super stressful.

Your lambs are just the cutest.

Following along! You mentioned school. What are you studying?