NH Homesteader- turkeys!

[NH homesteader]

Husband has a much needed day off today. Unfortunately for him, "day off" means help with all the stuff around here that I can't do by myself! We've been working on fencing most of the day, we have a weird section of brush and trees that I finally convinced him to let the goats in. So then once it's cleared up, we will move them out and it will become the chickens' new winter fortress haha.

We have discovered that there are massive amounts of wild blackberries so between boondocking to retrieve them and harvesting in the garden there's lots to do! We can actually kind of follow the bear paths, they've found the berries too.

Only August and I'm feeling the urge to prep for winter. We've had a crazy hot summer with practically no rain, which was preceded by a winter with no snow. Hoping for a good old fashioned New England winter this year!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Ummm After I install the hot wire, would you come down and test it for me? I don't feel qualified...

my 2 boys have had run ins with hot wire....they would tell you it's easy to test, just walk into it!!

 

[NH homesteader]

Spent the better part of two days working on fencing... Here are the happy goats to prove it!

Tomorrow the boy fence gets moved!

 

[Hens and Roos]

Looks like they are enjoying

 

[NH homesteader]

Shh don't tell the boys the girls have better digs than them...

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly goats can de-brush an area!

 

[NH homesteader]

Wendall my wether. My first goat. I have no idea if he is a huge Nigerian or a cross. Any ideas, goat people? He is maybe 90 lbs?

 

[NH homesteader]

Storm, my buckling

 

[NH homesteader]

New piggie! His name is Washington!

 

[NH homesteader]

Washington broke out of his fence and into the big pig fence today. He is the full brother (different litter obviously) of our girls. I think he thinks one is his mama. Well the gilt we wanted to keep as a breeder tried to kill him. My husband got her to back off and picked him up. When he squealed our other gilt attacked my husband. Sheesh. Now that I've seen the mother of all these pigs and done some serious thinking... I am trying to get my husband to butcher both girls this fall and find a calmer gentler gilt (our breeder friend has a sow that is a doll, maybe one of hers) to breed. I don't need to be bitten by a pig thanks. Especially with a 3 year old kid, dogs and goat kids in the spring. I have enough problems! Haha

 

[Hens and Roos]

Hope all involved are okay!