It’s fun when the chickens are actually laying eggs. I know – sounds odd, but going out to the chicken coop and finding 10 eggs when you have 400+ chickens stinks. Yesterday we gathered 112 eggs! That’s awesome. Makes life a lot easier too when you think about it. We do the farmer’s market, we deliver an excellent product and sell out quickly. We do our best to bring as many eggs as we possibly can to the market. This week – 46 dozen eggs. Sold out in 1 hour! Unbelievable – and people get upset about it – but the chickens and us are doing our best to bring enough eggs for everyone.
The 3 lil piggies go to the butcher shop December 5th. They’ll be smaller than I would like them to be for butchering – but it’s time as we want our break. Funny thing is at the same time all this is happening we are already discussing what we need to get and what we need to do for next year. We are talking about pigs, goats, sheep, cattle, chickens & even turkeys! I love doing the research for what I want to get for the farm and what is worth it for me to get and how much I sold/could spend and if we have the money for any of it (no – but we still work on it).
Off to do some research on pigs. I need to figure out the difference in taste of certain breeds and what I CAN get for a reasonable price vs what I would LIKE to get. It doesn’t always work the way that I would want it to unless I drive a distance and not sure what I will do. Maybe work on waiting until January some when we go up to the PA Farm show and “play” around up there for awhile with the kids.
