I have been going non stop between editing and everything else to get caught up on all the stuff that got missed last spring because of the hip surgery. Our place from the air shows we are spreading out a bit. We have 11 mature ducks, 4 mature turkey and 34 mature chickens all producing eggs. We have two age classes of ducklings some our daughter in law hatched and the tiny ones are from eggs and incubator we lent to a local school for hatching. These are from our eggs and the project was a huge success with the kids. Marisa (DIL) hatched turkeys sapphire gems and brahmas and australorps as well for addition to our laying flock. We are thinking about setting up a breeding pen for the last two birds as the demand for hatching eggs, pullets and chicks is very high.
Last but not least the new pheasant palace is complete and the wee beggars will be getting turned loose as soon as tomorrows storm is done. We started with 100 day old chicks from South Dakota. I think we are at 73 survivors. A bad circuit breaker killed the majority of the dead.
EDIT: I forgot that the new bacon seeds are planted and growing as well! This year we have a duroc and Berkshire cross.
Garden is expanded from last year and is planted and starting to come up!
The meat birds need tending, the pheasant chicks are checked and Rich gets the pig enclosure ready for the weaners.
Rich and Sandi sit down for a looooong podcast with the folks from Panoramic. You can find out more about the guys at https://www.panoramicoutdoors.com/
Which way do you like to look at the lynx the belly or the back?
Is it any wonder that a 27 pound cat can walk on top of 3 feet of powder snow? The first picture is the bottom of a lynx paw. I'm always amazed that the pads show in their tracks at all with all that fur. The second picture shows my hand (that is a 2xl glove on it) in between the front paws of a good lynx. The left paw is the top and the right paw shows the bottom.
