It is so much fun watching the chicks we hatched in June becoming big chickens now. They are so pleased with themselves just being chickens and doing chicken stuff! Yesterday I visited the farm of some like-minded people undertaking similar animal husbandry projects. It was fun to see all their animals, good to hear the values, frustrations and observations of raising animals for family food shared by others, and to know we are not alone in pursuing this lifestyle. Like us, they were raising rabbits and chickens, as well as...
a prolific flock of Broadbreasted White Turkeys, including breeding turkeys and quite a few growers (I'm going to miss having turkey in the freezer this winter). There was also...
...a flock of Embden, Sebastopol and Pilgrim Geese. The trio we lost last winter to the coyotes were Pilgrim Geese, and seeing these yesterday reinforced the desire to get more next spring. They also had chocolate colored Muscovies, one with 10 ducklings. Of course, that can change overnight as life is very hard and there are lots of lethal dangers for little ducklings. We couldn't find the peacocks that were hiding from the heat. Smart peacocks.
It was also exciting to see animals that I have admired and thought of raising, like Highland cows and...
...Jacob Sheep. They are so cute and have such nice fiber. Both of these animals have horns -hornless being a characteristic I like in animals we raise. I'll keep reminding myself that 1) we don't need another animal project, and 2) you can't do everything -even if you really, really want to. Their little faces are pretty adorable, though and hard to resist!
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