After several weeks of leveling, setting forms, mixing and pouring concrete we are finialy done with the concrete footers! Talk about some hard work, I really have to hand it to the folks that work with concrete as a living. That is some hard work there, real back breaking stuff.
Now I may be some young whippersnapper but I definatly should take stalk in sunscreen and Advil after all that. But I sure can say it's nice to say that I can do it.
Now the last two days, and more to come, we have had horrible winds. Soon as these winds calm down a bit we can start framing the walls. For safty reasons I just refuse to be moving 2x4s around. They catch the wind and about knock me over, it will just be better to wait it out.
On a completely unrelated topic I just have to mention. The other morning I was behind a school bus that was making a stop to pick up a little girl. I just could not help but hear the nursary ryme in my head "Mary had a Little lamb," because as the girl walked across the street and got on the bus a cute little black and white lamb followed her the whole way! Her father came running after her to get the lamb back. Precious.
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Let me introduce myself.
Hello to everyone out there. I look forward to sharing my wonderful life with poultry with anyone who wants to be a part of it.
My husband and I had just began to raise poultry last year when we started with a 8'x8' shed style coop that my husband built! We thought that would surely be enough space... well it was until this year came along. We began to read about different breeds and guess what, we chose one to begin to specialize in so we needed a separate breeding pen.
On top of this we both agreed that home grown turkey would be much heather and fun to raise. So we needed extra space for the Bourbon red turkeys now. We've ordered 4 to come in June from a hatchery. They're not sexed so we're hoping to get at least one of each sex and plan to butcher the extras after picking the ideal breeding pair of the group. Our hope is that for at least the next couple years we can have the turkeys breed and raise poults (baby turkeys) for us to butcher with out having to buy them each year.
And on top of this new adventure my husband really wanted Indian Runner Ducks. Now there is a strange duck for you. Their thigh is shorter then your typical duck causing their center of balance to be different. Because of this the duck walks upright, like a person, instead of waddling. These ducks are commonly used for training herding dogs. And since we have two herding dogs, my husband's border collie and my blue heeler mix, it just seemed to make some sense.
Anyway, we have just began to build the new coop for the new additions and you are welcome to read on. I'm sure from time to time I might digress to my other hobbies, soap making and attempts at gardening. Please enjoy and comment as you wish.
My husband and I had just began to raise poultry last year when we started with a 8'x8' shed style coop that my husband built! We thought that would surely be enough space... well it was until this year came along. We began to read about different breeds and guess what, we chose one to begin to specialize in so we needed a separate breeding pen.
On top of this we both agreed that home grown turkey would be much heather and fun to raise. So we needed extra space for the Bourbon red turkeys now. We've ordered 4 to come in June from a hatchery. They're not sexed so we're hoping to get at least one of each sex and plan to butcher the extras after picking the ideal breeding pair of the group. Our hope is that for at least the next couple years we can have the turkeys breed and raise poults (baby turkeys) for us to butcher with out having to buy them each year.
And on top of this new adventure my husband really wanted Indian Runner Ducks. Now there is a strange duck for you. Their thigh is shorter then your typical duck causing their center of balance to be different. Because of this the duck walks upright, like a person, instead of waddling. These ducks are commonly used for training herding dogs. And since we have two herding dogs, my husband's border collie and my blue heeler mix, it just seemed to make some sense.
Anyway, we have just began to build the new coop for the new additions and you are welcome to read on. I'm sure from time to time I might digress to my other hobbies, soap making and attempts at gardening. Please enjoy and comment as you wish.
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