Building Chicken Pens

In the meantime of doing everything that I have been posting about lately, the most important is working on the chicken pens. We started them in March and just now finished them last week. Yes, it really has taken 2 months. They involved more detail then Dad realized, and with the chickens getting bigger and bigger we had to get them done ASAP. Chicks can only stay in a brooder for so long. The Storries were interested in raising their chickens on pasture this year like we do so they came over to help build the pens and for their time, we gave them a pen to use for themselves. Now that we have 5 pens out on the field, it looks awesome with all those chickens in them now!!!

Our long line of pens

Ike was checking this one out

We finally were able to get our little laying hen chicks onto grass!

The broilers in their pens

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Memories From March

Hello all! We're back again! Man, what a busy month! Several birthdays, fun events, farm life, and everyday happenings! Shall we begin? This month literally started out with Norah turning 11! Here's just a few of her birthday photos! This year, Norah requested a doughnut cake! Two doughnuts a person! Let's just say we all felt horrible that night. Loading more pigs up Isaiah still doesn't know what to think of the sheep Izzy and Mr. Grumpy Gills Katherine started riding a two-wheeler bike, with a little help from the training wheels! She could totally be a model! Chick season has come around the corner...again! This will always be a favorite! They make for good pets...when they're little anyway! When you don't have a tractor and you need to seed the fields... ...and chop broom grass down When Mom's not putting the food in your mouth fast enough Meet the new bull calf, Demitri! ...

August In A Nutshell

Hello folks! We hope you all had a great August! This month Mom, Dad, and Isaiah drove to CO to drop Peyton and Norah off, so they could visit with our Grandmas for two weeks. They were supposed to go to Germany and Austria with Grandma Mary in June, but, due to covid19, they weren’t able to go. But they still needed some Grandma time! We also butchered around 300 chickens this month. We’ve never butchered that many at the same time before, so we broke them up into two different butcher days. (Since we had to cut up 200 of them). And took steers to the butcher!!! August was also ‘drought month’ for MO. The fields turned crispy brown, which hasn’t been helpful for our grazing cattle. Thankfully, we’ve gotten some good rains right at the end of the month, and things have once again greened up! Priscilla (my cow) FINALLY had her calf!! We’ve been waiting so long for her to arrive! (YES!!! She had a heifer!!!!!!) So, the process of milk...

Izzy's 12 Year Old Pictures

Now that Isabelle has been 12 for a month now, I finally got around to getting her pictures done! This post will be short and sweet and a big long one will be coming soon (hopefully)!

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