Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Calves Status
I delivered the marketing alliance steers on Wednesday, Oct 24. One, the youngest of all, was under 600 pounds so I kept him back for a load in December. The others averaged 625 pounds, right where they were supposed to be. Now we have the 11 Polled Herefords, the one baldie steer, and Lambert the yearling bull left here at the house. I fed them all in the barn trough then left the gate open so, when they finished and ambled out, the 2 little twins would go with them.
They did, and they all stayed together last night in the pasture, but the little ones didn't come up with the others for breakfast. I guess they have to develop social skills and the herd instinct. They did all come up for dinner tonight, so I bet they figure it out pretty quickly. We'll see if Kathy still sneaks Starr a bottle through the fence.
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Eggs and Pecans
The Poultry and Pecan profit centers came back online recently, after seasonal outages.
Monday I heard a hen making the "I just laid an egg" sound from the barn. I looked and found 10 eggs in the nest box I built for them there, that they've never used (obviously I haven't been listening closely enough lately). So the dogs got eggs for breakfast that day, since I didn't know how old they were, and we've been getting one a day since then. It's been months--all summer, at least--since we had eggs and I had about given up on the hens and figured we'd raise a new batch next spring. It's nice to be getting eggs again, even if it's just from one hen. Maybe more will get the idea.
I've been watching the pecan tree in the front yard all spring and summer, realizing that it was full of pecans but sure that the heat, drought, grasshoppers or some other catastrophe would prevent a crop. Today I gathered all that had fallen or looked like they would fall soon, and filled my hat. They're big, full and tasty and the tree is still loaded--the lower branches are touching the ground. Bodes well for pecan pies at Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Life is good. Come on down and have eggs for breakfast and pecan pie for dessert.
Monday I heard a hen making the "I just laid an egg" sound from the barn. I looked and found 10 eggs in the nest box I built for them there, that they've never used (obviously I haven't been listening closely enough lately). So the dogs got eggs for breakfast that day, since I didn't know how old they were, and we've been getting one a day since then. It's been months--all summer, at least--since we had eggs and I had about given up on the hens and figured we'd raise a new batch next spring. It's nice to be getting eggs again, even if it's just from one hen. Maybe more will get the idea.
Life is good. Come on down and have eggs for breakfast and pecan pie for dessert.
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