Seems like 09 just started, but here it is slipping out the last few days of Dec. In reflection, it's been a good year. We've met a lot of good folks, and shared our products with an ever increasing clientele.
We just delivered the last of our chickens this week. It's kind of a rush to stop at the designated meeting place, and greet the good folks who are so pleased to receive the locally grown unadulterated chickens. It always buoys up my spirits to see their enthusiasm. In deed I do make a few bucks off of the project, but it's hard to put a price on the intangible.
The cold weather moderated this week, which made us all happy. The laying hens are feeling a little less fatalistic, but the molt is in full swing, so we're only getting about a dozen eggs a day. The customers are whining, but it is what nature does, and it will be over in a few weeks. I hope. We have two small stores plus lots of individuals waiting patiently for the molt to end.
I put the boar (Thumper) in with the new Gilts, Ziggy, and Reggi, and Teana, so spring should bring us quite a bustle of little black and white babies. I must admit that when I go out to feed the hogs, I spend a few extra moments in the hutch with the little ones. They kind of charge up my batteries. There just isn't anything like the babies, to remind us what it's all about.
Happy Holidays to All, and here's hoping 2010 is as good or better than 09.
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