Spring Additions!

Our "faithful" chickens...at least they're not eating the broccoli! If you look carefully, you might be able to spot a broiler or two. Those are our new chicken additions.

Some wild hogs were trapped at the ranch where R.G. and Matthew work, and the owner of the ranch asked the boys if they wanted to take them home. The boys were glad to take him up on the offer, so we are now the proud? owners of two wild hogs. They may not look like much now, but they'll look great at about 240 lbs, neatly wrapped in white butcher paper!

Little wild piggies learning to be tamed.

They're gradually getting less skittish.

We are really farmin' now! Today we got our first two heifers: they are pregnant and will calve this fall. The boys worked so hard to get the fence finished so we could finally get some cattle! One of them is R.G.'s. and one is the family's. R.G. said he'll choose his after they calve. I think he's hoping for another heifer!

Here is the first of our herd starters, #23.

And joining her in the field is #78.

We haven't considered naming them yet. The older boys are adamant that they don't need names, they say real farmers just call them by their numbers. We'll see about that. Miss Rachel and Mama might just take a walk out to the field and start calling them "Bossy" or "Bessie" or maybe even (gasp) Oreo!!!

Hey, where did these little monkeys come from? I don't remember buying them!

Well, that's all the news from Lake Woebegon...oops, wrong sign off!

Thanks for stopping by and catching up with us!