again no sleep

i didn't sleep wednesday night,
(i am actually typing this THURSDAY night for posting in the AM)

ok so thursday recap
the roosters were processed and are now in the fridge for a couple days
then the freezer, the carcasses look good, not a lot of fat but a tiny bit
mark said one of them pecked him, well i imagine they would have
can't blame them

it bothered me a lot until the boys were delivered to the processor
then when i got home
i wasn't bothered at all.......... did i get so hardened?
but i know they were starting to mount the pullets and the poor girls were terrorized

i got the pullet pen semi straight and then they knocked over their waterer
so i put shavings in to dry things up and fed them

i am drying garlic for powdering
hanging laundry by the woodstove to dry

somehow today i hurt my back, but i can't figure out how or when

now

bernie is getting a 98 ford e250 van
he is getting the paperwork straightened out and finding a passenger seat
as it is a used medical coach with a wheel chair lift

it should be home by monday i believe

that is so good cause he really needed a new vehicle,
and since he has gotten a transfer to either new brunswick or east brunswick ( i forget and confuse those two....but it doesn't matter as they are pretty close together)
he will have a comfortable ride
his old pick up was FAR from comfortable



now if only we could get the farm as easily...........

it's cold again
ice is forming on the buckets

cleo has something wrong with her leg
i keep checking it
she is limping a bit
but i can't see anything
and she isn't limping all the time.....just intermittenly
i keep trying to figure out what is causing it
i notice that when she tries to walk too fast she limps
and occationally sits down
i am wondering if i should keep her inside for a few days
she won't be happy about that


i got to see the other girls that i gave to the folks up the hill
one of them remembered me and is as sweet as the ones i kept
the other one........who always was a bit of a bitch is still standoffish

i saw their chickens as well...... they have 4 black sex linked, and a brownish bantam

nice birds
i love seeing people getting more self sufficient
i remember when these folks said...NOOOOOOOOOOOO CHICKENS
NOOOOOOOOOO ducks
hahahaha

now they have both
and i am thinking........ they need clandestine goats