Our vet came out last week for a farm visit to do ultrasounds on our 3 bred females. I'm proud to say that we have 2 ultrasound confirmations and a probable third. We are waiting on the progesterone test results on the 3rd female. 2 of the girls were bred to herdsires that are from other farms. The third, Bubbles, was rebred to Ace. She's most likely pregnant and will have a full brother or sister for Doc Watson next May.
The little boys are growing up fast! They are both well over 40 lbs now. They are great buddies. Each evening around 8 pm they can be seen pronking on the farm. They have both learned the value of a good hosedown on a hot day! It was in the high 80's today. I hosed all of the animals down to help keep them cool. Doc and Fiddler were right in the middle of things, waiting for their turns! They wasted no time running out to the pasture and rolling in the dirt afterward.
Our Anatolian, Tasha, proved herself very worthy this week. She killed her first varmint! Unfortunately it was a skunk! She still smells! I found the dead skunk in the pasture early this afternoon. I wonder what varmint will be next?
The chickens are all doing great! We're getting at least 4 eggs a day now, most days. The pullets I bought in May are almost full grown! I stopped moving them back and forth to the shed in their crate a few weeks ago. They now live full time with the other hens. They haven't joined the big girls on the roost at night though. I guess that will happen soon enough. I'll be glad when we have them laying eggs as well. Right now, I usually can sell 2 dozen eggs on Saturday at a local farmer's market. By fall, that will be up to 3 dozen!
