Breeding pair of Narragansett turkeys. 2 years old. $100. Must go as pair.

I was late this morning getting out to do the chores, so I got an escort. I guess the ducks had run out of patience and came to the front door to make sure I hurried up. They are so funny they way they waddle around.

We have decided to not add to our Rex herd. Not that we had any plans for the near future to do so. We bought two new bucks last year and they are not what we were looking for. We were wanting to add size to the herd, but they are smaller than our juniors of our own breeding. It's very hard to get big Rex here in Illinois, as there are not a lot of breeders here. We currently have 2 black otter does and 1 buck, 1 each broken castor doe and buck, and 1 castor doe. The otters will probably not stay much longer. The Castors will all stay. We also have 4 junior Castor we will decide on soon. We will not sell any of these Rex, since they are too small and do not benefit the breed and don 't meet the breed standards.

I heard a loud chirping earlier from the back porch. I knew that it was louder than normal. Hurried downstairs to find one of the Cornish Cross chicks had flown the coop. It was chirping really loud and looking around for the others. I thought I'd have trouble catching it, but walked right up to it and picked it up and put it back. Now there is a wire top on the tank they are in. They look like they have doubled in size since we brought them home on Sunday.

One of the Californian babies were out exploring today. They are getting so big, so fast. We're really excited about this litter since it's the first one for the year. Of course we're excited about all the litters that are coming up as well. All of the Cal does are bred. I still have 2 Rex does to breed yet.Hopefully the weather stays somewhat decent.

Finally got some seeds started for the garden. We're getting off to a later start this year but it couldn't be helped.

We have a milk goat lined up. She is the mother to our Jess that we got last year. We've been very happy with Jess. Her temperment and her handling is wonderful. She milks like a dream. We thought the best place to get one like her is from the same people we got Jess from, duh. I need to get all the milking equipment ready to go again. Unfortunately, we didn't get Jess bred last fall since we didn't know of anyone that had a buck. Hopefully, this fall we can find one to borrow to romance our girls.

Our Narragansett turkey should start laying some time soon hopefully. We did some research and age figuring on the Muscovys and they probably won't start laying until May. Looking forward to the cute ducklings. Baby turkeys are ugly if you ask me, but looking forward to them too.

We got some chicks from the local farm stores last week. We know have 8 Buff Orpingtons, 4 Black Laced Golden Wyandottes and 10 Cornish Cross. All are getting along nicely and getting big. This weekend we will be moving them to bigger facilities.