In Constant Motion

I don't think the truck ever cools completely off before we are jumping in again and heading somewhere else. If we are not on the go then we are out back working. There is never really any down time for us because if we had the time to sit then we just wasted that moment to do something productive or fun. Sitting ain't fun for me.
Between birthday parties, night fishing, working and running around, I think we got our monies worth this weekend and no sleep. 

The Mini Farm is alive with babies everywhere, I will post some pics later. Almost every hen has several little chicks chasing after them. When a hen hatches out, I see free money. I didn't have to do anything for that profit. The ones in the incubator have some overhead attached to them so I won't make as much.
The pigeons are even setting. They are fun to watch because the male takes the day shift and the female takes the night shift by sitting on the eggs.
The rabbit tractor is doing great. I need more rabbits though. I am not having to move it but every four days with only three does in it. I need five more to have the breeding stock I want. I am almost ready to start breeding, but I don't know if I want to breed them all at once or stage them out.

This weekend we harvested the rest of the corn and the carrots. We now have enough of each to last us awhile. I am planning on planting some more in the fall gardens to have enough for the rest of the year. I will also be planting many more things to provide for us through the winter.
This weekend I was at my mom's and she fed me Zucchini spaghetti. It was the first time I have had it that way and I think that is the way I am going to eat it for now on. Goodbye pasta and hello squash.

Sunday we did a wedding rehearsal for my cousin and her soon to be. The wedding is planned for the 4th so I bet it will go off with a "bang". This will be the first wedding I have officiated so I am busy writing notes and figuring out what I want to say. They both wanted it Rednecked up a little so I am wondering if they got the right guy to do it because I don't know if I can do that.
(That was funny right there and if you didn't think it was you need to quit reading this. LOL)
The setting will be at my Dad's farm, on an island out in the pond. I'll show some pictures when we get it done. Yup, I will be wearing a suit.       
All the women folk will be over at my house the night before to have a girls night. I don't know what I am going to do, but you can bet I won't be anywhere near the house. I may sleep in the bathhouse or something. Oh, by the way, the bathhouse is up and running again. The water is better than ever. 

Other than that, I will be having a four day weekend coming up and there is no telling what I am going to get myself into.

I will get those baby chick pictures done tonight,
See ya tomorrow.
MDR

It's Just What Rednecks Do On Our Days Off

First off I want to say Howdy and Welcome to Sissy over at http://musingsbythecreekside.blogspot.com/ for becoming the newest member of MDR. She has a real nice blog and I encourage you to take a look.
Thank you Sissy and again welcome.

New Years Eve came with clear skies, cool temperatures  and and little windy plus it did not take much to convince me I needed to do other things than work around here. For the last two months it has been cold and rainy so I guess with a day like that I wanted to do something else rather than what I needed to be doing.
So a whole bunch of us including my four girls, got together over at my dad's and threw some massive lead down range.
It was a good way to end a not so good year.



We even had a first timer join in on the fun. On the left here is my little six year old niece shooting her first pistol for the first time. Her daddy and old uncle were so proud.      






Speaking of Rabbits, the youngest girl got three more breeders to add to her stock. They are of the Satin breed.
If you are wondering the rabbits she raises are for showing and not meat. Yes, they could be eaten if need be, but meat rabbits do not go over too well here as do show rabbits.







For New Years day we did something a little different then we normally would. All my life I have had the traditional dinner with all the fixins but this year we went to an old friends daughters wedding. I have know this girl back when she was just walking and me and her daddy have been really good friends all these years. When he thanked me for coming I told him I would not have missed it for the world.  

Once back home I could not let such a beautiful day go to waste without doing something outside so me and the oldest (BEB) went out and built stuff. I will let her tell you about it on her blog but it was cool. Please check it out, here in a little bit, and tell her just how cool it really is.

I did some more stuff but will post about it later. Tomorrow will be a production day here at the Mini Farm so hold on to your hats folks.