Downsizing

What a cold, hard winter we have had and it is only the first part of January. Luckily, before the winter hit, we decided to downsize. We've tried out different animals and if they didn't work out for us, we passed them on to someone better. So far we have had to move out our first dog ever, Max. We got him for Grace on her birthday. Unfortunately, he liked the taste of chicken and killed at least 6 of my laying hens. This was unacceptable and he found a better farm without any chickens. Our turkeys met their fate in November. They were actually fun to raise and we look forward to getting more next year. We decided to sell our goats. They were just too much trouble, always getting out and being naughty. The hardest one for me was that we recently sold our laying hens (or John might call them our non-laying hens). They were becoming a waste of money as they were eating expensive organic grain and not producing any eggs. They were getting old too and their laying was slowing down. Now we are left with 3 growing calves and two dogs. The farm is feeling a bit empty but we have learned so much from all of the animals that we've had and we are making many plans for the spring. John keeps dreaming about a milk cow so we shall see! We are busy making many changes to how we are functioning with the farm so we are excited to finally start moving forward with products we will have to offer people. Stay warm!