Are we living our dream?

[flowerbug]

I now have 5 does loaded up, all written in a journal with dates on when to put in nests. DH told me that he put in nests for Mini Rex’s 2 days before because sometimes the kittens come earlier, just like for bantam chickens.
DH has been collecting ragweed and drying it on top of the cages, which I think serves two purposes. The first is maybe it helps decrease the temperature in the cages and the second is he feeds it to the rabbits the following day so it’s less rations necessary to feed the herd.
In just 4 days I will need to begin to put nesting boxes and hay for the does. I don’t feel little marbles in the abdomen but I never really did in the past anyway.

kneading does

 

[Medicine Woman]

Life goes on. I now have been started on a new blood pressure medication and I have been found with increased uric acid levels in my blood after my knee wouldn’t allow me to walk and in desperation I saw DH’s doctor as mine might as well retire (no more than he is present).
So recently we have obtained lots of rabbit cages and rabbits from a local who is done and we are trying to get future generations out of them. I suggested we put them along the west border, near the fence because no point planting vegetables or fruits if they will be sprayed with Roundup. We got 10 unwanted roosters from another local who just was overrun. The two biggest are in the coop with the girls. We need a slaughter day but the rest are in a tractor on weed control.
My house guest delivered a baby girl on October 30th. Very good baby. She asks for too much takeout but last night I looked at the Taco Bell deal she showed me for $21 and I said I was going to get a few pieces of non frozen meat and vegetables and cook. Done!! It did cost me over $57 but I got enough of future meals. Even she was impressed. Just cooked sausage and frozen peas with some of those baby carrots she has been stockpiling in the fridge.
Speaking of fridge, the fridge recently died. I was told by DH to get a big side by side. What I actually got was a big fridge with no freezer on it at all standing 6 feet tall and another one exactly the same to use as a freezer cuz the freezer does work but the top is in pieces and I want it gone yesterday. So both are in the kitchen now and it costed barely more than the side by side would have cost. I can’t believe how much food I can pick up now.
I have been interviewed for a part time bridge tender position and I’m hoping to get it as it was always my plan to return there anyway (after I was 60 years old and done with nursing) plus I already know how to work two of our bridges. Really it’s hard to survive on my pension.
Am old friend contacted me about my chickens and was basically picking my brain regarding how to have a successful project. I was telling him all about how I sex link my project to sell the pullets and eat the cockerels with the money I made from the girls and how I ferment the feed for 4 days or how I buy milo to increase the amount of pullets I hatch out and such…he complained about the toughness of the meat so I told him to let them relax in the fridge 3 days before cooking and how to cook an old bird as opposed to a young fryer. So all that sparked my interest to refresh my memory of what breeds constitute a silver hen. . I accidentally stumbled upon auto sexing of certain pure breed chickens. Talk about humility!! Here people consider me to be quite the expert and really I thought I was somewhat of an authority on anything chicken related and I learn about various breeds that you don’t even have to mix but show you upon hatching exactly what they are. I sent him a link and I then called his wife to confess that I messed up and to hold onto those RIRs because they already have everything they need. Just look for the white spots on the wings, indicating cockerels and such. But otherwise everything I said was En Pointe. Now I just need my incubators to be repaired so I can get my game going. Oh well….the Lord loves humility and I guess I learned it. I sure don’t recall reading anything about that in my little book but I bet it’s there

 

[Medicine Woman]

I guess I got my monies worth out of the food I selected. I baked the thighs yesterday and put the drumsticks to soak in a paste of buttermilk, eggs, flour and mustard overnight and today I fried them. Such big drumsticks!! Honestly I had enough with just one. I’m staying on a roll with the crockpot being used cuz it doesn’t heat up the house. No sooner I cleaned it from the green beans, I started cooking red beans cuz one of my GDDs totally loves them and her baby sister follows suit with whatever she does. I still sit most Saturdays so I’m going prepared!! Obviously everyone here will eat but I’m definitely bringing some Saturday. Trying to figure what I’m gonna cook next cuz I have all my remaining meats mixed and ready for a barbecue or whatever tomorrow. Can’t be caught with my pants down for a while.
So I am so scatterbrained cuz of my issues with my health I failed to mention DH stuck a nail in his foot 5 Fridays ago. I’m glad he told me cuz I fill DD’s Bactrim DS and I obtained a lot of bandages while I was running around. I knew I had the weekend upon us and zero chance to go in the office but I gave it my best shot. In spite of all my efforts he still developed cellulitis in his left leg and foot. By now he has been constantly on antibiotics ever since it happened, has had 4 X-rays and one ultrasound and has been referred to orthopedic surgery. He has an MRI November 22th and the orthopedist is talking about possibly removing his small toe and the side of his foot . I really hope some sort of miracle happens before then. I don’t know how I can keep up with everything and if I actually have to care for that big man!!!! I don’t have the physical strength to help him with much but I pray he can help me enough with the good foot. I’m just gonna pray for the best and trust that whatever happens we will figure it out together.
But Friday him and a close friend are going to the river and buy a ton of grain and DH is trying to work with the rabbits and chickens. I just try to look out for how long he wears his shoes and such.