New Additions to the Farm

Over the last few months we have gone to a few different Chicken Swaps and Farmer Markets looking for new animals to add to what we have. Every time we go to one of these things we are disappointed with the lack of selection(or the high prices). It seems that these events are just too small or too frequent to attract enough vendors and customers. Well this weekend we went to a swap at a local Tractor Supply. We had high hopes for this one because it was at a nice store that has lots of customers. Well to our surprise there were only 2 vendors. There were plenty of potential customers but no one selling. One lady had rabbits which we aren't interested in, but the other did have something I was looking for. After visiting a clients house recently that had some bantam chickens I thought that they would be a cool addition. Since the chickens we already have aren't very colorful I wanted something that stood out. Well the ones that were for sale Saturday were just that.

We bought three Old English Silver Duckwing Bantams. They are very cool looking. They are pretty nervous about their new surroundings but I'm sure they will settle in fine. I will post tomorrow with the updates to my chicken tractor I am making for them. I am in the process of adding a nesting box to this tractor.

After we got home from the swap my dad came over and helped me finish the wood shed we have been building from the lumber we had milled from our trees when our lot was cleared. It will be used to store and dry the rest of the wood from the the mill and to store our firewood. We have a ton of wood that has been cut but not split from storms over the last two years.