Hey.

Well, I have been rather bad at blogging (der) so here is an update--

The weather has been horrid the past few days the lowest temperature -11, and with wind-chill, -24. We put a heater in the chicken coop, at the lowest setting (32). That was two days ago. Yesterday we had 4 eggs, and some rather clucky girls, and today? Seven.

A while ago we poured over the Murray McMurray Hatchery magazine, and decided to get some ducks. Ben would like to eat one, so we have 2 Peking ducks coming. I picked out the Khaki Campbells (4) and Eric chose the Cayuga ones, as they were made here in America (Cayuga, New York, actually). (4) We also have 25 broilers that we'll hopefully have big enough to butcher before The Wine Party, and 3 Silkies (for hatching out our own broods in the upcoming years) and, just for fun, 3 Golden Polish Crested chickens. :) They are just to help us smile everyday--the crested breeds look like they have a huge puffball on their necks. :) I am grinning, just thinking about them!!! All girls this round! Although, if we hope to hatch some duck eggs, we may need to get a drake. Alright, we definitely will have to get a drake :) (I know how it works!!!) We tried to talk Eric into some geese as well, but he would have none of it! Maybe we'll get some turkeys for next year! (Eric is quite petrified of turkeys, but I'll let him tell that story!)

We all made it through this weather just fine. We ended up bringing the dogs in for a few nights. They were quite happy to be inside!!!

Tonight, while Eric is out, I'm hoping to have things ready for the babies, and then we'll have this whole weekend off!!! Whoo!! Then just wait for the post office to call!!!!!!!