Last weekend I was feeling extremely tired and actually napped. I did a couple of things outside, but then decided that rest was more important. Mostly because starting this weekend I'll be a little busy doing Operation Christmas Child activities. Go HERE to check out this Samaritan's Purse project if you are not familiar with it.
Anyway...
I was able to get some veggies in a couple of planting spots. The garden has been mostly pulled up..still need to pull up the flowers. The sorghum that popped up is HUGE and I can't get the plants up now that they are spent. Also have a couple of cabbage left, the kale and a few onions. Hoping to get things cleaned up a bit while I am off work next week. Then the tarps need to come out and the sand bags. However, I could let the chickens do the final clean up before the tarp goes down. We'll see.
Another project I hope to accomplish is to move Rexy & Fiona to the other side of the former parking structure. I am hoping to make that old structure into their new home. Once they breed (and we are hopeful) it would be nice to give Fiona a space for her and her piglets.
Question of the day: Have they mated?
Well, just a couple of days ago Tom did witness Mr. Rexy putting some moves on Miss Fiona and she wasn't pushing him away...
We'll see - maybe it will happen before the year is over. Missy is now 8 months old and it's time for her to get to work...hahaha. I was told a couple of months ago to watch for signs of mating. Since I'm not home all of the time I wouldn't know. However, it was encouraging to me to know that Tom had witnessed something. Since I like to research stuff...the American Guinea Hog Association says:
"Males can breed as early as approximately 6 to 8 months of age. Gilts (young females) can come into their first heat (estrus cycle) as early as 8 months of age. When exposed to a male, females can farrow (give birth) near or shortly after their first birthday."
Since we have absolutely NO idea what to look for I'm a little anxious to know if they will actually breed or if they will just be lazy and just want food. Given that Mr. Rexy-Pants has shown interest in Fiona I'm not worried about his intentions. However, Fiona might just play hard to get...
While we are on the subject of pigs. I got a text from Farmer Jason about harvesting one of their pigs and one or both of us hanging out and learning how it is done. By one I mean Tom...although, I would like to go and check out the process as well - because for some reason I'm not freaked out by harvesting animals, feathered or furry. This is a great opportunity as option #2 would allow us to bring home a portion of the pork at a very reasonable price. I see pork in my future...
So, while we continue to slow the pace a bit, we'll be enjoying the weather a bit. This is the time of year that we would normally get quite a bit of rain and we did a couple of weeks ago, but it was mostly the weekend and during the night. This week is looking good though...wish I could get home before sunset to help with the chores though. I'm missing my crazy little quackers!
Sigh....Farm Life...
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