Almost there

We made it through the wind and cold, for this time around anyway.  This morning it's a balmy 18 degrees and flat calm.  I did chores in a sweatshirt and with no gloves.  Love it.

I'm still in disbelief how well my laying hens tolerated having almost 50 extra birds thrown into the coop with them.  They just keep laying in ever increasing numbers... lots of pullets coming online, but also plenty of big eggs.  Excellent.

And the goats seem well settled in.  Production is just about 50% of peak right now.  Slim.  But there are several slated to kid in the next 8 weeks, and all the rest are 5-18 months into their lactation.  So it goes with the territory.  I'm planning on bringing in a buck to breed another 5, and then I'll wait a few months and breed another bunch.

The sun is getting lower and lower.  Already, it ducks behind the mountains for the middle part of the day.  That period of time will get longer and longer until it rises no more until next year.  The immense changes that our seasons bring are like meditation to me.  Go with the flow, baby...  Home sweet home.