Eggs (week ending 2/19): 37The big event on the farm is the return of the three does. Hopefully they're all pregnant. This could be alarming, though - two of the does come from a line that tends to have triplets, and the other one twins. We... that is, my daughter... no, make keep it at we... could have as many as 13 goats by summer.
Eggs (week ending 2/26): 51
Eggs (remainder of February): 11
Eggs in February: 171
Eggs (year to date): 372
To my daughter's credit, she's already lining up buyers for the excess. And plans to have at least one meat goat if the numbers allow. That ought to be interesting. Especially since I found a chili recipe using chevon (the nice thing about the French language - it makes even the most unappetizing things sound good - like escargot).
I keep catching the four socks cat in the coop. Last night it was actually sleeping in one of the nest boxes. It doesn't seem to have designs on the bigger chickens, who would obviously stomp the dirt out of the cat if it posed a threat. The problem is, what happens when I partition off part of the coop for the nursery for the chicks I want to order? It keeps the hens and roos out - but the cat could get in and have a great snack.
Well, I have a plan to get rid of the four socks cat. It involves chicken wire, a live trap, one of those small tins of smelly cat food... and a pistol.
