RE: the chickens. We are at 20 and holding, barring any catastrophe, looks like 20 will be processed. (We are down to 3 layers/pets. Lou, newest dog member of our family, killed the lovely Vesslamay about a week ago. We mourn her loss deeply, she was the prettiest, and her eggs were a beautiful sky blue.)
I am in process of researching how to kill a chicken. We plan to slaughter, with the help of my parents, around the 2nd week of August. I am trying hard not to become attached to the chickens, who have become quite cute and friendly. We picked up the chicks May 26, I think they were only a few days old then. The man at the local feed co-op said we should process them at about 8-10 weeks. After that time they just eat and eat until they drop of heart attack or something. Thus far we have spent the initial $1.09 per 25 chicks, 5 bags of feed @ $10 each, $12 and $5 for feeders..(unecessary) and $35 for waterer. A few weeks ago, my mom paid $15 each for 4 organic chickens, so I think we are doing pretty well on our investment.
We are in the scary process of choosing heating systems and contractors etc for our total-renovation-of-farmhouse project. Finances dictate that our immediate investment goes into roof, foundation and heat source. We currently heat with a wood stove in middle of the house. Ambient heat, meaning, only warm right up near the stove. Also, very very very messy. We are looking into corn/wood pellet stove, maybe with gas as a supplement.
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