Cows and Chickens.....

Well...here we have been working on milking the cow for the past two weeks or so, we built a milking stand for the cow.....you might have heard about ones for goats but this one is for cows. It gets them up higher so they are easier to milk.Also, it holds in my momma cow, once she is in it, she like to be milked but before that...you can't get near her.

Today we cleaned up the cow pens, when we needed to do the other side I moved Bella into the first side with the stand in it. She went right in to the stand and just stood there like she knew what she was doing. So I gave her a treat and locked her in, she really didn't have much trouble, which is really great. I hope to get her used to if before I try to milk her, unlike the other way around this time.

Update on the chickens...my batch of chickens to make eggs to hatch for meat birds is coming along nicely, they are 5 weeks old. Everyone that is old enough is laying like crazy, the incubators are full and babies are hatching. When I write it all down it makes me happy that so much of it is going on. Just last week, I got a huge incubator, it isn't up and running with eggs yet,but holds temp. I need to get a turning system for the eggs and a place to put it, it is the size of a 12 cu ft fridge. I wonder how many eggs it will hold. Here is a picture of some of the newest babies...