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Well, another turkey day come and gone. All the reports coming back from the customers who bought turkeys are saying it was the very best turkey they have ever ate, ever! Thank-you!
These turkeys were hatched here, and raised here, roaming all over the place, so I guess that is what makes them so good. They were only 10 lbs each, so they weren’t huge by any means. I think they hatched out in June, or right around the 4th of July. I will write it down next year for sure. We still have a few for ourselves. I think we will keep a couple of the hens to add to the breeding stock. There are some crosses, too. I’m calling them “Bourbon Bronze”. They look a lot like a wild turkey in coloring. They are a cross between the Bourbon Red and the Standard Bronze.
We had a good Thanksgiving. Went over to the neighbors’ for dinner. We will cook one of our turkeys on Sunday, since the dinner last night was vegetarian.
We are having a really mild start to winter! I am enjoying this a lot, and so are all the critters. I had clothes hanging out on the line on Wednesday. It was in the 50’s! That is really unusual for this time of year.
I got the dairy barn all re-done on the inside. Now there are permanent stalls built and feeders in each one. I’m working on the cashmere side now. I got the wether feeder done, but Henry is hogging the one whole side, so I’ll have to make a divider on it so he can’t do that. Poor Abraham isn’t getting to eat.
Well, that’s about it for today. Not much is happening that is noteworthy. I hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving this year!

I can’t believe it’s November already. This year has gone by way too fast. I didn’t get as much done as I was hoping to. Oh well…
We processed two turkeys on Tuesday. Sold one, and we are eating the other one. It’s pretty tasty! A nice change from goat meat.
I am now down to 44 goats, plus Lee’s two that I am boarding for the winter. There are ony 9 wethers now. That’s the fewest I’ve had in a very long time!
I finally got the old dairy shed torn down today. It looks much better out there now. This place is starting to look good, and just the way we want it to. Still a lot of work left to do, there is always something that needs fixing, or rebuilding, or building. A never ending process. It’s fun.
It’s breeding season now. There are five does that have been bred as of yesterday. I think there will be 5 more, then that will be it for this year.
Today was a nice day! John got the garden all ready for winter now. I made cheese, soap, spun, got my stuff all ready for Hooper’s craft show this week-end and tore down the shed. A good day’s work.
I’m teaching a workshop on how to make goat’s milk soap on Sunday. That should be fun. A busy week-end!
Well, that’s it for now….