17 years ago, such a sweet little baby girl.

If I could go back in time and hold you and rock you in my arms and sing lullabies to you again, I would.

... but I know that instead I have to let you go so you can become your own independent person... and I will... but I will also pray for God's guidance for each step you take, and I am confident that you will become the amazing woman I know you are.

I'll love you for always, I'll like you forever.

As long as I'm living, my baby you'll be.

Duck eggs!

I don't remember when the ducks started laying, but their eggs are coming in steadily now.  Really nice sized and they're good layers too!  Egg is in my DD10's hand, so not as big as it looks in the picture.

Chicks!!!

Towards the end of August we placed a new order for meat chickens (Cornish X).  They were to arrive at the beginning of September.

At the end of August we were very surprised to find one of our Buff Orpingtons had been setting a clutch of eggs under our old horse trailer.  We left her alone and on September 3rd we found the eggs had hatched.  Out of the lot she was sitting on, she hatched out 5 beautiful little fuzzballs.  What luck it was to have our meat chicks arrive the very same day!  We put 10 of those in with her 5 original chicks and moved her and chicks into the chicken hoop house.

What a good mama hen!