Wellllll.....LOL
I ended up getting my arm twisted to go to the Scioto County Fair yesterday by my husband. And I just HAD to buy a trio of Self-Blue Bantam Old English Game birds. They're gorgeous - and they're in the pasture next to the house (biosecurity, and probably beyond the waiting period just because they'll be so much smaller than my other 30). I also got 5 guinea chicks, only a day old.
So, the work got put off until today, but I will say I had a blast looking at all the different breeds of chicken people had for sale. I was *hoping* to find a pair/trio of Lavender Araucana, but that didn't happen...and for a Poultry/Livestock swap meet, there sure was a lot of "yard-saling" going on that was rather disappointing. I feel like the organizers could have done a little better in setting up the vendors - livestock in one area, farm implements/tractors/ATVs in another, guns in one area, yard-sale stuff in another, and the antiques in the buildings. It would have made the experience a lot more organized for people who, like us, were only there for livestock. The food vendors being scattered everywhere also brought a serious trash problem...there was litter everywhere, which to someone selling livestock, could have been detrimental if their animals ate something that blew into their enclosures that they shouldn't have.
I'm headed out to do the work that should have been done yesterday...and I'll post pictures of the work, the new babies, and the new game birds I bought my son to show and breed when I get done - if I'm not too worn out. 32 posts to drive, over 140' of fence to run, and another small coop to renovate and spruce up.
