While I won’t say that I am not reading and marking out the different things in the seed catalogs, I have spent just as much time if not more working on this years planned chick/duckling, turkey pullet list..

I am trying to look at what my own birds have produced in terms of offspring for the past three years combined with what I need to bring in for fresh genes, combined with our own needs considering whe are going to have a number! of large amounts of Lamb, Beef and Pork this year..

I think I have it pretty close to figured out..

• 12 new laying hens to be, I am unsure as of yet what breed but it will be a dual purpose brown laying hen.
• 6 Bronze mixed run Turkey pullets
• A dozen Pheasents
• 4 to 6 geese-A mate or two for honk* and the rest for the freezer..

*Honk has attached himself to Apple Duck and he is just way to rough with her, he needs his own mate and I am unwilling to pay the prices at the bird sales to buy him a single full grown mate, so we will get a mixed run and hope that we get one or two nice girls for him to bond with and I am looking forward to a chistmas goose for 2013!

I also need to track down and add in two new female does to my rabbit breeding program, my girls are getting old and I have done a inbreeding, now, I need to outcross, and or replace the buck with fresh bloodlines. I am hoping to be able to pick them up at my good local bird sale, normally, there is one to five breeders there with rabbits and prices are higher but the qaulity makes it worth it, but last year, there was only one seller and it was angora, and the prices were crazy high..

Kijji is great but being able to get everyone on one sale day and for only one driving cost, it is so worth it if possable.

That’s it, plus one large Bard Rock Rooster from my favorite breeder at the spring bird sale