A Dismal Chronicle by and large

I have put off this blog as long as I can.

The events of this past week have been nothing to envy,

I must confess.

The list has been so long and terrible,

I have not had the fortitude to write them until now.

There have been personal problems this week,

 but there have been farmore farm related problems,

and this is a chronicle of those and those alone.

We lost our electric and had to run our incubated eggs

(mentioned here) to my non-farming mother's house.

I explained they had to stay plugged in and unopened.

They were there from Friday to Tuesday evening, and then

she unplugged them. She needed to plug something in where they

were and gave the eggs no thought. Forgot totally about them

from 6:30pm until 11:30am the next day!!!

Needless to say, I was livid and sad. I had candled them 3 days

before and was thrilled all but 2 had moving chicks inside.

That was almost impossible considering they were

shipped 800 miles and were a delayed delivery.

We plugged them back in, said some sincere

prayers and have started the "Will They

Hatch" wait. I will know around the 9th!

That was a lot of money, time and potential profit

lost, if none hatch, and regardless, short of a

miracle, all that would have hatched will not

do so now.

We had to assist in another goat birth. 

It was not too bad, but I did have to leave my oldest son watching

the small farming kids while they napped below

and go up to the barn to help. I waited about 15 minutes after

feet presented and no birth before going in and moving the

kid around some. The doe screamed, rolled and so forth, but

I was able to help her deliver a good sized FB Nubian buckling.

I am through pulling out GOAT KIDS until 2012, I believe!

Thank God! Well, some Nigerians should kid much later this

year, but they are typically good, hardy kidders.

The next blog does highlight some NICE things going

on here at the farm, however, so stay turned!