Meet "Madison"

These are pics of my new cockerel. He is referred to as a cockerel and not a rooster because despite his size, he is less than 1 year old. He is a Marans, but because of his coloring he is known as a "Splash". I have named him "Madison". When bred with other pure colored Marans hens he will produce some AWESOME little chicks!
   The pigs have grown so much that they now eat 2 troughs full of food a day! My goodness! When we have these butchered it will be done a little different than last time. Instead of getting ground pork it will be 50% Italian breakfast sausage and 50% regular breakfast sausage. The bacon will be sliced 1/2 regular thickness and 1/2 thin, instead of all of it being sliced extra thick. Also, I anticipate the pork steaks lasting a little longer since they will be in my freezer under lock & key!
  The top netting for my outside chicken yard should arrive any day. I have 1 hen that keeps "flying the coop". This afternoon Tip & I are going to go to Tim Johnsons' house to pick up a whole bunch of 14"x14"x4" square pavers that I will use to make a footpath from the back porch to the shop. I walk there often enough that the grass is worn out and it has nearly turned into a muddy path.
   We are due for a significant snowfall later this week and into next week. Sometimes the forecast never materializes but I have a bad feeling about this one. I think we are in for one last blast of winter weather before Spring finally gets here.  That's O.K.. Lets get this done & over with so the rivers will get back into shape and the Spring Chinook fishing can start. By the time this snow event has passed and we have our little spring meltdown the fishing should be on!