This could have been the "big one that got away"...

...but thankfully we had a camera so you're never going to hear about this catch.

Fabio fell off the wagon and the habit has returned with a vengeance.  He is sucking the equivalent of one pack a day in cigarettes.

Rabbit grazing cages.  Instead of keeping them off the ground and constantly giving them feed, these cages allow rabbits to consume grass, it saves money and even better it offers vitamins and minerals which further improves the nutritional value of their meat.

Transferring colonies to their new homes.  Kind of like installing new cards into a switch or router except those cards don't bite or provide a huge nutritional pay-off.

Not much activity until the bees get acclimated.

This is what is known as a broiler, they are cross between Cornish and White Plymouth Rock breeds.  They produce a meaty chicken that gains weight quickly.  They essentially are giant meat balls with legs.

Looks like a storm is coming.

"Move!  Get these meat balls to safety!"

And another new kid on the block.

Hmmm... what should this post be about?

While I meditate on that here are a few updates...

Two weeks since Fabio started the 12 step program for pacifiers and he's doing great.

Farm ER (I'd rather smoke a cigar in the waiting room).

Another example of how you frequently have to improvise. This is a tractor implement we had to move and in case my idea turns in to a bad idea Liberty doesn't want to be associated with it.

Occasionally the stream becomes a river and breaches its banks but the eggs still have to be collected.

New additions.  These guys are really funny to watch, they are the complete opposite of goats.

Homeschooling always goes smoothly,

just like this pic shows, apparently Calvin was studying spear throwing techniques of ancient man and the aerodynamics of concave rubber objects.  If you look closely you'll notice that he's trying to hit Caleb in the back with a toilet plunger.  Caleb probably complimented him on something to which Calvin probably asked "do you mind going outside and helping me with a test that combines two areas I'm studying?" to which Caleb probably said "sure."

Prepping for new bee colonies.

Bulk feed delivery.

Another new kid on the block, we've had six born in the past week: five bucks and one doe.

We've recently noticed a glitch...

 ...in the Matrix.

Also confirmed by the egg on the left.

This was a bad idea (it dropped the van's suspension about 4").

Same with this choice in footwear.

Girlpower moving 1 ton of feed (an E250 really can carry 2,000lbs w/ out a problem).  Looks like fun,

but not really.

Goats make great indoor pets (until they decide to go poop).

Air traffic control can't keep up.

The duck house.

Trying to appreciate the difference in taste between a conventional broiler and a rooster with a monkey on my back.

Work being done in the lab (err, well yeah, you could call it a double wide trailer).

A chicken's version of the movie "The Island."  They have no idea what's really going on.