Hard Things...
Sometime in my journey to becoming a farmgal, I had an illusion that this kind of life was "sugar and spice and everything nice". I had these ideal visions of me and my animals running through fields, throwing clover, and living in bliss (kind of...maybe not throwing clover...). I think that every farmer, rancher, or grower deals with these crazy ideas that life is all going to work out and "the neighboring ranch has problems but not mine" kind of attitude. Will at 10 months with his first flock Along with a heavy work load and lots of sore muscles and complete exhaustion comes the less than ideal reality. Sometimes karma scoops up a big handful of poop and tosses it your way! I have watched this build over the last few months and knew that today was coming. Our chicken flock is comprised of chickens that we have kept over the last ten years. We actually have chickens that are eight years old. Hard to believe, seeing as not many chi...