I’m stumped this week. I’ve tried to come up with a quirky post but can’t find it in me. There’s been plenty happening though.
We only had seven turkey eggs hatch in the incubator last week. We had set 20 eggs and were hoping for quite a few more to hatch. Our predator is still around and took a guinea hen right off of her nest of 20 eggs. We have 100 new broilers arriving Friday and 100 more in three weeks.
The piggies got their first move last night. They were new to an outdoor environment so we left them in one place for more than a week to acclimate. The first move was an ordeal. My hooks broke free from the shelter, making my pull chain useless. I was able to wedge the loader inside the shelter and pull it to the new location. The pigs weren’t sure what to do and it took quite a bit of coaxing and prodding to get them to a new spot. They are now following directly behind the cows and sheep, which still aren’t sure quite what to think of them.
Farmer Paul will be baling hay Friday and will likely be spending a good part of the weekend putting it up in the barn. Farmer Betsy is out of town so young Farmer Sid will be running the Friday market. We are out of lamb until mid-July but we will still be selling whole pastured chickens and free-range eggs.
We will be at two markets this week.
Friday, June 21, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Farm to Fork Market at Normandy Farms (79th and Marsh Road)
Tuesday, June 25, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. – Decatur Township Farmers’ Market (5106 S. High School Road)
Full Circle Farm 
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