Hogs and chicks on the farm

We are way behind in posting so here is our effort on trying to catch up. Near the end of the week last week we bought our hogs for the year. They are approximately 45-70 lbs and we have five of them. We will finish them out naturally and have them butchered in the fall. By today's standards they will be ready for butcher long before then but we use them to help clean up the farm in the fall. They make great tillers and fertilizer applicators on a garden.

We also incubated about 40 eggs from our laying hens and it just so happens that 31 of those incubated eggs hatched starting the day we brought the hogs home. This is a new experience for us and was rather interesting. D-3 did most of the work with this project and said they would hatch in approximately 21 days after starting incubation. He was exactly correct, 21 days after incubation started they did hatch.

Next up with be about our trip to Illinois for Liberty Day.

WINDY!!!

It's been a while for an update from us so I thought I would put something down about the wind we had in north central Iowa last night. We've been away from blogging due to the trip we took last weekend to attend Liberty Day in Illinois. We will tell more about our trip soon.

About 03:15 this morning I was awakened by field debris (dirt and such) hitting my bedroom window. As I was lying there praying and thinking that this is the worst wind that I can remember from a southerly direction since we have lived on our farm, I noticed a flash to the west of us and then the power went out. We are known for wind in our area but the "tough" wind is usually from the northwest.

Well since the power was out I thought I should get up and call in the outage. After making the call I was allowed much time to spend with my Lord in quiet. Sometimes I think He wakes me up on purpose to spend time and still my soul.

The Lord spared us from any major damage to the house and buildings beyond what already needs attention. To Him belongs all the glory.