05/31/2026
Welcome to the farm ❤️
I would like to emphasize that while farming is very joyful amd fulfilling, it's not alwaya piglets amd rainbows.
Soooo...yesterday on the way to market, a rack shifted in the trailer and some eggs ended up damaged. Yesterday was just...well, a day. Now I get to spend this morning cleaning up that mess.
I lost 2 more chickens yesterday/today and with the help of CSU extention we have determined there is Mareks running through our flock. Marek's disease is a highly contagious, viral neoplastic disease affecting poultry, primarily chickens. It is caused by an avian herpesvirus and is characterized by the formation of tumors and the enlargement of nerves, which often lead to irreversible paralysis in the legs or wings. There is no cure. The thing that really bothers me is that it came from some hatchery birds I bought last fall.
So also today, I get to clean amd sanitizer feed and water containers and coop. Then I need to set up a new water system that I have been working on. All while straining the duck wax and prepping to process birds this week.
I just have to keep faith in God and his plan amd carry on.