Lil Red Babies.....

This is Lana, (she is the big one with all the food spouts) and Lana is one of our "home grown" girls and, as you can see, she just had a brand spankin fresh outa the box new litter of little red babies and they are doing just fine. We are quit sure their are some future mommies in the bunch and if you look close you will see the biggest baby boy (Grand Champion what you say) lying right up next to the food spouts waiting for the dinner bell (grunter bell) to sound. He didn't get that big by being last in line!!

Well, the day is almost over, the fog, drizzle, and snow are about to give way to some below zero temps, the piggies are asleep, we are home and all is well on the farm once again......:)

Well, I don't know about you, but this old body doesn't appreciate a change in temperature of this magnitude!!! The weather went from ice to flood in about a week causing undo stress and strain to all who had to be out in it (us) and I can't say it did much for the ones who were stuck inside either. At this point in time the weather man is calling for Sunny and 40 today, snow tomorrow and temps falling next week to only 20s for highs, go figure. Kim and Susan are stuck inside where they are from all the snow throwing darts at one another to stay unbored (my word) but at least that is consistent and isn't such a strain on the system...the weather I mean, not the dart throwing.

Mother Nature is giving us her usual fits at the Unit as well and although we know it is coming it is still difficult to accept as something we can do little to change but we are inching in that direction ever so diligently, although I believe she will win in the end. We have started having our 4-H pigs and I must say they look pretty good at this point in time. The initial litters out of Paint Shop (our boar) are very good looking little boogers and me thinks me smell a few Champions in the mix!! The Duroc gilts are due next week and everything Lori and I have are crossed for luck in anticipation of some most excellent replacement gilts as well as a few Champion barrows (that's unbored for you city folk) for the fairs.

It is time to make an attempt to get all the Christmas lights down before the snow so I will take my leave of you, (I like that, got it from Spock's dad in "The Journey Home") everyone is home playing except Steve, it is his weekend, and all is well on the farm once again..........

Icycold......

Haven't updated this Blog for some time but I thought I would share this photo of a very cold and very icy morning a few days ago. If memory is working, it was about 3 degrees and everything, including me, was covered with a thin layer of ice.......wish you could have been there...........:)

He is wearing Daddy's what.......

Ok, I know it is Halloween but you have got to be kidding.... Maybe it's just me but it appears the outfit he is trying to put on is not his....and maybe it's just me but it appears that it is not Lori's either.....and maybe it's just me but it appears that the only one left that it would fit is
Eric......maybe it's just me but Eric used to dress up as a what.....maybe he got it to wear to the opening Monday when the pigs arrive (pork, not the cops)........maybe Debbie wasn't kidding when she told me at the wedding that Lori was marrying a clown.....maybe I just made all this up...then again, maybe i didn't....

Either way, I couldn't make up the smile on this young mans face......GO BABY J......:)

Zoo Trip.....

Well, from the report I got the trip to the zoo was enjoyed by all, including the animals and I don't mean the three in the photo....:)


Baby J had a great time although he didn't want to pet the Dolphins he did get into flinging the fish at them, it's a guy thing, you wouldn't understand, it would take hours and several containers of alcohol to explain it and you still wouldn't get it but after the several containers no one would care......
Lori got to visit with some friends she worked with previously at the zoo (I mean people not animals) so that was a pleasant surprise and all in all it sounded like a good time was had by all... including the ammimals...(one container).:)

Baby J...........

Ok Debbie, here is a photo of Baby J enjoying a tour of a quality combine with mom and Terry, (he is the one driving, you know how Lori drives) and having a great day I might add. If you enlarge the photo you can see that Lori is having a bad hair day also...(does that run in the family).....:)

Debbie's new doooooo.....

Debbie what have you done.......that was 6-8 inches longer a few days ago!!! It WAS a heck of a party but wholly cow girl, you didn't have to cut all that off............:)

No kidding aside, it looks great but if you don't like it don't worry just hang around you'll grow more...........

If you can, send us a shot of the back just in case...(i had to beg to get this photo by the way)

Squealing from the Feeling........

They sure are and as you can see, at least I see a photo and I hope you can, things are coming along rather well for Eric, Lori, and "Baby Jonathan" (he is the brains in that crew) as far as construction goes. As far as getting the hay cut and bailed, Baby J" fed and caught up to, and brakes on Lori's car (speaking of squealing) that is still in progress as is the arrival date of the oinkers, (not Eric, the pigs)!!

Keep up the good work kids, ittal be over soon and time for a well derserved rest.........i'm so full of it............:)

Show Girls with their Show Pig.....

This is just one of the many Champions that Steve has produced at the farm, and yes I am including his girls Auburn (with the banner) and Ashtyn (with the "I got a rope and I am going to ride this piggy outa here so hurry up") look on her face although I don't think they were actually produced at the farm but I will have to check the Pig Champ records to be sure.
The girls do love their pigs but I think they are Cow Girls at heart but that remains to be seen, so we will have to watch as they grow to see if the Cattle thing moooooves them.........:)

ittabitanuttin...........

I know, they look healthy, and they are but it isn't because they have had plenty of rain cause "Mother Nature" has not provided any for a very very very long time and this is turning out to be a very very very serious dry spell with no relief in sight.

Well, there is really not much going on with the exception of Thursday turmoil and I was waiting till some fair reports were in on how our 4-H pigs are fairing (get it, fair fairing, sometimes I just crack myself up) but I didn't wait and here I am!!

Speaking of Thursday, the last one went rather smooth again with our flow go still a go and so far we have not had any, shall we say sows LABORING away unnecessarily, in the gestation barn but given our excess of sows that could change at any time. You know how women are. One minute they are as quiet as a mouse and as content as can be and the next minute they just explode, go figure, but in our case that is a problem because they do literally and I mean stuff fly's everywhere just like.....

I'm done......it's been a long day but as of now everyone is home and tucked in for the day and all is well on the farm once again.............:)))))