Hope everyone has been staying warm! We had a beautiful morning with ice covering the tree limbs. Today, as I write this, it is 8 degrees outside with a wind chill of -2.
I know the weather is making it difficult to get your pigs ready for the upcoming shows. Keep your pigs warm and dry when the weather is like this. It is also very important that they have fresh water—I hope those of you with projects on feed right now have a heated barn.
With a winter like this one, I am personally glad we aren’t showing at Denver this year. For those of you who show in the summer—I know that you might be getting anxious as sows are farrowing currently. I have had several phone calls from people wanting to get show pigs lined up for the spring.
My schedule is filling up for February and March for spring show clinics. It looks like I will be in Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Wisconsin and Missouri as of current. I will post information about the clinics on here as dates get closer.
On a personal note, we have had an exciting week. My son’s chickens have started laying eggs. For the past 3 days, Cameron has been getting 10 eggs a day. This morning he brought his eggs in and we had them for breakfast! He told my wife, she doesn’t need to buy eggs at the grocery-he is taking care of the eggs. He has made big plans to expand our vegetable garden, sweet corn patch, and increase the number of meat chickens he raises this summer. He wants to try his hand at the local farmers market. He likes the concept of “eating local.”
Hopefully, the kids can get back to school—they had 2 snow days this week.
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