Okay, so the latest project for my husband has been to build a chicken coop. Most of the alpaca farmers we know have chickens and/or ducks as well. They help keep the bugs down and the eggs and sometimes meat are a great benefit. We've been assured they are easy to care for so off he goes to buy and read books, look at coop plans and different types of chickens and dive in with both feet. Never mind that we don't have an actual farm yet and we'll have to keep the chickens in our back yard in our subdivision! So, he's building the coop and educating our children on chickens. He figures they've got the alpaca stuff down pat now so it's time to move on to the next animal. By the time we get a physical farm our kids should be great farmhands! I don't have pictures of the coop yet, but rest assured I will post as soon as I do!
On a totally seperate note, I'm trying to find accessories for my spinning wheel. I've watched enough you tube videos to make me crazy and I've been practicing my spinning for a while now. The problem is that my wheel doesn't have a jumbo flyer or bobbins for plying. And it's a Hitchhiker wheel made by The Merlin Tree in Vermont. The guy there doesn't mass produce those items and doesn't check his email that often so I'm left in the cold right now. I need extra bobbins and/or a jumbo flyer and bobbin. It's frustrating to say the least. So, the hunt continues and hopefully I can get him to answer his phone! Till next time.
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