A week ago today, at 3:45pm, Reba delivered the first of her twin, Tumnus. At some point, I will document the experience, when I have a bit more time on my hands. It was an amazing, terrifying, and beautiful experience and I will never forget it. Tumnus and Tumble are healthy bucks and they bring so much life and joy to the homestead. Reba is a doting mother and she tolerates quite a bit; ear biting, back-jumping and just plain rowdiness. Buzz is getting used to them but he is gentle when he plays with them.

Reba was a few days overdue and we were getting quite impatient, as was she, I would presume. By Wednesday morning, we were ready for this birth. The Lord had other plans and surprised us Wednesday morning early with chicks hatching. This was our second attempt hatching chicks and last time, none of them hatched. We bought a good incubator and tried again. It was so amazing seeing chickens hatch from our own hens and roosters! We spent the majority of the day in front of the incubator or checking on Reba (she was in early labor most of the day).

Out of our last litter of bunnies, only 2 survived and the kids have doted on those two. Madelynn sings and rocks the black one to sleep. We will be selling these as pets instead of butchering.

Our cat, Gale, is also due any day now. She found us in January and went into heat right away. This will be a new (and hopefully one-time) experience for us. Each night, we get to feel the kittens kicking inside her. We are excited to see what her babies look like.

Today, our meat birds arrived this morning! We will process them in late June/early July.