I spoke too soon about Suki and her good chicken behavior. Friday, Ruby got out of the pen and Suki killed her. We didn’t see it happen. Toby came home to find Suki strutting around with Ruby in her mouth. So, Suki is back on her 30 foot lead, we have clipped the chickens wings (although Sweetie still got out this morning), and we are trying to figure out what else we need to do. We have tossed around the idea of giving Suki to a family with lots of room to run, and no farm animals. But, besides the fact that Suki is great protection, I feel like I will have failed her if I give her away, without really giving proper training a good effort. She’s just so stubborn and I am too lazy to follow through.

We had Toby’s dad, brother, and a friend out this Sunday to help cut up some cord wood for the house. I think we are about half way done. Unfortunately, it is too hard to bark the wood right now (it’s much easier to bark in the spring, when the sap is running more freely). So, we will leave the bark on and hope that it will come off more easily after the wood has dried.

We also got the structural engineers stamp for the house plans and we should hear back about final county approval early this week… hopefully.

Nikki and I are having a hard time finding the right space for our herb clinic and apothecary. So, until the right place presents itself, we are working on an official Business Plan, and getting information about funding our little venture. Anyone know of a grant for women business owners, funding a health venture, specifically geared towards women and children???