I got nuthin!

I know that you have all been patiently watching the lamb countdown gadget as the days ticked down until the first lambs were due, eagerly awaiting the day when I would post pictures of bouncing little lambies .........well...me too. I guess I should have made the ewes watch the countdown, 'cause I have no lambs yet : (.

The girls are getting bigger.

And bigger.

And Bigger.

Udders are full.

And like most pregnant creatures, the girls are getting juuuust a little...shall we say...cranky.

I guess they are as impatient as we are.

Sigh.

There are, however, a few new babies on the farm.

 Last weekend we went to one of our favorite flea markets about an hour and a half away from here. We always try to get there early- before the "good stuff"  is gone.

Yup,  kinda early.

 Do we really need to be going to a flea market before the crack of dawn?

 Probably not, but then we would miss the beautiful sunrise.

 And we would miss the "good" stuff at the market....

This is not the "good" stuff.

 Still NOT the good stuff.

I am pretty sure that "Spidey" isn't the good stuff either.

Then I saw something that definitely was the "good stuff"...at least to me. There was an antique wooden butter churn sitting toward the back of a booth with a few other goodies.

 I loved the faded details and bent wood legs.

Unfortunately, when I asked the vendor about it, he said that it had already been sold. Stupidly, I asked him how much he sold it for..."$40" was his answer. FORTY DOLLARS???? I was really disappointed because I would have totally bought that bad boy for $40. Even more disappointing; I later tortured myself further by looking up some information about the churn, and  found that it was actually worth several times what he sold it for....not that I care about what it is worth monetarily, but now I know that if I ever find one again...it's not going to be $40.

So, we moved on to other things.
Take a guess at what I found. No, really, you can't possibly guess.

I found.....

Chickens!

Don't worry, I only got a few. There are only a couple hatcheries that I trust to have healthy stock at this market, and it is still pretty early in the season, so many of the usual hatcheries were not there vending.

 I did find three Blue Copper Marans.

 And a couple of Welsummers.

I just about had the new chicks settled in back at home when my friend Chanin sent me an email saying that she had three extra Blue Laced Red Wyandotte chicks from a hatchery order- for me! Since she has been a victim....errr....recipient of my Chicken Math many times, it was only polite for me to accept her gracious gift.

So, I guess we will have to just watch the chicks grow until the lambies get here.