I absolutely love this time of year - it's the time when anything is possible. The time before you actually have to start working to make the possible into reality.
We've been working on growing our flocks and herds. I've been talking to different poultry suppliers about what kinds of heritage breeds are being stocked this year - trying to decide to go with chicks or older for laying stock. Also trying to figure out when to order my broilers. I have a license to produce 2,000 broilers for 2012 and it's a matter of organization and when to book slaughter dates.
Also drove down to Armstrong this weekend and picked up 8 "llampacas" - cross-breeds between llamas and alpacas. Some of them may join our breeding herd and some will be used for meat - we'll have to see how they behave over the next few days.
We've also had some interest from more commercial buyers for our pork - hope to make that big announcement at the end of March.
Looking forward to attending the Farmers Market conference in March and counting down the weeks before the market actually starts. I've also registered to participate in the Eat!Vancouver trade show again this year, so I will be bringing some of our llama products to sell during the trade show.
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