More Chores

We went to the bi-annual bird and animal auction yesterday.

We look forward to this like some folks look forward to a vacation.

We have bought and sold here for 4 years now.

Many times you will find us buying in the spring and selling in the fall.

There's a little bit of everything at this sale.

They start with the hoof stock which is a blast to watch.

Had we been there 15 min earlier, I am sure I would have

bid whatever it took 

for a little black and white spotted bottle-lamb.  

Blame it on me 

for making Rylee clean up her mess in the bathroom

before we could leave the house.

Dang.

If we lived at the farm full time,

I'm sure I would have bid on a young pot-bellied pigs also.

They were going for under $20 each.

(this is the mamma)

I wish he was pointing at me

for bidding on this,

but I just sat on my hands.

I love Sebastapol geese.

I may have bid on them,

but instead (and it happens every year)

the girls drug me to the bird and pocket-pet building.

 I get stuck there every year with one pleading child

on each side of me.

I even got them a number this year so they

could do their own bidding.

But they said they were "scared to". 

We have hauled home birds, ferrets, hedgehogs, hamsters

and a variety of cages from this building.

We have eventually brought the same back

be it 6 months or two years later.

This year we got something we have never had before.

But I will save that for another post.

Finally, I got to go back to the farm animals.

I made the mistake of waving to Rylee to show her

where I was in the stands.

She didn't see me but the auctioneer did

and I had bid on a cage of black roosters.

Thankfully I was outbid.

I was very conservative this year

and proud of myself for it.

I got one gander

and I have named him Moab.

He was very glad to get out of this small cage.

And I got one Royal Palm turkey

and his name is, 

(what else but)

 Tom.

I think I see a smile on two faces here.

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