McFab Farm- Life In The Catskills

New York State Fair

2009-09-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

We all had a great time at the New York State Fair. Here is the slideshow.

State Fair

2009-09-01T18:31:00.000-07:00

What a trip, went to the state fair on Monday, here is a picture of the butter sculpture.

Delaware County Fair

2009-08-26T13:28:00.000-07:00

The kids had a great time showing cows at the fair.
Here is a slidesshow

Delaware County Fair

2009-08-26T13:22:00.000-07:00

The kids had a great time at the fair Delaware County Fair this week in Walton NY
Our eggs won a blue ribbon we are very proud,

Week Old Chicks

2009-06-17T17:02:00.000-07:00

The chicks were a week old yesterday. So far we have lost 5. Today I cleaned the cage and separated the egg layers from the meat birds from here on out they are on separate diets. 9 weeks to go for the meat birds, they egg layers will be laying in 5 months.

Stamford NY Flag Day Parade

2009-06-17T04:33:00.000-07:00

Just had a chance to edit and post these pics of the Samford NY flag day parade. As far as parades go in Delaware County this is one of the biggest. Great Day to be shaking hands and passing out Real Estate 28 business cards. However I left them home. (lol) If you want to download any of these pics you can find them on my web album.
http://picasaweb.google.com/sfabster/StamfordNYFlagDayParade?feat=directlink

Lost Another Chick

2009-06-16T17:55:00.000-07:00

That makes 5 chicks lost out of 56. I'm going to call McMurry tomorrow and see if I can get a credit. Transplanted the pumkins, cucumbers and squash tonight. The first tomato appeared on the Roma (going to try sundrying them this year..yum)

Oneonta U-10 Wins Last Game of Season 10-1

2009-06-15T04:32:00.000-07:00

In their last game of the season the U-10 team
played wonderfully. Thank you eveyone who contributed
to a great season. the boys learned and played some
great soccer. The coaching was beyond excellent
Thank you Mr Moon, Mr Hill, and Mr Beers!

Pete's Last Calcio Game

2009-06-14T19:59:00.000-07:00

Pete played his last Calcio Unitd U-16 game today. They lost to a much more disciplined CCSYA team 4-0
See the alblum here.

Cat's In Heat

2009-06-11T18:02:00.000-07:00

Just got home from Sam's soccer practice to our black cat in heat. Gracie (named after Grace Slick) was a Christmas present from Santa.

High Winds Hit Hamden

2009-06-09T18:26:00.000-07:00

High winds hit Hamden today. Bret Miller call about 6pm and told us that high winds just hit his farm and asked us to come up and take pictures for his insurance company.

Lost 2 of the New Chickens

2009-06-09T04:02:00.000-07:00

Last night two of the new chickens died, one of the leghorns
and a cross. It was a little chilly and rainy. I'll call McMurray
today and ask for a credit.

New Chicks Arrived Today

2009-06-08T16:18:00.000-07:00

Today the post office called at 7:30 to let us know that the order of day old chickens arrived from the folks at McMurry Hatchery. We got 56 birds total; 6 pearl white leghorns to add to our laying hen flock and 50 Jumbo Cornish (meat birds) which should be in our freezer 8-10 weeks from now. The chicks in the photo with the green dots on their heads are the Pearl White Leghorns.

Meat Birds

2008-09-07T08:50:00.000-07:00

The difference between the males and females are becoming more pronounced. The roosters to be spend more time challenging the other birds. However Eve still rules the roost. Today we put all the layers together. See how it goes, I'll give them an hour or so.

Otisville

2008-09-07T08:43:00.000-07:00

Drover down to Otisville Saturday with Betsy, Sam, Beth to buy some Golden Comet pullets.
It was about an hour and a half or so, we got 4 Betsy got a dozen they were asking $8/bird.
The girl's name selling them is Trish Sweetman, they had a thousand or so, quite an operation. Very pretty birds. When we got them home we isolated them in the west wing of the chcicken coop and started introducing them to the other birds Sunday