My poor ducks are releived that the frost have finally gone and they have lots of water and mud to paddle in again. It has been real struggle to keep all the stock with water and with enough feed to keep them warm. Now we are back to the normal mud everywhere.
Although Jan is normally quiet we are in the middle of a massive Abel and Cole promotion (funded by them luckily) and the poultry orders have gone up four fold. So far things are going well, but there's a lot to get out everyday.
I have finally finished the accounts (just in time) and now I'm trying to get all the paperwork organized for our annual Soil Association inspection . These are always very thorough and tend to last a very long day. The inspector likes to look at all the animals to check on the welfare and housing. then inspects all our inputs and outputs as well as our accounts to make sure we are not doing anything we shouldn't. We some times get a few grumbles mainly about the lack of odd bits of paperwork that tend to go missing, but hopefully this year we will be ready!
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We are also on the countdown to the great Waitrose egg launch, hopefully labels boxes and eggs will all come together next week, then it will be all systems go, as long as the ducks don't get frozen up again!