"Glorified Lavatory Attendants"

 I went to the local Amish auction last night. I hate to admit it out loud but it really is a good place for me to de-stress on a Friday night when DH is out of town. I get to check out chickens and rabbits and antiques and of course there is the people watching. Sometimes there are snakes or ferrets or hamsters. But this time I didn't find anything I couldn't live without in the small animal or junk auctions so I headed to the goat/horse auctions. I had no intention of buying anything. In fact, I didn't even take the pickup truck this time. So I was there just to watch and maybe learn. I got lucky enough to find a seat by an older lady who seemed to know a lot of the buyers there. So I eavesdropped ,  no,  listened in, no, overheard her comments on the different animals, buyers, and sellers. It was a very informative night. But I was saddened when  I overheard things like "that horse just went to a slaughter buyer." I guess that explained the low prices for some of the animals.
 So, even though it was late when I got home, I turned to some blog reading to cheer myself back up. And my curiosity was peaked when I read about this film over at Let's Get Real. I went and checked it out and found that it is a multi-part film and since it was so late, I only watched the first part. It was REALLY interesting but the line that caught my attention was at 2:30! Oh my goodness, did she hit the nail on the head!
 Now, I am not a farmer. I don't live on a farm. I live on one little acre where I try to use as much as I can to lessen our dependence on others. But just the few animals I have can produce a whole lot of poop! And Saturday at my place is cleaning day. So today I am the "glorified lavatory attendant."

Goat poop duty

chicken poop duty

Ha! I've been trying to think up a name for our little place. I need one to put on the forms to sell eggs and to get a tax number to sell some of my crafts. When I ask for suggestions, family and friends ask, "What do you produce on your place?" Can you guess what the answer is???

rabbit poop, anyone?