Seven years later we as a married couple decided to build another chicken house. We knew that we wanted a big family so we'd need all of the extra income that we could get. At that point we hired a farm hand to gather eggs for us. Brian has always done all of the feeding and mechanical work himself but hiring someone to gather the eggs gave him the chance to work at his family's insurance office a few miles from our home. He's a licensed insurance salesman for AFR. It was perfect because he was still flexible and close to home. However, working 2 jobs took up so much of his time. Seven days a week he'd leave at 4:30 am and not get home until 7 pm. Sometimes later. He was physically and emotionally exhausted all of the time. If our hired hand messed something up and didn't catch it, it could take days to repair the damage. Fast forward to this new flock, I recently got the opportunity to work at a clothing boutique which is right up my ally but ultimately I turned down the offer because this is my last year at home with Hudson and I knew that Brian needed me. He didn't say it but I knew that is running the chicken houses ourself would held him a lot so that's what we are doing. It's helped for sure but still the chicken houses are incredibly demanding. One small mistake or mechanical malfunction can destroy your entire flock therefore taking away your income for up to an entire year. It's a huge deal. Vacations and leaving down revolves around the chicken houses. Sometimes we stress so much about it because we feel like it takes time and experiences away from our children. Brian can't relax if he's not at the farm. He's always calling the alarm system to make sure everything is running perfectly. This is why we decided to list our farm for sale. The money isn't worth the stress.
Thankfully we are so close to having our entire place paid off that if/when it sells we will not only have enough money to pay the farm off but we will also have enough to buy 100 acres, build our dream home, pay off our car debts, and buy a herd of cows for our children to profit from as they grow. The cows along with the savings accounts we've already been adding money to will pay for their first vehicles and their college or help with whatever they decide to do after high school. We will be 100% debt free so the income cut won't matter when all is said and done. Brian will sell insurance and I will put my license to use as a cosmetologist. We will still be set well but more importantly we won't have the constant stress of the chicken houses.
That being said, we are fully trusting God on where our life ends up. If our farm doesn't sell there are pros to that too. Like I said, we almost have it paid off so our income will nearly double if our place doesn't sell. We will be able to pay off our cars, buy more land, and more cows with the extra income. We will be set either way and we will be able to relax some because we can hire a full time farm hand whose capable to do it all. We will probably sell our home and build a house on the lake or creek but the profit from selling our home will go towards building a new one so we won't go back into debt to do it. Not that we don't like our house. We LOVE our home. It's absolutely perfect. We just hate the location.
I get super impatient wondering what the future holds for us but no matter what I know that it'll be God's will and it will all be amazing because we will be together. Home is the people in it
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