Animals
- Who's Who.... Part 4
It seems that everyone that visits the farm is amazed by our turkeys,Tom and Chuck. These two handsome fellows are Bourbon Reds,a heritage breed of turkey.Originally we had ordered 4 just-hatched turkey poults. Only three lived...Tom, Chuck, and Edith....
- Turkey Troubles
It seems our turkeys are the topic of discussion this week.Yesterday's post told the story of our unsuccessful attempt at hatching turkey eggs.Today's post could end with either a happy or a sad ending also. It seems our female Bourbon Red turkey,...
- A Perfect Summer Day...in So Many Ways!
Yesterday was one of those most magnificent summer days.You know the kind....warm, but not hot,no humidity,puffy white clouds on an electric blue sky,cicadas gone....birds singing again.Perfect! I had a little time after AM chores, while waiting for the...
- Dust Bath Anyone?
Is there anything more satisfying than a communal dust bath? Now that the snow has melted,my chickens look forward to their daily free ranging.Once eggs are layed for the day, the gates to the henhouse yards are openedand the girls come running...
- Why Do Chickens Take Dust Baths?....and Other Mysteries Of Life.....
I spent a few hours the other day painting one of our run-in barns which happens to be located directly behind the chicken house. I probably could have finished the painting much quicker than I did, but our crazy chickens put on such a show, I just had...
Animals
A Day of Tales
Yesterday, on my way out to do afternoon chores, I was met at the garden
by Bobby, the most adventurous of our barn kitties.
Quite pleased with himself, he told me a tale of how he had
chased two bunnies who had come into my garden for a nibble.
He had gotten so close to one of them that he had snagged that bunny's shadow.
"Piffle!" I laughed and said that was "impossible."
But Bobby insisted it was so and led me to the evidence....
He HAD snagged that bunny's shadow, indeed!
Well, like Wendy did for Peter Pan, I guess I will need to find that bunny
and sew his shadow back on him!
A little further down the lane, I was met by Tom and Chuck.
They were searching for Edith, who had disappeared hours earlier.
"Where could she be?" I asked the birds who had gathered round.
Guido and the guys weren't talking.
I feared something "fowl" had happened to Edith.
I asked old Roy if he had seen Edith, but he just shook his head and walked away.
A couple of hens started squawking...
"We know where she is! She went to the Spa!"
and they proceeded to show me the way.
Before I could follow, out walked Edith.
Apparently, she had taken a little "girl time" and spent the afternoon
luxuriating in a dust bath, here.....
What, you have never had the pleasure of a dust bath?
You really must try it!
There's no better way to control mites than a dust bath...
and so cool on a hot day.
Well, while we are on the subject of mysteries....
look at what I found in one of the nesting boxes.
Someone is getting a little lazy and producing very tiny eggs.
I have been finding these tiny dark eggs on occasion.
No one is owning up to this infraction,
so I guess I will have to open a bottle of wine and sit down with the girls.
A little bit of wine, and the girls start to talk...
yadda, yadda, yadda...
and the gossip flows!
- Who's Who.... Part 4
It seems that everyone that visits the farm is amazed by our turkeys,Tom and Chuck. These two handsome fellows are Bourbon Reds,a heritage breed of turkey.Originally we had ordered 4 just-hatched turkey poults. Only three lived...Tom, Chuck, and Edith....
- Turkey Troubles
It seems our turkeys are the topic of discussion this week.Yesterday's post told the story of our unsuccessful attempt at hatching turkey eggs.Today's post could end with either a happy or a sad ending also. It seems our female Bourbon Red turkey,...
- A Perfect Summer Day...in So Many Ways!
Yesterday was one of those most magnificent summer days.You know the kind....warm, but not hot,no humidity,puffy white clouds on an electric blue sky,cicadas gone....birds singing again.Perfect! I had a little time after AM chores, while waiting for the...
- Dust Bath Anyone?
Is there anything more satisfying than a communal dust bath? Now that the snow has melted,my chickens look forward to their daily free ranging.Once eggs are layed for the day, the gates to the henhouse yards are openedand the girls come running...
- Why Do Chickens Take Dust Baths?....and Other Mysteries Of Life.....
I spent a few hours the other day painting one of our run-in barns which happens to be located directly behind the chicken house. I probably could have finished the painting much quicker than I did, but our crazy chickens put on such a show, I just had...