Animals
Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day."
- The Egg-less Chicken Days Of Summer
The girls are on strike! It's that time of year again...egg production is suffering. Where we used to pick up 4 or 5 or even 6 dozen eggs a day,we are lucky now to even find two dozen. Why this drop in production? Heat may be the answer... as...
- Where Do They Go?
May 1st is a much anticipated day here on the farm.Typically it is right around this date that the hummingbirds arrivefrom their arduous journey north from the Caribbean, where they spend the winter. These tiny birds get right to work building nests...
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Meet Guido. (Guido Corleone)Guido came to Bee Haven by way of Sicily.He's the "Boss".....head of "the family."(In other words, he is the farm mafia Godfather!) He and his two brothers spend their days running all over the farm... dominating the...
- Babs, The Wonder Chicken
Do you remember Babs? She is one of my fancy Polish crested chickens that I started from chicks last May. Babs was low chicken on the totem pole. Invariably, I would find her hiding in the henhouse...avoiding contact with all her fellow...
- Surprise, Surprise
Yesterday morning as I was tending to chores around the barn,I heard my roosters crooning back and forth to each other.Hank started in with his best rendition of "Your Cheatin' Heart..." Rod chimed: "Wake up Maggie,I think I've got something to...
Animals
A Fowl Tail....
"The corn is as high as an elephant's eye
And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky.
And it looks like it's climbing clear up to the sky.
Oh, what a beautiful Mornin'
Oh, what a beautiful day."
Yes, this year the corn is growing faster than ever...
thanks to the abundant rainfall we have been experiencing.
It rained (hard) all Saturday.
Sunday morning, though moist and cloudy, was a welcome break from precipitation.
We need a little sun to dry things out.
The flowers are a little be-draggled and need to perk back up again.
Everything is lush and beautiful, though.
I'll take abundant rain over drought any day.
And for those of you in the West who only dream of rain...
I would gladly share ours with you if I could!
Even without rain, it would have been a rather fowl weekend on the farm.
It's a tall long "tail", but I will try to recount it as best I can.
It all began last week, when Old Kenny Rogers was taken into the witness protection plan.
You see, Kenny turned State's evidence...
testifying against mob boss Tom "The Bomb" Turkey and his sidekick Chuck
aka "Lucky Chuck".
It seems these two have been running a multi-million dollar gambling ring
out of the henhouse,
with the protection of a small army of thugs (seen here running away from the camera
so as not to be identified).
Guinea Gus, Guido, and Giuseppe, along with their henchmen,
(and a couple of tough dames as well) have provided protection for Tom and Chuck
while they've been running the stakes.
It seems this pair of bookies has been selling wagers on everything from
"daily number of eggs laid" to "daily rainfall".
A long investigation proved fruitless until just last week.
Milford wasn't talking...
but his face said it all...
"guilty as charged".
Roy Boy, surrounded by his bevy of beauties,
claimed innocence.
(What secrets lie behind those eyes?)
It wasn't until Kenny Rogers offered his testimony,
that a crack came in the case.
He was heard saying...
"You gotta know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em...
know when to walk away...
know when to run..."
And so, now Ole Kenny goes by the name of "Bruce" and is destined to live out his days
solitarily, in the barn...
in the company of the cats.
Yes...
"Every gambler knows that the secret to survivin'
is to know what to throw away and what to keep.
'Cause every hand's a winner and every hand's a loser,
and the best he can hope for is to die in his sleep!"
As for Sir Elton John...
all signs point to his innocence.
His days are spent in blissful ignorance...patrolling the pumpkin patch!
Elsewhere on the farm...
A dozen of the chickens who got their start in April
are moving on to a new home, a new farm.
Hubb's coworker and his family just moved into their farm and are starting
their chicken flock with a Baker's Dozen of the April chicks.
Best luck to Nick and Sam and Ben with their new charges!
It is my hope that Aunt Kristin (formerly known as PJ)
Phyllis and Freida (Lay) give you many happy years of tasty, free-range eggs!
Ps....if you'd like to see more of our wedding photos from last week,
check out my step-mom's blog
HERE
- The Egg-less Chicken Days Of Summer
The girls are on strike! It's that time of year again...egg production is suffering. Where we used to pick up 4 or 5 or even 6 dozen eggs a day,we are lucky now to even find two dozen. Why this drop in production? Heat may be the answer... as...
- Where Do They Go?
May 1st is a much anticipated day here on the farm.Typically it is right around this date that the hummingbirds arrivefrom their arduous journey north from the Caribbean, where they spend the winter. These tiny birds get right to work building nests...
-
Meet Guido. (Guido Corleone)Guido came to Bee Haven by way of Sicily.He's the "Boss".....head of "the family."(In other words, he is the farm mafia Godfather!) He and his two brothers spend their days running all over the farm... dominating the...
- Babs, The Wonder Chicken
Do you remember Babs? She is one of my fancy Polish crested chickens that I started from chicks last May. Babs was low chicken on the totem pole. Invariably, I would find her hiding in the henhouse...avoiding contact with all her fellow...
- Surprise, Surprise
Yesterday morning as I was tending to chores around the barn,I heard my roosters crooning back and forth to each other.Hank started in with his best rendition of "Your Cheatin' Heart..." Rod chimed: "Wake up Maggie,I think I've got something to...