Animals
- Hay Here, Hay There, Hay Everywhere!
If you have read my blog for a while,then you will know that what I am about to tell you I say with great jubilation!We have hay.Dry hay.Hay that will be baled by the end of the day.The end of worries about animal feed for winter.Hay. I cannot tell you...
- Milford Makes A Move
Cattywhompus.Discombobulated. (Off-kilter, odd, disorderly, not quite right, bizarre) Both of these are fun words, and words that I don't have to use much(thankfully) with regards to the farm. Today, however, they are the perfect descriptors...
- Chicken Movers
Yesterday was a big day for Rod Stewart and his hens.This group of chickens has called the chicken house and yard by the barn homefor the past 4 years.Yesterday was moving day. We decided that in preparation for housing our new young henswe would need...
- Much Ado About Roos!
Well, it's finally happened.After nearly two years,all of the Roos have found the hens. Let me "recap" for you.... Two summers ago, I bought a dozen Ameraucana chicks...a "straight run" as they call it....unsexed.Well, the odds were not in my favor...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...
Animals
Day is Done...
We've arrived at that time of year again.
The sun begins its descent early...
leaving a dusky glow to all by four p.m.
It's at this time that the goats leave their barn
and head out into the pasture for evening grazing.
I haven't figured out why they wait until the sun is setting to graze...
but it's this way every day.
They seem to be more active in the evening than they are all day.
It's also about this time that Milford makes his trek back down to the barn.
At least that's how it used to be.
Yesterday morning, however, I opened the henhouse to find Milford inside.
Rather than sleep alone in the barn,
it seems our Milford decided to have a sleep-over with the hens.
Naughty rooster!
Actually, I am rather glad that he may have decided to stay with the hens...
not as happy as Ella Bella, however.
It's her bed that Milford usually choses for his nightly slumber!
- Hay Here, Hay There, Hay Everywhere!
If you have read my blog for a while,then you will know that what I am about to tell you I say with great jubilation!We have hay.Dry hay.Hay that will be baled by the end of the day.The end of worries about animal feed for winter.Hay. I cannot tell you...
- Milford Makes A Move
Cattywhompus.Discombobulated. (Off-kilter, odd, disorderly, not quite right, bizarre) Both of these are fun words, and words that I don't have to use much(thankfully) with regards to the farm. Today, however, they are the perfect descriptors...
- Chicken Movers
Yesterday was a big day for Rod Stewart and his hens.This group of chickens has called the chicken house and yard by the barn homefor the past 4 years.Yesterday was moving day. We decided that in preparation for housing our new young henswe would need...
- Much Ado About Roos!
Well, it's finally happened.After nearly two years,all of the Roos have found the hens. Let me "recap" for you.... Two summers ago, I bought a dozen Ameraucana chicks...a "straight run" as they call it....unsexed.Well, the odds were not in my favor...
- Last Call
So much of farm life is ritual. There are certain chores that are done every day and every evening....without exception. No matter what the weather, the chores must be done. After all, there are little lives that depend upon us to meet their needs. And...