Animals
- Blue Skies, Sun, And Icicles
Yesterday afternoon as the dogs and I moved about the farm...feeding animals, gathering eggs, filling water buckets and cleaning manure,I was enthralled with the positively beautiful weather. The sun was out and the thermometer had hit a high of 28 degrees...
- Curiosities And Silliness
Why does it seem that so many of my tales have to do with birds?Well, I guess if you have 100 birds...(OMG, I have 100 birds?)stuff happens! So, here goes....a few observations. Our ducks have maintained their flock of 18 all summer.Each night we herd...
- Sure Signs Of Autumn
Suddenly, the weather has turned. A chill is in the air...one that stays all day long. The leaves are changing and falling to the ground. The birds have started flocking. The ponies are starting to grow their wooly coats. I could go on and on. I love...
- For The Birds
Yesterday afternoon, we headed out to the barn to feed the horses and goats. Jack continued on up the hill to the chicken house and yard. Usually, on our late afternoon rounds, the chickens are let out to run around the farm a bit. Even though they have...
- 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
Farm Show 2010
All you other "crazy chicken ladies" will enjoy this post!!
Hubbs and I spent Saturday afternoon at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. This is an annual January expo that highlights PA agriculture. It is held in our huge State Farm Show complex....and it is indoors. Thank goodness, because Farm Show week is usually the coldest week of the year.
For us the highlights are the milkshakes, baked potatoes and the chickens. We worked our way through the displays of dairy cows, beef cattle, sheep, goats, horses, alpaca, rabbits and pigs...and finally found the birds.
Wouldn't this guy make a great pal for Rod?
I did a bit of dreaming (planning) for birds that I would love to add this summer.
On the list are a couple of geese,
more ducks, turkeys
and bantam (tiny sized) chickens.
We were mesmerized by these frizzles....
how about a frizzle turken.....
Here are a few bantam varieties that I liked.....
Old English game birds are tiny, tiny chickens on very long legs.
Aren't these roosters handsome? They are also bantams.
Now I just have to think about how to re-organize my henhouses!
- Blue Skies, Sun, And Icicles
Yesterday afternoon as the dogs and I moved about the farm...feeding animals, gathering eggs, filling water buckets and cleaning manure,I was enthralled with the positively beautiful weather. The sun was out and the thermometer had hit a high of 28 degrees...
- Curiosities And Silliness
Why does it seem that so many of my tales have to do with birds?Well, I guess if you have 100 birds...(OMG, I have 100 birds?)stuff happens! So, here goes....a few observations. Our ducks have maintained their flock of 18 all summer.Each night we herd...
- Sure Signs Of Autumn
Suddenly, the weather has turned. A chill is in the air...one that stays all day long. The leaves are changing and falling to the ground. The birds have started flocking. The ponies are starting to grow their wooly coats. I could go on and on. I love...
- For The Birds
Yesterday afternoon, we headed out to the barn to feed the horses and goats. Jack continued on up the hill to the chicken house and yard. Usually, on our late afternoon rounds, the chickens are let out to run around the farm a bit. Even though they have...
- 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...