Animals
- A Sunny Day And A Pantry Re-hab
Yesterday morning started with the promise of sun... another amazing sunrise... another bitter cold morning! By afternoon, the sun had made good on its promise, and I had the pleasure of doing afternoon chores with the sun on my face. It's amazing...
- The Weekend Wrap-up
It was a beautiful, but cold, autumn weekend here on the farm. With the exception of one trip to the urgi-center for a tetanus shot,it was a pretty great weekend.To make a long story short,I had a bit of an altercation with a dirty old (sharp) pitchfork...and...
- Harvest Time
I remain in disbelief of the incredible stretch of temperate weather we are experiencing!Every day is just as beautiful as the one before and the one after. It's as if Pennsylvania has become the new San Diego. Although I know it is just a temporary...
- The Nitty Gritty
This post may be old news to you who have your own chickens,but to you who do not....well....a little chicken education.(and hopefully not as gross as the past two days, right?) I thought today we might explore the digestive system of the chicken.Fun,...
- Turkens
Meet IvankaAnd NatashaIt has been a while since I have shown you a picture of the turkens (Transylvanian naked neck chickens). They are almost full grown now and have their adult feathers. Surprisingly, turkens are very hardy chickens....and these gals...
Animals
In Need of a Makeover!
I finished the weekend all shiny, clean and refreshed....
Why is it that by Monday night I looked a bit more like this?....
Why?
It might have been due to the fact that I stowed about 120 bales of hay in the barn
yesterday afternoon.
Jim emptied the wagon and loaded the hay elevator, and I stacked the hay in the barn.
Sammy and TomTom helped in their usual way (not!).
And that was after I had canned 9 jars of ground cherry/orange jam,
and 8 jars of (really hot) hot pepper relish.
After throwing around hay bales,
I raked the hay field in an attempt to dry the remaining hay.
Hopefully by the end of the week we can have the rest of the hay put away.
And so, here I am...
Monday evening...
wrung out, exhausted, and in need of mass quantities of chocolate....
(and a shower or a makeover!)
Actually, this is Ivanka, our Transylvanian Naked Neck Chicken...
in the midst of her yearly moult.
If you are new to raising chickens, prepare yourself for the shock
when your flock goes through their first moulting....
it's quite dramatic!
- A Sunny Day And A Pantry Re-hab
Yesterday morning started with the promise of sun... another amazing sunrise... another bitter cold morning! By afternoon, the sun had made good on its promise, and I had the pleasure of doing afternoon chores with the sun on my face. It's amazing...
- The Weekend Wrap-up
It was a beautiful, but cold, autumn weekend here on the farm. With the exception of one trip to the urgi-center for a tetanus shot,it was a pretty great weekend.To make a long story short,I had a bit of an altercation with a dirty old (sharp) pitchfork...and...
- Harvest Time
I remain in disbelief of the incredible stretch of temperate weather we are experiencing!Every day is just as beautiful as the one before and the one after. It's as if Pennsylvania has become the new San Diego. Although I know it is just a temporary...
- The Nitty Gritty
This post may be old news to you who have your own chickens,but to you who do not....well....a little chicken education.(and hopefully not as gross as the past two days, right?) I thought today we might explore the digestive system of the chicken.Fun,...
- Turkens
Meet IvankaAnd NatashaIt has been a while since I have shown you a picture of the turkens (Transylvanian naked neck chickens). They are almost full grown now and have their adult feathers. Surprisingly, turkens are very hardy chickens....and these gals...