Animals
- Red Starts School
Morning spritzes gave way to afternoon clouds yesterday,before eventually turning into late afternoon showers. We need the rain badly.It's been dusty-dry forever, it seems. I took advantage of Amanda's presence yesterday afternoon,and the small...
- Peggy With A "p"
Those of you who have read my blog for a whileknow that I have a penchant for naming "all" of our animals.While I don't actually name all of our chickens - we have way too many -I do name the noteworthy ones....You know, the ones who are dear to my...
- Circus Acts
I think if we had more time,we might take an animal act on the road....like a little farm circus. Ladies and Gentlemen,introducing..... "The Greatest Show on Earth!"... The Bee Haven Acres Jumping Chickens. Two feet on the ground,ready to jump for...a...
- Turkey Trivia
Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner,I though I would share some trivia and observationsI have made raising turkeys. Oh, and by the way, we are NOT eating our turkeysfor Thanksgiving.They have gobbled their way into our hearts and we are...
- Chicken Mystery
Every morning, and pretty near all day long, you can hear Handsome Hank crowing his beautiful fully developed "Cock a Doodle Dooooooo". But, lately, there has been another sound coming from the fancy chicken pen. It sounds as though another rooster may...
Animals
Lucille and Eileen
As I mentioned before,
raising chickens is a little more work than meets the eye.
Meet Lucille.
She is one of my Rhode Island Reds,
an old gal, and a bit of a busy body.
She is what I call "long in the tooth"
right now.
That is, as sometimes happens,
her top beak has grown faster than her bottom,
and split.
It now hangs over each side of the bottom beak...
making her look a bit snaggle-toothed!
This condition calls for a little manicure work.
A little snip here...
A little snip there....
and the top beak is shaped more like it should be...
meeting the bottom in a much more useful position.
I fear that if left like this,
a chicken might starve to death!
Oh, and while we were working on Lucille's beak,
I happened to notice Eileen
looking over her shoulder.
(she does a lot of that these days...a girl just cannot be too careful!)
Eileen is venturing further and further from her henhouse
each day now.
She still spends most of her time on her one leg,
but with a little wing flapping and limping she is able to
get around much better.
I think she is definitely on the road to recovery.
- Red Starts School
Morning spritzes gave way to afternoon clouds yesterday,before eventually turning into late afternoon showers. We need the rain badly.It's been dusty-dry forever, it seems. I took advantage of Amanda's presence yesterday afternoon,and the small...
- Peggy With A "p"
Those of you who have read my blog for a whileknow that I have a penchant for naming "all" of our animals.While I don't actually name all of our chickens - we have way too many -I do name the noteworthy ones....You know, the ones who are dear to my...
- Circus Acts
I think if we had more time,we might take an animal act on the road....like a little farm circus. Ladies and Gentlemen,introducing..... "The Greatest Show on Earth!"... The Bee Haven Acres Jumping Chickens. Two feet on the ground,ready to jump for...a...
- Turkey Trivia
Since Thanksgiving is right around the corner,I though I would share some trivia and observationsI have made raising turkeys. Oh, and by the way, we are NOT eating our turkeysfor Thanksgiving.They have gobbled their way into our hearts and we are...
- Chicken Mystery
Every morning, and pretty near all day long, you can hear Handsome Hank crowing his beautiful fully developed "Cock a Doodle Dooooooo". But, lately, there has been another sound coming from the fancy chicken pen. It sounds as though another rooster may...