Animals
- Morning Glories Make The Mornings Glorious!
Yesterday's early morning chores were done with a foggy backdrop.It had rained during the night and the temperature was in the low 60's...quite unusual for the last day of July! I thought we might take a peak at the pumpkin patch... Look at...
- A Tidbit As Promised
Just a quickie today....an update on our dear Rosalie.(You remember...she is our elderly chicken who was almost pecked to an early demise.) Rosalie is doing quite nicely, living at the barn.In fact, she has a suitor... Milford!It seems our handsome Milford...
- Chicken Dynamics
Happy Monday!After a week with lots and lots of company...each and every day,I am spending this coming week getting caught up on garden work.It's time to tear out the spring plants and get boxes ready for fall planting. We've had a lot of rooster...
-
With the end of the summer comes the beginning of "rut" season for the goats.Rut is the male equivalent of being "in heat".It is during this time that air quality around the farmstarts to take on a musky quality....due mostly to the buck's urinating...
- 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...
Animals
Pumpkin Carving 101
Little did I know, when I placed my Autumn display in the yard,
that the display needed yet one more addition...
pumpkin carving!!
The roos, farm stylists, have taken it upon themselves to carve the large orange pumpkin.
It is a work in progress...
every time I look at it, a little more has been carved.
I can hear them now..."Hey fellas! Look...lunch!"
"Mmmmmm we love pumpkin!"
Now, if I go out later today and find a candle inside the pumpkin,
well... you might just see that picture on tonight's news!
I'll keep you up to date with their progress.
As for our little elderly chicken who has moved to the barn...
It seems that old Rosalie is feeling much better now.
She ventured outside the barn yesterday...
and much to my surprise, made it the whole way over to the garden.
For whatever time she has left, her life will be peaceful...
with just a little bit of adventure.
Yesterday afternoon I safely tucked her back into the barn,
so that she would not go missing at bedtime.
Finding a wayward chicken in the dark is not the easiest task.
Once Rosalie was safely tucked in her stall,
I headed out to feed the goats.
Upon my arrival at the buck's pen,
(they are housed at Dr. Becky's... right across the field from the girls who are at our farm)
it dawned on me that we are in the midst of "rut".
(they are housed at Dr. Becky's... right across the field from the girls who are at our farm)
it dawned on me that we are in the midst of "rut".
Besides applying liberal amounts of aftershave (urinating on their beards),
they are displaying this type of behavior..
.
With no girls nearby, Chip turns his affections towards Donald, our neutered male.
As you can see... Donald is less than impressed!
And last, but never least...
a wish for a perfect weekend from Moonbeam and the rest of us...
to you!
Thanks so much for stopping by to check on us...
your visits are an important part of our days!
they are displaying this type of behavior..
.
With no girls nearby, Chip turns his affections towards Donald, our neutered male.
As you can see... Donald is less than impressed!
And last, but never least...
a wish for a perfect weekend from Moonbeam and the rest of us...
to you!
Thanks so much for stopping by to check on us...
your visits are an important part of our days!
- Morning Glories Make The Mornings Glorious!
Yesterday's early morning chores were done with a foggy backdrop.It had rained during the night and the temperature was in the low 60's...quite unusual for the last day of July! I thought we might take a peak at the pumpkin patch... Look at...
- A Tidbit As Promised
Just a quickie today....an update on our dear Rosalie.(You remember...she is our elderly chicken who was almost pecked to an early demise.) Rosalie is doing quite nicely, living at the barn.In fact, she has a suitor... Milford!It seems our handsome Milford...
- Chicken Dynamics
Happy Monday!After a week with lots and lots of company...each and every day,I am spending this coming week getting caught up on garden work.It's time to tear out the spring plants and get boxes ready for fall planting. We've had a lot of rooster...
-
With the end of the summer comes the beginning of "rut" season for the goats.Rut is the male equivalent of being "in heat".It is during this time that air quality around the farmstarts to take on a musky quality....due mostly to the buck's urinating...
- 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...