Animals
Hubbs has been home all week on vacation...definitely a treat for Sadie, Maddie and myself. What a luxury to have help with the chores. Not to mention the pleasure of having another human to converse with during the day. Normally my days are spent in the company of animals....most of whom are not the best conversationalists.
Hard to believe that such cute chicks will turn into such strange looking creatures.
- 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...
- Guinea Update
This past summer's guinea keats are all now full grown and spending their days doing that guinea "thing".At this point, I can honestly say that their "training" has paid off. For the past week, now, they have routinely returned to their house to roost...
- Baby Steps
I have come to the conclusion that guinea fowl are not the sharpest tools in the shed. It seems to take forever for them to learn new behavior. Our 24 keets are now large enough to safely go out into their yard and not be able to escape through the fencing....
- We Are Teenagers Now
Remember just 4 weeks ago when the guinea chicks arrived.....just hatched and so very tiny? Well, here they are one month later. They have grown like weeds and already have a youthful version of their "buckwheat" call. Two dozen of the original 30 remain....
- Reaching For New Heights
Well, the guinea keats are just 3 weeks old and already they are flying and getting around like more mature birds. When I went into their house last evening to fill their food and water, I found three of them on the top rung of their ladder perch. By...
Animals
Vacation Projects
Hubbs has been home all week on vacation...definitely a treat for Sadie, Maddie and myself. What a luxury to have help with the chores. Not to mention the pleasure of having another human to converse with during the day. Normally my days are spent in the company of animals....most of whom are not the best conversationalists.
Besides having his company, it has been great to have all sorts of special projects done around the farm.
The guinea babies have been treated to the construction and installation of a screen door for their house....giving them greater visibility and ventilation for these hot August days.
He also constructed a ladder roost inside their house for use when they are adult sized. This ladder is hung from the top of the side wall with hinges so that it can be lifted up to the ceiling and secured out of the way for housecleaning. 
Our two dozen guinea babies are now 2 weeks old and have tripled in size.
Our two dozen guinea babies are now 2 weeks old and have tripled in size.Hard to believe that such cute chicks will turn into such strange looking creatures.- 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...
- Guinea Update
This past summer's guinea keats are all now full grown and spending their days doing that guinea "thing".At this point, I can honestly say that their "training" has paid off. For the past week, now, they have routinely returned to their house to roost...
- Baby Steps
I have come to the conclusion that guinea fowl are not the sharpest tools in the shed. It seems to take forever for them to learn new behavior. Our 24 keets are now large enough to safely go out into their yard and not be able to escape through the fencing....
- We Are Teenagers Now
Remember just 4 weeks ago when the guinea chicks arrived.....just hatched and so very tiny? Well, here they are one month later. They have grown like weeds and already have a youthful version of their "buckwheat" call. Two dozen of the original 30 remain....
- Reaching For New Heights
Well, the guinea keats are just 3 weeks old and already they are flying and getting around like more mature birds. When I went into their house last evening to fill their food and water, I found three of them on the top rung of their ladder perch. By...