Animals
- Smilin' Smooch
Why is Smoochie smiling? It's not just because he has an underbite. No, he is smiling because he is surrounded by beautiful girls... his chicks, as he likes to call them. It's a temperate fall afternoon and everyone is just hanging out in the...
- For The Birds
As I write this post (last night),it is once again steadily raining outside.Most of my hay hopes have been dashed...with more rain coming today. Since I am unable to commune with my critters and take fresh pictures,I am going to compile a batch of photos...
- The Comb Says It All
You can tell a lot about the health of a chicken from the look of its comb. A healthy hen will have a bright red comb... that stands upright. A pale comb, or one that lays over on its side is the telltale sign ofa stressed hen.Poor Mathilda, here,...
- Bangs And Eyelashes Are Highly Over-rated
I would love to say that this weekend was completely calm and quiet for us here on the farm... and by all outward appearances it was just that.Except... I frizzled off the bangs on the right side of my face...along with the eyelashes!NO! No pictures!In...
- 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,...
Animals
Ya Gotta Have Friends!
You might remember some weeks ago that I moved two chickens
into the barn from the henhouses...
Rose, who was being picked on un-mercifully by the other hens,
and Ivanka the naked neck chicken who had stopped leaving the henhouse.
(As a side note, you might notice in the following picture that Ivanka is quite pigeon-toed.
It is so bad that she cannot take a step without stepping on her own toes.
It's ok, though, the rest of her is beautiful!)
These two hens became fast friends and lived together in a spare stall in the barn.
On Christmas Eve, Rose died.
She lived out her days in and around the barn in peace with her friend Ivanka.
I worried that Ivanka, now alone, might be lonely.
Until...
the other day...seeing this...
I realized that she has a new friend.
It seems our barn kitty, Moll, has taken to spending quite a bit of time with Ivanka.
It's an unlikely pairing...a chicken and a cat...
but they don't seem to notice or mind.
It's funny how similar to humans animals are.
No beings are meant to be entirely alone...
we are all happier when we have a friend!
While we are on the subject of chickens...
I have to share a little about our raucous band of bachelor roos.
These five rowdy guys live here...
in a heated chicken house along our driveway, close to the house.
(They make terrific alarm clocks!)
They spend their days wandering around the farmhouse yard,
visiting the garage (stealing dog food),
foraging beneath our bird feeders...
basically spending their days in one adventure after another.
The other day I happened to find them here...
Apparently that day's adventure involved the long climb
down the steep hill from the driveway...
for lunch at the duck hut!
While we are on the subject of chickens...
I have to share a little about our raucous band of bachelor roos.
These five rowdy guys live here...
in a heated chicken house along our driveway, close to the house.
(They make terrific alarm clocks!)
They spend their days wandering around the farmhouse yard,
visiting the garage (stealing dog food),
foraging beneath our bird feeders...
basically spending their days in one adventure after another.
The other day I happened to find them here...
Apparently that day's adventure involved the long climb
down the steep hill from the driveway...
for lunch at the duck hut!
- Smilin' Smooch
Why is Smoochie smiling? It's not just because he has an underbite. No, he is smiling because he is surrounded by beautiful girls... his chicks, as he likes to call them. It's a temperate fall afternoon and everyone is just hanging out in the...
- For The Birds
As I write this post (last night),it is once again steadily raining outside.Most of my hay hopes have been dashed...with more rain coming today. Since I am unable to commune with my critters and take fresh pictures,I am going to compile a batch of photos...
- The Comb Says It All
You can tell a lot about the health of a chicken from the look of its comb. A healthy hen will have a bright red comb... that stands upright. A pale comb, or one that lays over on its side is the telltale sign ofa stressed hen.Poor Mathilda, here,...
- Bangs And Eyelashes Are Highly Over-rated
I would love to say that this weekend was completely calm and quiet for us here on the farm... and by all outward appearances it was just that.Except... I frizzled off the bangs on the right side of my face...along with the eyelashes!NO! No pictures!In...
- 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,...