I’m letting the boy goats mow my lawn for the last time this year. I’m excited to see how good they do.
There are still a lot of colors in the trees. I love how long they are lasting this year.
I was exploring the property yesterday and was thinking of all the things I could do. I have this section that the ground is like sandy and all that grows is weeds so I don’t think it would be good for growing anything or for grazing. If anyone has any ideas on what to do in that space let me know :)
So this is basically the chicken coop. The indoor area that is all theirs. It’s functionally is great, it might not be the prettiest. I’ll get it pretty one day though.
I poked some holes in some of the pumpkins I grew and gave them to the chickens. Excited to see how they turn out. They should eat them and make the holes into a face. The kittens I’m just obsessed with and they are obsessed with me. We spend every second together inside and out they are always with me.
2023-10-14 18:34:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Collecting eggs is probably one of the funnest chores each day. You get a different amount each day and they are sometimes in different places.
The chicks are getting big. They are fitting in nice with the big chickens still. They seemed to be the first to learn how to use the new chicken feeder, so they seem pretty smart.
I made a new chicken feeder today! I’m excited to see how long it lasts. It’s getting colder here so the easier I make chores for in the winter the better.
Today it was sooooo cute! I played like hide and go seek with 5 cats in the tall weeds today. They seemed to love it. I took a picture of Cindy trying to find me, she was a little off but it didn’t take her long to find me.
I picked the last of my garden today. We had our first big frost and freeze last night so it was time.
Today I took cuko to the vet because he’s been acting weird and I didn’t get the best news. He has degenerative myelopathy. It is a disease affecting he spinal cord. Resulting in slowly progressive hind limb weakness and paralysis. He is my first dog. His 10th birthday is October 16th, so he’s getting old. But I didn’t expect that..
My quail seem to have mostly stopped laying already for this winter. Im getting less then a dozen per day out of 60 hens.
I think Rue looks really cute. She is my smallest dog and I think she’ll stay the smallest. Do you like smaller or bigger dogs?
Silver was hanging out with the chickens today. It looked like she was playing with them, all the cats seem to do pretty good with them.
I like the way this rooster looks. He seems to have a very good temperament so I’m excited to see what he’ll bring to the herd.
Tuck wanted to try and come through the fence hole I was fixing. He’s super cute lol, but what he did wasn’t. Last week I came home after meeting someone to sell eggs to, and I come back and rue and tuck are in where the goats and chickens are and they killed over 20 chickens. That was a really big loss. It made me really sad because it was some of my favorite chickens. My big man rooster was fighting them when I came home, so he’ll always be a respected rooster.
2023-10-05 19:30:53 +0000 UTC View Post
In my opinion cats are the best addition to your life. All of mine will come and warm me up whenever I ask. They give me lots of entertainment. They also have provided the best rodent control, I haven’t spotted any rodent getting into any of my animal feed and no signs of it either.
2023-10-04 17:56:21 +0000 UTC View Post
I think keysha wanted my attention. I’ve never once like encouraged her to get up there or go near the four wheeler. So it was so strange when I was doing chores and I look over and she’s just sitting there.
My boy goats are doing good. They are still the sweetest.
I went up north for the last time this year. Fishing as expected wasn’t great but the view was. Still seems like the colors aren’t at their most colorful yet. Still some green, I only wish once the green was gone it wouldn’t take so long to come back.
2023-10-02 00:40:48 +0000 UTC View PostI saw this video pop up on my Snapchat memories three years ago today I was hanging with my favorite goat in the whole world. I think I was her favorite too.
2023-09-27 14:30:55 +0000 UTC View Post
This is definitely one of my favorite roosters. He’s super nice and he looks funny. He’s an starting to be a main rooster. (The main roosters are the boys who get to get with the mature hens.)
The leaves are just barley starting to change their colors. One of my favorite thing about this state is the way the trees look at the peak of all the fall colors. There’s a lot to do here before it gets cold, and this is the first sign that it’ll be here before I know it.
My chicks don’t seem to be getting bullied at all. They definitely seem like they like the coop more then the brooder where the cats stared at them at all.
Cindy the little kitty decided to lay outside in the sun then cuddle with me.
So…. Those chicks I hatched are now outside with the big chickens. They seem to be doing well so far. The goat on the other side was eating the chickens feathers. So that wasn’t very nice of her.
2023-09-19 04:48:03 +0000 UTC View Post
I love my first batch of quail so much. They are so friendly and nice. I can pet them and they like to look at you. Then Cindy’s outside and enjoying that, lots of new animals she’s meeting for the first time.
2023-09-15 13:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
My little kittens are growing up so nicely. Currently they are the most cuddly cats. I just finally am letting them go outside so they can experience it before it gets to cold. Then next spring the goal is to get some cows and that’s where I’m wanting to keep them. All I need now is a fence :)
2023-09-13 04:33:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Rue and tuck both got through there first round of training. Definitely a huge difference from day one to our last day. I’m really excited to see how far they come after they are all done with the courses.
2023-09-09 11:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The broody hens chicks are growing up more and more each day. They are pretty cool and have amazing personalities. They don’t get bullied at all by the other chickens so that is a good thing. Then there’s possum the cat. He has the best personality too. He’s good with cats, dogs, goats, chickens. He is probably the only cat I see regularly with the goats and chickens. He’s very friendly and meows at you when your outside and he wants you to look at him. His name came from his face, when I got him he kinda looked more like a possum then a cat….
2023-09-08 13:44:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Still getting odd sized eggs. Got an extremely small egg compared to the normal quail egg. I kinda wanna hard boil it, I think it would be super cute. My polish chickens are also getting a lot bigger and I think they may start laying soon. I have one rooster that is polish and he’s just starting to learn how to crow.
2023-09-06 19:42:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Added some new perches to the goat side of the extended chicken coop and they seem to like it. The roosts on the other side of the coop have been full so the other roosts were much needed.
2023-09-05 03:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
My cats are all doing great. My kittens are getting bigger. I don’t know how people live without cats. I really enjoy cat cuddles and always being able to see a cat at all times.
2023-09-03 01:30:48 +0000 UTC View Post
I absolutely love having chickens, they are so entertaining. I have 5 hens start laying their first eggs consistently now.
I also have been loving this weather. Four wheeler rides have been my favorite pass time.
The chicks are growing up very nicely. I’m excited to see how they grow. I also got a super small chicken egg so that’s always cool!
2023-08-30 00:39:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Worked on expanding my indoor chicken area to where now the goats can come in. There’s an opening in the fence where the chickens can go to either side, not fully connected so the goats don’t eat the chickens feed.
Then the broody hens chicks are getting bigger. Starting to really get those tail feathers.
Sooo I captured a picture with all my favorite birds… these are definitely the ones I love the most. Both my roosters and my ducks. I EXPANDED my chicken area inside and made it where the goats can come in and the ducks can now get outside!! THIS WAS THEIR FIRST DAY OUTSIDE! It made me so happy. It made me sad they never went out the chicken door.
It also always seems like it’s a beautiful day here in the summer time.
So for the past few morning since I’ve put this box on the ground every morning when I come in he’s in it. Which is so odd, because he doesn’t sleep there I always see him on the roosts when it’s actually dark out. I’m not exactly sure why he does this…..
Officially both of my pekin ducks are boys. The curl in the tail feathers is one key feature male ducks have. My Cayuga ducks don’t have them yet, even though they are a few weeks older, they are smaller in size too. I am excited to see their curl when it comes, because I know I have boys lol.
So I’ve told a few of you that I’ve been working on my well house, it’s coming along nicely. Its where my quail will be in the winter, and thinking of making a little hang out in there as well. The box you can see that’s ugly is where the well and pump is, so I’m going to be redoing that box as well shortly. Just trying to come up with a creative idea for it..
The boy goats are loving there extra space, and are getting bigger everyday it seems. Ned was bigger then homer and now homer is bigger then Ned so that’s new too.
I’ve got a new hen laying, I have one white egg layer. Ever since she started laying I’ve gotten an egg from her daily. Over the weekend I was working on getting my quail sexed, organized, and harvesting the extra boys. Currently have 14 on each level. 6 girls to 1 boy ratio on each level, which is the perfect ratio for keeping happy quail.
2023-08-21 17:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post