Fuzzy's Farm

[NovaAman]

Anise cookies! Oh man, I haven't had those since my Oma passed away! I should make up a bunch of those and tin them for gifts along with my no-bakes!

 

[Rusty Byrd]

Hi MsB, nice to see you

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

One of my millie roos may not make the night, he caught a chill and his comb was deathly pale. (He got damp) I let them out the other day, they wouldn't go back into their house when it started raining. Too wild. DH is spending the night out there, going hunting tomorrow. So he is warm and watching TV, DH says he looks perkier already. (I also got him to drink some fruit punch, all i had and i thought the sugar couldn't hurt) Poor little stubborn guy.

Good super early morning! Good to see ya MsB!!! Look what I found sleeping!!! Shhhh!!! 6 little fairy babies... That belong to Silver!

*squeeeeeeeeeee!* Adorable!

I'm sitting here listening to our roosters crow. Stupid birds! They [COLOR=0000FF]are[/COLOR] cutting their own throats.

Ugh, I know. I've got 4 cockerels ready to slaughter next week because they go hide in the rafters of the barn at night, then walk into the yard at 2 am to have a crowing contest. That and I have too many roos anyway, but the crowing made them my first choice.......

I must be one of the weird bunch... I love to hear my roosters crowing. Each one is so different. My beautiful Florus has started crowing at night now too. He was just crowing in the morning very early, a deep crow. Not peircing high pitched. Not the big loud music crow of Mr. Fluffers. Rod Stewart is pretty close to how Mr. Fluffers was, but he's got a silkie's raspiness right at the end. LOL. I miss Fibber's crow. He had the best crow off all after Mr. Fluffers. Well anyway, I can tell who is who and where they are coming from. LOL. Those fairy babies are darling! Silver sent me a psychi message telling me she didn't want them and that I should get them instead. (totally kidding!)(I am not psychic.)(Well I do see ghosts)(I also hear things)(Oh wait, thats not true)(The voices told me to tell you I was kidding) SO! Back to the regularly scheduled program... Morning BobBry... Robin, seems to be working! Thanks for telling me what to get. Kim! How is your Mama? Fuzzy... How's your little turd? I mean bird? Nice of you to drop in for a visit MsB! We were missing our first resident kiddo!

I like the crowing of my 2 big boys, Baby Barr (Because he's part part Barred Rock and had really cut barring as a chick), and PBR. Baby Barr has a really deep crow, and PBR sounds just like his Phoenix daddy. Actually, when the Phoenix first disappeared I heard PBR's crow and I ran outside thinking it was my Phoenix. It still catches me off guard sometimes, even though the Phoenix is long gone. He really had the best crow, I miss my boy. All of my cockerels finally got out of their "Let's crow nonstop, even in the dead of night! I wonder if #1 Food Lady will be mad? I don't think so, she loves our beautiful rusty-nail-scraping-a-chalkboard crows!Yeah! Let's crow right under her window! YAY!!!" phase. That. Was. Horrible. 13 roos, nonstop, all day and night. I was about to take the .22 out more than once and just get rid of the more obnoxious ones........But now they're all out of that and I only hear crowing once in awhile.........

One of my favorite cookie recipes This recipe came out of my great- grand mothers box Anise cookies 3 eggs 1 cup sugar 2 cups sifted flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 1 tbs. anise seed Beat eggs until very light. Add sugar slowly, beating well. Continue beating on slow speed for several minutes,stirring down several times. Sift flour with baking powder, then add Anise seed. Add to egg mixture. Beat at low speed for 5 minutes. Drop about one inch apart on baking sheets that have been greased and lightly floured. Let stand overnight to dry out. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Yield 5 dozen. I usually double the recipe and if not enough cookie sheets I put on tinfoil than take up any spare space I can find to let stand. I let the batter drop from a teaspoon for about a two inch drop. They will bake up to a nice white crust on top, with a golden cake like bottom.

Mmmmmmmmmmm . I'll have to try that sometime.

 

[NovaAman]

It looks to be a dreary day... I am going to go and rake all the leaves out of the run... Well about half of them, and get them burned up. I have bags of leaves in the garage... I need them out of the way for when I put in the divide. I have decided to do that this week. Florus needs to be able to get to food and water at all times. Even though I have 3 watering stations and then feed stations, Rod Stewart likes to keep him hiding. LOL. He's getting bigger than Rod Stewart but he still runs like heck when he sees Rod. LOL Anyway.. Nothing like a nice leafy smoke to make you think of warmer days gone by. LOL

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

Hi MsB, nice to see you 

. Hi! Nice to see you too!

 

[NovaAman]

That reminds me of this summer past.. having my cockerels, the neighbors cockerels, the guys down the way... all crowing! LOL It was grand crow-a-thon!

 

[MsBagawkbagawk]

LOL, yeah, I don't mind like 5 cockerels, which is what we usually have, but 10+ is just............................insanity inducing. LOL

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I have some EGGciting news!!!


I got TWO eggs today!!!

And one was a water birth!

Pattie looked very puffed up and squatty when I let them out of the run this afternoon so I chased her around until I caught her. I knew what was going on right away she had poo and a little blood on the feathers under her vent so I brought her inside and filled the tub to her vent with warm water. I watched her push a few times and after she would squeek a grunt. Poor baby! So I massaged her vent for a while and finally she pushed it out!!!

I showed her the egg and she seemed to inspect it a little... but most of all she wanted out of the tub. I rinsed her off and wrapped her in a towel. I told her she was special because not every chicken gets to have a water birth!
I hope she doesn't make this a regular thing!

I have a RIRX that lays olive eggs and a BR that lays pink eggs!
The frizzled uggo just got really red in the face too... I just noticed how red she had gotten the other day!
Maybe I will have 3 eggs next week!!

Does anyone else weigh and chart their eggs? I am. It is neat!

 

[BackyardFarmMom]

I will make some fairy babies to sell at Chickenstock this June!

And for those of you that aren't close enough to come get some... I will ship them!!!

Isn't he cute?

 

[Chickenfan4life]

I will make some fairy babies to sell at Chickenstock this June!

And for those of you that aren't close enough to come get some... I will ship them!!!

Isn't he cute?

Yes, they are cute!

I have some EGGciting news!!!


I got TWO eggs today!!!

And one was a water birth!

Pattie looked very puffed up and squatty when I let them out of the run this afternoon so I chased her around until I caught her. I knew what was going on right away she had poo and a little blood on the feathers under her vent so I brought her inside and filled the tub to her vent with warm water. I watched her push a few times and after she would squeek a grunt. Poor baby! So I massaged her vent for a while and finally she pushed it out!!!

I showed her the egg and she seemed to inspect it a little... but most of all she wanted out of the tub. I rinsed her off and wrapped her in a towel. I told her she was special because not every chicken gets to have a water birth!
I hope she doesn't make this a regular thing!

I have a RIRX that lays olive eggs and a BR that lays pink eggs!
The frizzled uggo just got really red in the face too... I just noticed how red she had gotten the other day!
Maybe I will have 3 eggs next week!!

Does anyone else weigh and chart their eggs? I am. It is neat!

I don't chart or weigh the eggs. But that is one pretty egg, and pretty funny how she had a water birth. Lol!