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- Aug 8, 2024
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Hi there!!
My name is Kati. I live near Abilene, Texas, Where I'm A handl manager on an Angus beef ranch where I currently care for almost 1000 head of mommas, babies and bulls. I can dog mom to two rescues: The Widdle (4 yo, 6 lb chiweenie) and Wobble the Bobblehead (2 yo, 60 lb pitbull mix).
I own two heifers, Spot and Bubby, who live with the ranch herds. Spot is a yearling who will hopefully pass her pregnancy test next month and become a mamma in the spring. Bubby is a new calf who will be weeked from her momma in about three weeks. Both are Red Angus, which is commonly known in the beef industry as the "preferred female."
I'm a bovine foster mom, as well, to a heifer named Tiffany who was born a twin this Spring and rejected by her mom. She lives in a pen in my backyard and is unquestionably spoiled with the best feed and hay on the ranch.
I have been a chicken tender since October of last year (2023), when I took in Ethel and Lucy (young adult Leghorns) who were unwanted by their previous owner because they were getting into the garage and pooping on cars. Sadly, we lost sweet Ethel to predation in April. Dear Lucy has been a flock of one ever since.
I have been extremely sensitive to Lucy's solitude and try hard to keep her spirits up. Every evening I accompany her on "safari" on our property where she does chicken stuff and I tag along with a small rake so I can "scratch" along beside her and keep her company. She and I have created several compost beds where we cultivate worms, grubs and sprouts from her scratch grains. We make the rounds to the beds while chasing bugs for an hour or more, until Lucy decides to call it a day and heads home to roost. This past week she's begun a morning ritual of crowing at sunrise. She's done it 3 of the last 4 days.
Lucy is a top-notch layer. She has provided 294 eggs in the 299 days she's been with me.
I am also Mother Hen to five hatchery chicks who are currently five weeks old and fully feathered. They are in the brooder, waiting for their new addition to be finished in the chicken yard so they can move in with Lucy but still be separated from her coop and run. They started out as a six pack, but one, sadly, "failed to thrive" and is no longer with us. Those that remain are Buff Minorca, Colombian Wyandotte, Silver Lace Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Black Australorp. Hopefully they're all pullets!! I would love to share their names, but they have yet to be revealed to me. The names will probably became obvious once they move outside.
I'm anxious about the integration process and ready for it to be over already. I desperately hope that at least one of the chicks and Lucy take to each other so Lucy has a new BFF. It will break my heart if my Lucy is lonely in a flock of hens.
All of my animals are pets. Pets are family. I suppose that about sums me up.
Here are my babies:
Wobble and The Widdle
Spot:
Bubby:
Ethel and Lucy:
Lucy:
The Chicks:
My name is Kati. I live near Abilene, Texas, Where I'm A handl manager on an Angus beef ranch where I currently care for almost 1000 head of mommas, babies and bulls. I can dog mom to two rescues: The Widdle (4 yo, 6 lb chiweenie) and Wobble the Bobblehead (2 yo, 60 lb pitbull mix).
I own two heifers, Spot and Bubby, who live with the ranch herds. Spot is a yearling who will hopefully pass her pregnancy test next month and become a mamma in the spring. Bubby is a new calf who will be weeked from her momma in about three weeks. Both are Red Angus, which is commonly known in the beef industry as the "preferred female."
I'm a bovine foster mom, as well, to a heifer named Tiffany who was born a twin this Spring and rejected by her mom. She lives in a pen in my backyard and is unquestionably spoiled with the best feed and hay on the ranch.
I have been a chicken tender since October of last year (2023), when I took in Ethel and Lucy (young adult Leghorns) who were unwanted by their previous owner because they were getting into the garage and pooping on cars. Sadly, we lost sweet Ethel to predation in April. Dear Lucy has been a flock of one ever since.
I have been extremely sensitive to Lucy's solitude and try hard to keep her spirits up. Every evening I accompany her on "safari" on our property where she does chicken stuff and I tag along with a small rake so I can "scratch" along beside her and keep her company. She and I have created several compost beds where we cultivate worms, grubs and sprouts from her scratch grains. We make the rounds to the beds while chasing bugs for an hour or more, until Lucy decides to call it a day and heads home to roost. This past week she's begun a morning ritual of crowing at sunrise. She's done it 3 of the last 4 days.
Lucy is a top-notch layer. She has provided 294 eggs in the 299 days she's been with me.
I am also Mother Hen to five hatchery chicks who are currently five weeks old and fully feathered. They are in the brooder, waiting for their new addition to be finished in the chicken yard so they can move in with Lucy but still be separated from her coop and run. They started out as a six pack, but one, sadly, "failed to thrive" and is no longer with us. Those that remain are Buff Minorca, Colombian Wyandotte, Silver Lace Wyandotte, Barred Plymouth Rock, and Black Australorp. Hopefully they're all pullets!! I would love to share their names, but they have yet to be revealed to me. The names will probably became obvious once they move outside.
I'm anxious about the integration process and ready for it to be over already. I desperately hope that at least one of the chicks and Lucy take to each other so Lucy has a new BFF. It will break my heart if my Lucy is lonely in a flock of hens.
All of my animals are pets. Pets are family. I suppose that about sums me up.
Here are my babies:
Wobble and The Widdle
Spot:
Bubby:
Ethel and Lucy:
Lucy:
The Chicks:
