Minnesota!

[SleepyOwl]

Some of my girls were happy i left the corn crib alley open today. it started raining and they all hid out in there!

Some of my girls dont particularly mind the rain and are out perusing the newly plowed corn field. Its funny to see them plodding around with big mud clods stuck to their feet! That did unfortunatly translate into some muddy eggs today. Speaking of eggs we have a new record - 15 dozen eggs to take to market in the morning. fingers crossed it isnt frigid, and we sell out quick!

Nice. I really need to get my chooks outside.

 

[KlopKlop]

i also finally have a couple kitten photos! they move so quick its hard to get anything worth sharing. This is Socks


and wallace

 

[SleepyOwl]

Here are some feathered photos for you. We lived in Monticello before coming here, and there are hundreds (thousands?) of Trumpeter Swans that winter on the Mississippi there. http://www.monticellocci.com/pages/swans

I took some photos last winter.

This is just a fraction of the number of birds that were there that day.

 

[Cebarmlds]

Thanks! Honestly, I haven't taken any pictures of my birds for at least a year. It has been a crazy year, and I have been lucky to remember to get pictures of my kids! LOL We had the house on the market last summer, it didn't sell. Had it back on the market this spring, it sold. Hadn't found a place yet, so lived in a camper at my parents' farm for the summer. Finally moved here right before school started. We have been here almost 2 months. I haven't even had the time/energy, to make the chickens a door so they can free range. They are just in the barn. (It's quite a large pen though, so space isn't a problem, just like to let them outside if I can.) Pictures haven't been a priority.

It wasn't a great chicken year. I had 20 chickens this summer (bought 10 chicks in the spring to give to my two broodies). They went to my mom's with me, and were all in a too small chicken tractor for a while, until I was able to make another one. During the summer, 3 died (one Roo from the spring babies was already becoming a jerk, so I culled him.) One got sick, and I think the other was smothered. (That too small of a tractor problem.) When I moved, I gave my sister a few along with the nice new tractor that I took forever building. (And I never took a pic. I should do that next time I visit.)

Anyway, no pics, but what I have now is 4 of our original girls (cochin bantam and 3 various hatchery breeds), 3 white Breese, one cochin bantam rooster and one Silkied Ameraucana. I have 3 roos, but don't want to cull yet, because I was going to give one of the Breese boys to my dad.

Anyway, I'll work on chicken pics. I have those chicks coming soon, so I am sure I will get some of them.

I do have farm pics though!

Nice looking farm!

 

[SleepyOwl]

Thanks!

 

[The BlanchRanch]

Hi all. It's been a while since I posted in here. Last I posted I think I said that we were going to be looking for a farm. Well, we finally got our little farm. Yay!

We ended up on 15 acres in Zimmerman. I have my motley crew of chickens out in the barn, and it's so nice to be able to have roosters. (I have had chickens for 3 years now, but living in town, the roosters always had to go.)

So you live right by Ralphy then. Super nice farm! Congratulations!

 

[The BlanchRanch]

i also finally have a couple kitten photos! they move so quick its hard to get anything worth sharing. This is Socks

and wallace

Super cute.

 

[lalaland]

sleepyowl, thats a storybook farm - looks like barn is in great shape, and a big old farmhouse and outbuildings! having farm envy.....

klopklop , hooray for the kitten pics.


this rain....can't do a thing outside but sit inside thinking of outdoor chores...phooey.

 

[holm25]

Owl I love the farm!!

 

[holm25]

Is anyone going to want ducklings in the spring?? I should have lots of Pekin and some Muscovy!!