OOhh...and mine?? Remember I'm practically as big as a house, due to pop in 10 weeks if not earlier!! Gardening/planting with a big baby belly gets in the way, not to mention the strain on the back. Therefore, I should get priority!! Did I mention I bake goodies for anyone who comes over?? <looks around> Did I convince you yet??
Good Saturday Morning Everyone!! Hey Bhep - we are looking into pigs, so you can bring your kids over if/when we get them!! I will say they will NOT be as cute as Mary's or a pet either!!But they kids could still "play" with them!! So...what all are you hatching/attempting to hatch?? DH is ALMOST convinced we need ducks...so I will have to let you know once he's fully there!! I have 3 dozen chicken eggs sitting in the fridge for a recipe or something, as all of a sudden DD refuses to eat them!! I blame our trip to Florida where I ordered her eggs and she refused to eat them there - she hasn't touched them since!!
Let me know if you want to try to hatch some mystery mutts!!
Dh plans to work outside ALL day today, let's hope the weather cooperates and the mush that is our yard cooperates. We did an ariel photo of our yard to better plan out what and where we are going to plant/fence/place things and came across one TINY (okay rather large) problem. Our Orchard is approximately 75-100 sq feet (based on the little scale that was provided with the ariel photo) and...well...out of our 9 trees, all but 3 are semi-dwarf (15-20 feet fully grown), 2 are standard (30-60 feet fully grown) and one is unknown. Now the dilemma is how to plant these trees, with the two sad almond trees that we already have in the orchard for we also have to be concerned with pollinators.I can't believe we have to figure this out NOW as the trees arrive at the end of next month!! OOPS. So next month, anyone want to come over and transplant some trees??
On a chicken note...I have a chicken "slut"!! Jemimah is losing some of her back feathers from being "copulated" with so much...but here's the catch...anytime one of the roos (especially Jeremy) tries to "mate" with one of the other chickens, she chases them off, and then "presents" herself to him. Has anyone ever seen this or dealt with this before??Should I worry about her feathers or leave her be? I do need your expert advice!!
Plus for having at least a FEW duck hens is eggs ......eggs for baking and such leaving your chicken eggs for eating, eggs for cooking and feeding back to your chickens for better nutrition, ducks are edible and good watch dogs as they tend to quack at everything......right Beth?
If I can get my garden plot done and a few spare hours I'd be happy to come donate blisters for goodies. I can even bring some extra coop scoopings to enrich the plot. Problem is that dang spare time
I got a few saddles to use as a pattern and plan on making my own. They look to work very well for the floosies of a flock
