Our sunrise on our farm!

[mhhousley]

On the far right of this picture in the horizon you can see the Smoky Mountains but you can only see them when it's really clear... mainly in the spring and fall. I worry that in the next 10-15 years it will be to hazy to see them due to pollution from Knoxville. The mountains that you can see range anywhere from 20-50 miles according to Google earth and when you can see the Smokys they are 78 miles away. They look huge compared to all the other mountains and ridges between my house and them.

 

[mhhousley]

Here is an aerial view. The red arrow is my house and the green arrow is the direction the picture was taken in the first two pictures. Note the lake in the aerial view. We love it out here. I just wish I could let my chickens free range but even keeping them out of sight for an hour and I've lost several already. Finally had to finish the chicken yard. darn foxes and neighbors dogs! Probably a raccoon too because my wife caught a huge one on the porch eating cat food. I've lost 6 chickens and 1 duck since I started keeping them and considering I had a small flock to begin with, each time it was half my flock gone!\\

 

[theoldchick]

Heck! I'd crow too if I lived there!

 

[mhhousley]

The culprit:

"Can't I just lay an egg in peace??"

"QUACK!"

 

[mhhousley]

The chicken yard, its my first fence and gate I ever built. Aside from a few posts uneven and the fence a little loose here and there, I'm happy with it.

Note: The patio chair for gazing at my flock, lol. Plus the water hose to keep the duck pool full. They nasty it up in like 3 hours flat.

 

[dewey]

 

[sheaviance1]

That was breathtaking!

I love the Smokies! I need to move further east...

 

[DancingHen]

All your pics are great. Beautiful area you live in...and great looking birds.

 

[mhhousley]

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Thanks to you and everyone else for the compliments. I was actually surprised so many people were impressed, I guess we kind of just grew accustomed to it

Oh and when I got my roo when he was a cockerel he didn't have a butt feather one, he was pitiful. A few months later I think he's about filled out all the way now. He still doesn't have the magnificent tail that my RIR roo had, but he was just to mean and dangerous around my son.

 

[vclark321]

I live on a lake on a plateau with a view of a snow covered volcano and it is beautiful! The little things in life....Ahhh....