Good Christmas Eve Morning to you all!!
I went out to the coop to do my tour of duty and I glanced at the shaving mound that the Girls created to lay their egg in. I guess nest boxes are passe....Anyway, I saw a glimpse of a blue/green egg before one of the Orloff's sat her big butt down to lay her egg. That means Valerie has decided to lay again! That was a nice surprise!
Other then that, I love the heated water bowl I got for them. Very spiffy invention that.
Today we are going to breed the rabbits. They are finally old enough. Actually they have been old enough for a couple of months and I'm finally getting around to breeding them. Ah well better late then never.
WCc-Glad to hear that you finally got paid. Congrats on the pullets! They sound adorable!
TO-DH and I are going to join Weight Watchers this Jan. I asked him to join with me to lend support. We will see how long this lasts! LOL!
Cind-Enjoy your ham! That is one large ham!
CC-That is interesting about the coyotes and dogs. One of the 4-H sheep leaders and breeders I knew in CA had two GP's live with his sheep heard. They were heck on the Coyotes. In my Hobby Farms mag this month there is an article about "guardians". It goes over dogs, donkey's, and Llama's. It was a very nice article that brought back a memory.
When I was in Cali, at my mentors ranch, we took in a BLM Burro that needed to be rehomed. Cisco was awesome. Very sweet and kind and an absolute angel. One night my Mentor and her DH heard a racket coming from the pasture where the yearlings were living with Cisco. All of the horses were standing huddled and quivering in their corrals, as far away from the pasture as they could get. Cisco had the yearlings all corralled in one area far way from the fence line and he was making this bizarre noise and running back and forth along the fence line-in a complete rage. A neighbor come over, with shot gun in tow, to see what was going on. Another neighbor heard it the racket too and drove his truck down form the hill he lived on. Turns out as everyone was standing with flash lights and truck lights pointed into the Avocado Orchard behind the fence line, trying to see what set Cisco off, a huge Mountain Lion ran out from the orchard behind the fence and took off down in the ravine to the side of the property. Cisco may have been small but he sure knew what to do and we never saw the Lion that close again.
Ok, off I go! Have a Happy Christmas everyone and enjoy! Cheers
