Read all about our adventures with chickens, turkeys, geese and ducks!
3 photos taken by Daniel in this post. Hannah and Caleb brought the big gray tub up from the barn and filled it with water to sit/play in. Of course they didn’t leave it clean for very long and were soon adding mud! Joys! When the kids got fed up […]
People think that living in the country is quiet and peaceful. Well, it is if you are thinking about lack of traffic BUT as the mornings get lighter the birds get up earlier. No, I’m not talking about the all the small birds that are singing sweetly in the trees! […]
We came home last week to goslings! Ms. Toulouse had successfully hatched out four, her first time ever and she is 5 years old! Jessie (daughter-in-law) gave her to us when we were still living in Montana. One of the other white geese had hatched out one gosling but we […]
With snow on the ground, the ice came. Saturday morning the roads were lethal as the freezing rain came down! It was supposed to warm up and rain but although it warmed up it did not rain. The snow melted and then froze solid again! We quickly shoveled off our […]
A little late in the season but the kids came running in this morning, yelling “Chick! Chick! Chick!” They thought the mama had two but when we just went out to try and grab a picture I saw six chicks! Not sure where this mama raised them as she was […]
Hard to believe with temps in the 80’s that it is October 1st today! It is HOT out there and in here but we are going to enjoy it as there are supposed to be thunder storms coming in and the temps are going to drop a little so this […]
As I was calling Hannah and Caleb in for school this morning they came running across the yard yelling, “Chicks! Chicks!” Mrs. Turkey had ‘disappeared’ a while ago. She had been broody earlier this summer but nothing came of it. Now she has hatched out 6 adorable little chicks. I […]
When we returned home the other week from Branson, a red hen had hatched out four chicks, two of which are turkens (naked necks). You can only see three chicks in this picture as the little black one is hiding somewhere. I love to watch therm out with their mama […]
I was a couple hours late feeding the chickens this morning as it was absolutely pouring it down! As the chickens roam free, delaying “breakfast” really doesn’t affect them! After throwing out some grain, I went searching for eggs as I usually do and was suddenly conscious of a “cheep, […]
If you are a chicken around here, you are not going to have much peace. They make great companions for the children and it is not unusual to see one of more of them with a chicken in their arms and even jumping with them on the trampoline! The one […]