Poor thing. Mourning dove.

Mourning dove.....I think the van hit it. 

Goaties

So naughty but cute.

I just got four Goats.

FOUR GOATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We set out to get TWO and came home with FOUR!

Fawn, Little T, and Brook. (Crystal is the other, but she's not in the pic)

Random Diamond.

Spring is really here!

The boys.

Pasta....pregnant?

Some of our lovely blooms!

The eggs are still in the 'bator.

 I now have an Egg Turner.

My Chickens-and Cat: Woah!! Sorry guys!!!

Well here I am!!   

My goodness!! I am behind!!    So anyway  Total updates........

I moved, Bluey got prolapse and died, someone dumped a cat-(who stayed), Cranky looks like a turkey with a bad hair-cut, Half'N'half nearly got lost in the neighbors cornfield, and I AM SO CHICK CRAZY!!!!

I really want to hatch chicks again!! Like, really badly!! I dream about them, I imagine them running around the yard, and i don't know who sells fertilized eggs around here!!

ARRRGG!  CHICKIES OUT OF REACH!!!!!

My Chickens: Jeannie and Speetiepie's leason.

Trick to teaching chicks to try new food:
Leave them alone and let them find out for themselves.

At first, the two chicks would run away from grapes,
thinking they were some thing bad, maybe.

Then, Jeannie decided to check them out.

 Sweetiepie followed and tried the treat.

Now they grab the grapes and take them into the shade to eat.

My Chickens:Zesty isn't coming home.

 

I just found out Zesty will not be coming with me to the new house.

She passed away at my friend's house.

I was devastated when I was told.

These pictures are all I have now.

The captions tell what is written on the back.

 

 

 

 

Humble Zest.

Zesty, Cranky.

Half'n'half, Zesty, Dusty-Dirty.

Zesty.

Zesty, Dusty-Dirty, Cranky.

Cranky, Zesty, Half'n'half, Little Lady.

Zesty.

Spying on Zesty.

This mug was order before Zesty's death, but now it's more special.

*SOB*   "Zesty, the hen I love."

My Chickens:Funny Sweetiepie walk-around.

I put a necklace of Sweetiepie and stuck him in a tree to take this video.  Enjoy!

My Chickens: Tears of joy.

Dollish!!!

I got to see my chickens for the first time all week! I missed them so badly, I couldn't even talk about them without crying.  When I saw them, the first thing I did was hug Puffy Lady to death because she was so cute!! I actually hugged everyone to death.  What a happy day!



Missed you!

My Chickens: Never mind, I'll post it now.

Okay.
Sorry I haven't told you guys about my moving.
It will explain why I haven't been so up-to-date on your posts.

Moving...Is...Stressful.
For your pet and yourself.  The chickens don't understand that they'll be suddenly whooshed across the globe to a strange new place they'll have to call home.

So I have to help them adjust.

As my followers know, my chickens grew up here and, in the chicks' case, hatched here.
I hate the idea of them being confused and/or sad.  "They're birds, for crying out loud."
But they have feelings!

If you guys, and girls, have any ideas of how to help my hens and chicks with the moving stress, Please Tell Me!!!!

My Chickens: Zesty's got Feathers!/Moving the Hens.

Hurrah for new quills!! Zesty's feathers are GROWING back!!  Saw the little blue tips sticking out!

And, I never mentioned this, but....I'm moving.
Next week.

It will be pretty stressful for me and the hens and chicks.  I'll post more later....

My Chickens: Jeannie, Zesty, Half'n'half, and a Whole Lot of Toothpaste!

First of all, Jeannie is so much better and becoming a doll! She loves me and it is very difficult to keep her from jumping out of the hutch to get to me!  I'm trying to keep her calm so her head will have a chance to heal, but what can you do to stop an affectionate chick!?

Second, Half'n'half(see below) is really getting rough with Zesty!

She has pecked her way to the top of the pecking order and sees to it that Zesty(or anybody else)does not have the chance to challenge her position!  She is pecking every one, but the two Ameraucanas are getting the brunt of her attack.  The only hen she doesn't bother is Little Lady, her constant companion.
Both Zesty and Cranky have bald spots on their backs, but Zesty's is worse, extending from nearly her neck to her stump of a tail.   Cranky has a huge, beautiful tail still and I hope she keeps it!

To save Zesty from being reduced to bones, I took a tube of minty toothpaste and lathered it across her back and Cranky's.   Surprisingly, it works!   Chickens DO NOT LIKE TOOTHPASTE!!!
When Half'n'half, or Little Lady reach over for a good peck, they get a beak full of sticky, nasty, minty goo!

My Chickens: Raced today/ Poor chick!

IT. WAS. SO. HOT. TODAY!  I had to get up eeeaarly to go run the Freihofer's Run.  It was ssoo deathly hot!! I finished in 29minutes38seconds, despite an embarrassing trip to the medical tent with the help of two race officials. :)

Ah.......the chickens only laid three eggs today. Wonder why.

Something really sad happened when I went to check on Cap's chicks.  One of the chicks had fallen from the nest and was on the floor!  It was hurt badly not to mention the fact that Zesty had stepped on it while she was pestering me. 

Its neck wasn't broken, so I returned it to the nest, hoping it would be okay.  But when I came back and looked in the nest, the chick was dead.   Poor Cap now has three chicks.  Hopefully the others will be okay.  Oh, and another bird(a house wren) is nesting in my bird house in the woods! I hope she hatches her chicks soon!

Well, bye! Here's some pictures of birds and chickens.

I just love this picture!

Nice.

Some chubby chicks!

Not my chickens

Half'n'half

                               

My Chickens: Bye!!!

Well, I'm off!! Bye everyone!! Bye chickens!! Bye dogs!!! Bye chicks!! Fare well!!! Be back soon!!
*Gasp!*
Whew! It was tiring to say all that!