I've been talking about soap and lotion so much lately neglecting the rest of the farm. First, Niko's chicken is hobbling about now with the other chickens. In fact, I like that. I think we should call her Hobble. It is really ore of a deep limp almost to the point that she is hopping on the one good leg. Anyway, she is getting along out with the other chickens now and I think she will be ok.
Maria is no longer a roof cat. Well, not exclusively anyway. She is still up there when we go out to do chores n the morning but quickly jumps down to harass us. I have also spied her sunning herself in the barnyard and exploring. If I happen to take a seat out there she wastes no time at all jumping onto my lap. No one told her she was feral. Silly cat.
Flower is getting huge. Her udder is growing nicely too. Flower and Charity are due to freshen the first two weekends in May. I can tell Flower is bred but I'm not so sure about Charity. Holly definitely looks bred but I thought she was bred well after the other two. There is a chance she was bred earlier but she acted like she went into heat again after so who knows. I dried Charity up last month and will be drying Holly up this next week just in case she is due earlier than I think. It will really be nice to get a short break from milking and we have plenty of frozen milk so no worries.
I really hope Flower has some doelings. She has gotten worse with little kids. One of my nephews doesn't want to come out here anymore after she beat him up even though I told him he didn't have to go to the barn with us. Yesterday she knocked over my 3 year old nephew (he didn't seem to care any though). I really love Flower but I can't have an animal around here I can't trust around kids. It just won't work. She has to have doelings though so they can replace her.
And finally,it is well past time to get the pigs processed. We thought we were going to do it ourselves with some help from a friend who hunts wild pigs but it keeps getting put off. So instead of keeping feeding them (this bacon is getting awful expensive) we will be getting them processed at the butcher's. I am calling tomorrow to make an appointment.
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I am way behind on the farm.. I am so caught up on the soap web.
Maria sounds like my kind of cat.
Yes holly seems to be needy . She might feel the kids are especilly there for her to herd about.
we have a special new bird in our yard. If I could figure out my pictures I would send you one.
He is a pengrien falcon. He hangs around our lilac bush beneath the back roon window.
He seems to favor the doves.
hey woman - put together a basket of goodies with a price sheet for me to display up here at work. oh yeah, rennie said she'd display one too. you need to start making some $$
I'll get on it. Thanks.
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