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Let’s talk turkey. Bunch of trouble makers, really, but they are fun to watch and relatively easy to catch. Since I started letting them out of their tractor during the day (which was three mornings ago) they seem to have … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: October 2010
Today was a day for miscellany. Always first in the morning is the poultry. Feed, water, drag the tractors forward one length and today, leave the hatches open and see what happens. Yesterday, we experimented with the black chicken tractor. … Continue reading
So, it’s Friday. It’s beautiful, though a bit windy. I just couldn’t concentrate on much of anything. After moving and feeding the chickens and feeding and working the horses, I looked around my farm trying to pick one thing. That’s … Continue reading
Okay, so I’m lucky. I admit it. A little over a week ago, the battery light in the van came on. It was an erratic thing that seemed to get better once my husband tightened up the cable. But then, … Continue reading
Please forgive me. I’ve named another chicken. Her name is Sophie. She’s beautiful. And she’s dead. After a week of my inept attempts at keeping her alive, she finally breathed her last while sitting in my lap just a few … Continue reading
It’s been a busy week already and it’s only Thursday. Monday, I noticed a lethargic hen in one of the tractors. She got up for the move but as soon as it was done, plopped herself back down again. Unusual. … Continue reading
So, Friday rolled around and it was fairly a humdrum day with the livestock. I even opened up the beehives briefly without any mishaps. I had nice dull little post ready to go into the blog about how the trouble … Continue reading
Anyone who knows me for very long soon discovers my opinion of Thursday. Thursday, Thor’s Day, the day the lightning strikes out of the blue. Like Arthur Dent in Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, I never quite got the hang … Continue reading
It was a pretty quiet day on the farm – feed the animals, clear some of the fence line, grocery shopping and soccer practice. The thing which really stuck out today was the turkeys. We’ve had them now for a … Continue reading
A big part of this transition from suburbia to farm living is getting used to the unexpected things that crop up. No book prepares you for all of them. This morning for example, I pulled up two of my peanut … Continue reading