I’ll be back on Wednesday, October 14. 🐴
Good morning! I’ll be on vacation for about a week. I wish I were happier. . .
But I can’t stop thinking about how much I’ll miss YOU 😿. If I could only take my blog with me, but my “Hee-haw to text” feature won’t work on a laptop or iPad. I promise to share all my adventures when I return! ❤️
Sunday Potpourri!
First, let’s watch the hens beat it to the leftover Little Friskies (more after video)!
We’re all out in force to say Good morning to YOU! ❤️
Patches and Luna are playing “tree tag.” Patches is “it” and the tree is “base,” but you can only stay up there until Patches counts to 10!
So hit the ground running, Luna!
Finally, we’ve been trying to determine which one of the spring chickens has been the first to start laying:
It’s one of the Rhode Island reds!
Hopefully more of your “generation” will start laying, and your eggs will get bigger, little Red! 🐔
Let’s come to life with two videos! 🐴
Good morning! It was a little below 50 this morning, so (as our friends know), we’re standing sideways to soak up the sun!
The cats are sunbathing, too:
Stormy and Rose are already on their way to graze:
Now let’s watch Patrick and Aoife, then Severus and Sirius, come out of the duck garage, and then come Paschal and Ferdinand. You may know the ducks are separated this way because (1) they sometimes fight, and (2) only Paschal and Ferdie can be trusted not to cross the street (more after video)!
Finally, this second video is lovely me eating my pitifully tiny scoop of breakfast (more after video):
Please don’t think the cat-cops are starving me. I make up for it by eating Stormy’s leftovers. . .
And RC’s!
Yum! 🐴
Finally, no rain 😺
Good morning! Can you tell that my hair has received a lot of rinsing? It looks like I’m wearing a bustle:
“Your tanks have been completely refilled, Francis. I see the new baby goldfish I’ve heard about:”
“The hens and I really appreciated the stable during the rain—it was the only place where the dustbaths weren’t mud baths:”
I know kind of what you mean, Tom. The stable floor was the only place where we could knock the mud off our hooves. I think even the ducks were getting tired of it:
“Not really, Francis.” 🦆
No monkey shines 🙊, just donkey shines 🐴! (and a cat video 😺)
Good morning! It’s pouring. I’m reporting from Stormy’s stall:
It’s what happens when Management neglects to drop the lock in:
“Permit me to ‘escort’ you out, Francis:”
That’s alright, Stormy, I can find my own way:
Anyway, here’s one cat plus one raincoat:
It adds up to mischief:
Don’t worry, Luna, that cat-cop was not about to let you pull that wet raincoat onto that dusty ground. 🐴
One-stop shopping! 🐴
Good morning! September’s going out with some rain.
It’s a good day for hay in the stall:
We’ve observed that the young chickens mostly camp out in the duck garage on days like this. . .
While the middle-aged folks prefer joining us in the stable:
I guess the “kids” haven’t learned yet that the stable offers all the amenities—nesting boxes, dust baths, and manure bugs—all in one convenient location! 🐴
Spiky chickens, and the kitties have you cornered (video)! 🐴
“Good morning, everyone! I hope your morning is as pretty as ours.”
Indeed we do, Rose. Ann mowed a lot of weeds last night. . .
So, as you know, there’s more grass this morning:
Anyway, the chickens aren’t looking their best, between molting old feathers and growing back new ones:
The emerging feathers look like needles, don’t they?
Finally, a juvenile squirrel just got chased up an apple tree:
He’s fast, but he can’t outrun Onslow, Luna and Betty!
Here’s Luna getting “talked down:”
Little squirrel, you may be up that tree for quite a while. 🐴
Bart has an announcement 🐓! (2 videos)
Good morning! You’ve brought us another sunny, crisp day! ❤️
Look out, praying mantis, Bolt has you in his (or her) sights (we don’t really know yet):
Hmm… It looks like RC isn’t putting up with us “sharing” his breakfast this morning:
Let’s watch a little video of some of the action (more after videos):
“Hey Francis! Tell all those hens, when they get done egging, that there are apples over here!” 🐓
Ok, Bart. 🐴
“Did someone crow ‘apples,’ Francis?” 🐔
Patches has dessert (and a DHS video)
Good morning! It’s a sunny Sunday:
You’ve already had breakfast, Patches; what are you munching now?
Oh, a mouse:
Anyway, remember our post yesterday?—about our rescue of Special. . .
And Bob?
Well, here’s a “Department of Horsefarm Security” security camera video of Ann and a neighbor leading them off the road an into our stalls for safe keeping:
🐴
RUNAWAY HORSES! 🐎🐎 and Neighbors coming together ❤️ (video)
Good morning! As this sunny Saturday started out, about all I had to show you was Rose, Stormy, RC and I getting peppermint hearts:
Who would have guessed, in about an hour, we would have two unexpected guests! Meet our new friends, Special. . .
And Bob!
A few minutes earlier, they were strolling down the road. They live a few houses away, and decided to push down their fence. All the neighbors worked together to get them safely home. Here’s Ann approaching them with a halter, while other neighbors held up traffic:
I think they sensed that Ann wouldn’t like “horse shenanigans,” so they both let her lead them to safety:
In no time, another good friend brought their “Mommy” and her son to take them back to their own pasture (more after video):
We learned that Special and Bob are therapy horses, and they do very important work. Check them out at https://www.facebook.com/share/1c411amCQf/?mibextid=wwXIfr
and https://11f39aa.netsolhost.com/
What a morning! 🐴
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