FRANCIS'S BLOG 06/14/2026 


The things you can do when you’re just the right size for YOU! 🐴

Good morning!  The kittens are having breakfast:“We still have lots to explore. . .”“But we feel most secure near or under old broken-down tractor.” 😺😺😺

Not much else is going on, except the gate to the front pasture is closed. . .Not that that stops me!I’m just the perfect size for wiggling between the wires. 🐴

Kitties have “graduated!” 😺

Good morning!  Hurricane-style wind and rain last night!  It’s nice today, but the flies are out in force:It’s definitely a mask-and-spray day:I wish I could have fun-in-the-tub like Paschal and Ferdinand:Anyway, look who is exploring the cat garage this morning:“Yummy-yum!”“I’m having dinner with the big cats!”“We twins have found the food, too!”😺

Rain and more rain! 🐴

Good morning!  It poured last night. . .And it poured this morning:The buff orpingtons are waiting for their turn on the “swing:”The kittens are out and about:“Where did all this water come from?”How can I tell we’ve had record rain?Because our pavements have been washed clean. . .Of duck and chicken poopies! 🐴

Room to spread out 🐥!

Good morning!  I guess I better get moving:It’s still hot, but there’s a nice breeze:For Pete’s sake, Tyrus and Tiger, wake up. It’s 10 o’clock!Anyway, we showed you last Sunday that the chicks got a nice outdoor pen:Well, this morning they now have twice as much space. . .For twice as much clover, bugs, exercise and fun 🐥!

Very hot and muggy 🐴 (and a proud hen video)!

Good morning!  The flies are out, so the masks are on:The fans are out:Goodness, chickens!  Spread out a little:Did some of you forget that there are nests in the stall?

This hen just laid an egg, and is crowing like a rooster:

That egg was hard work—time to celebrate! 🐴

Let’s start off with a video of ME (then a kitten video)! 🐴

Good morning!  I’ll be right with you after I have a scratch:

Ahh, that felt good! . . . Anyway, all the recent rain has left us with new clover, dandelions, and buttercups to eat:Dad is helping Eva finish breakfast.  I know two cats who need caught and fixed (catching is hard, fixing is easy):“Hello Francis.  Could you please play that cute video of Eva’s and my latest litter?”

Here you go, Dad:

“Eva and I are very proud, Francis!” 😺 


I feel lighter and cooler 🐴

Good morning!  Ann is giving me a brush:My hair left an outline of me on the ground:Hey!  I’m slimmer than I thought!  Good for me!Other than that, we’re waiting for the rain to let up a little—it’s been coming on and off all morning:And the birds are having leftover watermelon, lettuce and pears:Colorful chickens with a colorful breakfast! 🐔

Privacy, please 🐴

Good morning!  We had heavy rain overnight.  So I’m sure the weed growth will shift into hyper-drive: “Good, more places to hide in!”If you say so, little baby kitty—just don’t hide from the cat-cops and worry them. 😿

I’m sorry it’s such a slow news day.  But I can show you the chicks enjoying their backyard:It’s only 9AM, but they’re already looking for shade. 🐥

Anyway, if you know something about horse or donkey standing positions, you know what I need to do:So please, turn your head. 🐴

Kittens are growing up (2 videos) 😺

Good morning!  I’m about to get “gunned down” with fly spray:Apparently some of us don’t like waiting to be fed:

The kittens have discovered grown-up cat food:

But they still get their “baby food” (Goo-Tubes):

Isn’t it nice to see Eva joining her kittens for breakfast! 😺

Here’s a video lesson in the language of Chicken! 🐔

Good morning!  I’ll forgive the cat-cops for setting the food scoop on me today, because they’re cleaning and refilling my water tank:Hey Luna!  Wake up for breakfast!Here’s a baby, finishing up a drop of Goo-Tube.  For breakfast and dinner they get 3-4 of them squeezed into a dish (Mamma Eva is still nursing them as well ❤️):Here’s our Dukie checking out the chicks:Marbles is intrigued, too. . .You’re still a cat in the dog house, Marbles, for running away from home! 😾

Finally, here’s an Easter-egger telling an olive-egger to hurry up and lay her egg:

“This egg will hatch before I can lay it!” 🐔

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