It’s chilly on the chicks 🐥
Good morning! I have a blue sky, just for you!
Now guys, you can tell very well that bag is empty:
“We know, we just like the smell.”
If you say so. . .
Anyway, it’s only if the 50’s right now, so the chicks are huddled under the heat lamp. At close to two weeks old, they need to be kept at a cozy 85-90℉:
However, fresh food and water brings them over to eat, drink and socialize:
Then it’s right back to the “tropic zone:”
It will be 90 degrees everywhere in a couple of months, chicks—I can wait! 🐴
The cats had an enormous guest for breakfast (video) 🙀
Good morning! More rain, more mud; but the sun is shining, you’re here, and the grass is green:
“All the brushing I’ve been getting is bringing out my palimino color.”
“That’s nice, RC. I’ve been getting brushed, too, and my red roan ‘freckles’ are popping.”
“You and RC are both looking extra fancy, Rose. . .”
“But I want to watch the video of this supposedly enormous breakfast guest.” 🐎
I’m with you, Stormy. 🐴
Wow, mamma (we think) raccoon is twice as big as Tux! 🐴
Mini checks out the “buffet” (video) 😺
Good morning! It poured all night:
“Good morning, Francis and everyone. Patches and I are watching the swallows.”
“Don’t try to catch one, Tux. You’ll fall off the pole.”
Anyway, kitties, I have some pretty chick pictures the cat-cops have told me to show our friends, and a video, too. 🐴
Apparently, the chicks like clover and clover blossoms along with their store-bought food:
Above we have a buff orpington and a silver-laced wyandotte—and below we have a Rhode Island red:
And here’s one of the Barred rocks:
Finally. . .
Here’s a video of Mini checking them out:
Keep those paws outside the bars, Mini. 😺
A bird’s eye view of birds (🐣 video)
Good morning! Oh, great!—more “buzzards.” I hear Ann bought 15 chicks, Onslow. How do they look?
“Delicious!—I mean, ‘cute.’”
“Anyway, Francis, we apparently are now the proud owners of the following breeds:” 
“*Silver-laced wyandotte, *Rhode Island red, *Buff orpington, and *Barred rock.”
“Let’s watch the little ‘chicken nuggets’ in action:”
“They’ll be running around the yard as soon as they’re too big to eat!” 😾
Break out the spray 🐴 (and a creek and raccoon video)!
Good morning! It’s that time of the year again. . .
Time to get fly-sprayed:
I see Betty’s doing what cats do best:
Here’s a video of the creek “blockage” that we talked about yesterday. I’ll get the cat-cops to see if they can set up the trail cam. If we’re lucky, it might catch who’s responsible:
Finally, it looks like the cats are having company for breakfast:
🦝
Raccoons may not be the only critters around here 🙀
Good morning!
On a sad note, that poor raccoon we’ve been telling you about went peacefully to Raccoon Heaven 😿😿😿:
So sad, but at least it had one of our cat boxes for a bed. 😿
Speaking of raccoons, we have a very healthy one helping itself to cat food:
The cat food in question was what Buttons was eating:
“I’m glad the weather’s a little warmer today, Francis. On some mornings this haircut leaves me a little chilly.” 😾
And we’re not sure if these sticks are natural debris. . .
Or maybe the work of a beaver or a muskrat?
If we find out, you’ll be the first to know! 🐴
Some people will eat anything 🐴 (2 videos)!
Good morning! It’s a lovely day:
Mini is eating what’s left of my breakfast (I’m not surprised—I’ve seen cats eat chicken feed and mealworms):
And this chicken is not only pecking at a fresh green pile of Stormy poopies, she’s laying on it:
“Goodness, gracious hen! It’s still too fresh to have bugs in it—all you're getting is a beak full of wet manure. You’re old enough to know better. Come out here with me and scratch through this dry stuff—it’s full of bug larvae!”
You tell her, Tom Turken! 🐓
Now’s the time to get in line! 🐎
Good morning! Let’s start off with a quick video of me having breakfast. It’s nothing earth-shattering, but I just want to show you I’m doing well (my apologies for smacking my lips):
Hey, get out of Stormy’s stall and get in line:
Ann is giving us all a good brushing ❤️:
Hmm, it looks like Luna is joining “Patches on the poopies” today:
And Eva is joining her boys Tux and Marbles for Goo-Tubes:
Unless we miss our guess, Eva will be showing them some new siblings soon! 🙀
Turbulent Tuesday 🐴
Good morning! Even with my neck caught in the bars, and my right ear cut off. . .
Seeing YOU will still make me smile!
Oh course, I’m kidding. Anyway, as my post title suggests, it’s a windy day. . .
It’s also a “Patches on the poopies” day. 😺
”Oh my! This wind is about to blow my tail feathers up around my ears!”
I think you’re exaggerating, Martha. But it’s nice to hear from you. ❤️
Let’s spend some time with Willow in Mason City (video 😺), and a raccoon update 🦝.
I spy, with my fawn-like little eye—YOU! Good morning! May has been on the chilly side so far 😾.
The stable is full of swallow chatter:
Oh, goodness 😿, the cat-cops wish they could do something about the ailing, wounded raccoon I’ve told you about the past two days. It’s been in the cat cozy, the little plastic coop—and today it’s in the red cat house:
We think, in addition to your torn ear, you also have a broken leg 😿.
It would help if you didn’t move overnight. We’re trying our darnedest to find a way to trap you, then either help you or have the vet humanely send you to “Raccoon Heaven.”
Anyway, let’s cheer up by watching this video of our Mary walking Willow on a leash. . .
For a cat to be behave so well on a leash is extraordinary! 😺
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