Work Needing To Be Done

You can tell these two are brothers.  Always picking at each other.

And then there is Boogie, the boss of them all.

Tomorrow is a big day.  If the weather is nice everyone will be brushed and hooves trimmed.  And of course, water bucket filled to the brim and food buckets filled up with feed.  There might even be a little sweet treat in the picture for these silly boys.

Day Or Night I'm Hunting For Eggs

Oops!  Someone, me, forgot to gather eggs before it got dark.  So I had to take my flashlight with me to make sure I found them all.  Found out we have a broody hen.  She had moved all the eggs over to her favorite nesting bok and was keeping them very warm.  Silly chicken.

So today I made sure to get out there early.  I had a little help also.

They Love The Sun Also

 Not sure what to call this.

Feels so good.

Look closely.  Boogie has the feed bucket around his neck.  Don't ask me how!  I'm telling you there is never a dull moment around here.

They Are At It Again

I guess we won't be planting any flowers in the bathtub this year either.

I was hoping that they had moved on to another place.

So in the small red coop, there are four really nice, clean nesting boxes.  This is box 1.

Nesting box 2

Nesting box 3 

Nesting box 4!  This is the only one that they use.  And they totally ignore the other cook all together.

I had a heart to heart with this beauty.

Told her that this was not the only nice nesting box.

She squawked a bit ...

...but then began to check them out.

One at a time.

Telling me all about it in each one.

Dusting Bathtub

Guess we won't be planting any flowers in her this year...or any other yesr as long as we have chicken using it as a dusting tub.

Please, Oh Please, Pretty Please

Good morning mom!  Did you bring me a treat?

Just one piece of liquorice!

Please! Pretty please!

We'll take a piece or two if you have extra!

It's An Awesome Day To Be A Chicken

She greeted and me and began chatting while I was gathering eggs.  

I think she was reminding me to make sure that they had plenty of warm bedding.

She swears that there is some snow coming our way.

If I promise to make the bedding extra thick, she will see to it that everyone does their egg laying share.

We put lots of straw down for the goats.  And the chickens started scratching in it.

Side steppin'.

Naughty Girls

This is not acceptable.

Fun Little Visitors

I love sharing the farm animals with little people.  And the Cluck-Thru is always a big hit.

We always have a conversation about how to feed them and what to expect.

First things first...calling them to the window.

Hmmmm, We Have A Slacker

We have 11 girls...but today only 10 eggs.  Someone better get busy, or else.