Some Pictures and Going On Vacation

Hello Everyone,
These two goats (the smaller one is Bo) have been getting out of their pen and getting on out picnic table!




Well, I probably won't post for a while because we are going on vacation. I hope I can post some while we are gone, but if not I will have a long post when we get back!
Bye for now!

Stephanie

A Chicken Experience

Hello Everyone,
I have a funny story to post that happened today.
Someone wants to buy our four game hens, so we had to catch them (a hen hatched them herself so they were loose). The only way to catch them was to put them in the pen with our bantam Sea Brights. The only problem with that is we had to catch the Sea Brights and put them in a cage until the others were caught. So we all got gloves on and went in the pen. I walked up to the group and reached down and caught one and all the others came flying at my head and one landed right on my head! It felt very weird having a chicken on my head (something I have never experienced before) and I was afraid it was going to leave something....
Anyway I dropped the chicken I was holding and got the other one off! =)
So that is my story!

Stephanie

We Have More Chicks

Hello Everyone,
We had more chicks hatch out and more are hatching right now. Unfortunately some died in the egg because the chicks that had already hatched flipped them over. I believe we have over a hundred chicks - or will when they are done hatching. We are keeping some and selling the rest.
To answer Macy's question we have Black Giant, Cuckoo Maran, Sumatra; Buff, Red, and Black Polish; Modern Swamp Chicken (they have long legs!), B.B Red, Millifluer, Blue Splash, Red Pyle, and Blue Millifluer.

These are the funniest looking ones:

This is a Black Polish (the Polish chickens look like they have hair! It looks funnier when they are older)

This is a Buff Polish (we also have a Red Polish but I don't think we have a picture)

I know, this has nothing to do with Chicks, but I wanted to post it. =)

Goat in a tree..funny! (mom found this picture on Google)

A Longer Post (finally!)

Hello Everyone!
Here are some pictures! Enjoy.


Sydney took this a few weeks ago....We were either getting a storm or just had one..I can't remember.


I was holding the branch down for the goats...I had no idea someone took a picture!


The other day one of our chickens hatched out some chicks so we went out to catch them (if we don't they die) and Susie picked up our box and started carrying it around! lol

Gracie playing in the creek.

Emily with the chicks!

She named this one "Wilma". It fell asleep every time she picked it up.

Cute!

They have now been moved off our porch and out in the yard. They were getting too big for the brooders and getting out. We have more chicks hatching in a week or two.

This is a cool video of 'Star of the County Down'.

That's all for now!

Stephanie

Chicks

Here are a few pictures of our chicks......
I don't have time right now, but when I do I will post a video of them hatching and
some more pictures! =D

Funny Video

Hello Everyone!
Here is a REALLY funny video that my uncle, aunt, and cousins did!



Our chicks hatched a few days ago...I will post pictures soon!

Stephanie
P.S. I cannot believe that's it's May!

Chicks, Dog, and Bo

Hello Everyone,
Another one of our chickens hatched some chicks! There are ten of them and they are so cute and small! We have some eggs in the incubator, they should hatch out at the end of this month.


Bo is still EXTREMELY cute! She got wet during a storm so we brought her on the porch. While Syd was preparing a spot I held her and she laid her head on me!


Yes, this is my dog.....*sigh*
She knows lots of tricks (play dead, roll over, shake, speak, whisper, chase your tail, get a toy, catch it...). Syd had just told her to play dead and she decided to roll over....if only she would play dead like that all the time! (For "play dead" she just lays on her side.)


That's all for now,
Stephanie

Stormy Weather and Sprained Wrist

Hello Everyone,
On Saturday I was bringing in an armful of clean, dry laundry (we don't have a dryer right now so we hang the clothes on a line) and my dog tripped me and I went arm first into the screen on our door. I now have a huge bruise on my arm and a sprained wrist! I broke the screen when I fell, but my dad fixed it.

It has been raining all morning and we are supposed to have isolated tornadoes and "dangerous" lightning (I thought all lightning was dangerous). Great! =(

Stephanie

P.S. Do ya'll like my new background?

50th Post

OK, I just had to post this...although it has nothing to do with my 50th post. Earlier today one of our goats got out and tried to get in by sticking his head in the fence...and got stuck (why are our goats doing this?). Well, another goat walked up and rammed him and ripped his lip open. We rescued him and put him back in the pen. Dopey (read last post) decided to get his head stuck again, so we pulled him out so he wouldn't get rammed too. Trust me, he won't be doing that again:

We taped a stick to his horns! (This is not cruel....it is better for him!) He was scared at first and ran all over screaming, but he's fine now. We would de-horn him but we may sell him.

OK, now for answering questions:

1. How many of my followers have I met? 9

Rebecca M. (I think I just said hello to her, but that counts!)

Johanna M.

Marissa Madison

Megan Madison

Jordan Madison

Mallory Madison

Sarah S.

Madison (don't know the initial for her last name...)

Stephanie H.

2. What is my favorite song?Uh....no idea

3. What is my favorite actor/actress? hmmm.....not sure

4. What is my favorite place to live? Nebraska

5. What is my favorite singer? Steven Curtis Chapman

6. How tall am I? I think 5'5" or 6"

7. What is my favorite author? I don't have one....

8. Why did I start a blog? Because it looked fun. =D

9. Would I rather read fiction or non-fiction? Probably fiction...but I read more non-fiction that I used to.

10. If I could play another instrument, what would it be? The flute

Here are some pictures I took this morning:

Thanks Madison and Marissa for you questions!

That's all for now!

Goats Are Not Very Bright

This is a picture of "Dopey". We named him that because it seemed to fit - and we found out that it really does! As you can tell, his head is stuck in the fence. Just recently he has constantly been getting his head stuck and we have to go get it out. Yesterday he got his head stuck so many times and finally screamed himself hoarse. We accidentally left him there for a long time thinking we were hearing a guinea hen!

My next post will be my 50th! YAY!

If have any ideas or questions please tell me!

Stephanie