My new adventure in poultry raising!

I have new babies! No not new chicks yet. I went looking for them but they were all out. I hope to go on Monday and get some. But they did have mallard ducklings left. So we brought home 6 itty bitty fuzzy little ducklings. They are SOOO very cute! This is my first time raising ducklings and I am excited. I still intend on getting chicks this spring to raise. They will just have some ducky friends to grow up with this time! Say hello to our new additions.

Around the farm April 2009

Since it is Earth Day today I am going to write in green. Corny? Yes ... but I don't really care. LOL

I have been crazy busy this month and some how missed blogging ... and so much has happened! No there is still no baby on the way and I am not done with Chemistry class yet. But I am working on both of those still. So who knows.

We had a 20 year old 4 wheeler that finally kicked the bucket. Which was fine by me since I could not drive it anyway. So we decided it was time for a new piece of farm equipment!

This is our new 2009 Yamaha Rhino! She is a beauty right?! And I can actually drive her!

Functional and fun to drive. What more could I ask for?!

My big project so far this spring has been getting my garden set up.

My FIL tilled up a nice garden for me and I put up the fence and got a few things planted. I plan on doing more but I think I am waiting until May to finish planting. Give it a little more time to warm up first.

This is where my garden grows.

Red Peppers, Tomatillos, Tomatoes, and Green Peppers

Green Beans, Sweet Pea, Snow Peas
I plan on putting in much more. Everything is ready to be planted. But like I said before I want it to warm up a big more first.

In less than a month Bocephus and I will be celebrating our birthdays. I will be 29 years old.

Bocephus will be 2 years old the day after my birthday. Woohoo for us!

The chickens are finally able to get out and run around again. I am sure the appreciate the warm weather again too.

This pretty little Plymouth Rock Hen is working on making me more babies! WOOHOO!

This is the rooster that I call Chicken Nugget. He likes to crow outside my bedroom window EVERY SINGLE MORNING. I told him if he kept it up I would make him into a chicken nugget! The name just stuck after that.

The widow peacock is still alive and morning the loss of her beloved. We totally need to get her a new hubby. Maybe we would even get some peacock babies out of her again then!

Chicken Nugget and his crew.
The chickens are doing well but we are down to 1/2 a dozen now. So my next spring time project will be more baby chickens. I plan on putting a fence up around the yard just outside the chicken coop. Partially to keep Bo and the other dogs out and partially to keep the babies in where it is safe. Once I have gotten the fence up and the coop cleaned out properly and some new chick supplies I hope to buy some more Barred Rock and Plymouth Rock chicks. I am so excited to have babies again!!!

We celebrated another Easter.

Gotta get them in while I can. Before long he will not want to play along on the whole Easter Bunny/Santa Claus thing. But if he is smart like me he will just keep playing along until 18 or so. LOL

The farm is a bloom with new babies. Calves are dropping left and right now.

And they are so dang cute!

If I could snuggle them I would. But I can't out run the mamas so I don't even try. Maybe if I try and hug them from the Rhino ... OK fine I will stay on my side of the electric fence.


I am also hoping for some kittens this spring/summer.

Are you girls listening?

HEY! Pay attention! I am talking to you young lady!

I more of these!

Pretty please!


But PLEASE no puppies. I can't take anymore dogs right now. You all are crazy enough.

Don't make that face at me young lady! I am serious! One more dog around here and I might go live in the barn with that cats! Don't test me!

April Fools!!!

April Fools!!! Apparently this year Mother Nature is the big prankster. Yes it is in fact April. Yes it is actually spring. But you would be hard pressed to tell that with the low 30s and SNOW! Yes that is right I said snow. It friggin snowed last night. Kinda makes ya wanna beat somebody. I am hoping that spring is just around the corner ... any corner at this point!

yuck

It's cold and crappy here. I feel kinda sick to my stomach. Hope I didn't catch the flu while at work yesterday. But when somebody breathes right into your face it is hard to stay healthy. Guess I will just have to take my vitamins, get as much rest as possible and pray to God I don't get sick. LOL I am so not in the mood to be sick. Better go figure out what I am making for lunch before we tackle all the junk mail in the kitchen. BLAH! I need a maid ... like yesterday. LOL

Warm? What is that?

In my last post did I say it was warm here? It must have all been a dream. LOL It is the end of March. Almost April now! And it is still only 30 degrees outside! I can not take the cold much longer! We get a little tease of warm air every now and then. But then ... last night on the news ... I swear I heard them say something about a blizzard coming towards Minnesota! WTF?!?!?! You have GOT to be kidding me! Did someone forget to wake mother nature back up? Did somebody forget to send Persephone the memo that is was time to come back up!!!!!!

WARMTH!!!

It's warm! It's warm! I wasn't sure if 60 degrees even existed anymore! I hope it stays warm. I can't take any more cold. It is definately time for spring!!!!!!!!!!!

I hate liars.

If I could make an angry face on here I would. Don't worry. For once the hubby is not in trouble. LOL A coworker is. I "think" I know which one it is but have no way to prove it. I just can't believe what lieing sack of shits some people can be. Kinda makes me want to run them over with my big red SUV. But that would only get me put in jail. LOL So that is probably not a good idea.