Friday, May 31, 2013

Another Surprise!

One of the joys of free range chickens is finding little surprises like these. The other day, while out doing chores, I found this momma hen with an astonishing number of chicks. She had a secret nest in the goat barn that I didn't even know about. A total of 15 chicks were successfully hatched, but unfortunately, two died after being stepped on by the goats.

Springtime Splashing

Even though the pool is not nearly warm enough for my taste, the boys have been swimming every day lately- taking breaks only during the recent thunderstorms.

Baby W Has Teeth!

Sweet Baby W now has two teeth! The first one popped out on May 18th, and the second one came through about a week later. He hardly even complained about them! Such a good little baby!

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Hall Work

We finished up most of the hallway over the weekend... new sheetrock and can lights installed. We're so excited to see things coming together in the house.

Wordless Wednesday

Growing Garden

Our little garden is growing! I love seeing the little sprouts emerge from their seeds.

Laundry Room Refreshed

Over Memorial weekend we worked in the house on various projects, including giving the laundry room a nice sprucing up.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Chick Adventures

Keeping watch over 11 babies seems like a tough job. But this momma hen is doing a great job! Despite our efforts to keep them all locked safely in their barn/pen, she finds a way to bring all her babies outside a couple times a day for exercise.

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Prepping the Garden

The boys helped me turn over the garden soil in preparation of planting. I'm a little late this year, but I'm glad I didn't plant as early as usual, since we had such a late snow.

Baby W watched from the shade of the porch. I'm so glad he loves the outdoors!

We started a few seedlings in the house, but most of our crops will be directly sown into the garden.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Zoe's Trip to the Vet

After getting beat up by the neighbor's cat, poor Miss Zoe had some really bad abscesses that had to be treated. A really deep one on her belly had already ruptured, but she had one on her back that the vet had to drain. She is such a sweet old girl, and is taking her antibiotics very well.

Monday, May 13, 2013

Baby W is 5 Months Old!

He's almost half a year! Can't believe how fast its going by! He is such a sweetie! Mommy is still his favorite person, but he's pretty happy with Daddy or his brothers and sisters playing with him too.

He sits unassisted now, and is beginning to scoot a little bit when he's on his belly. He weighs a good 21.5 pounds now!

More Flooding

We've had so much rain last week that there were some major flash floods in the area. Here are some pictures taken just down the road.