Posted By admin on February 8, 2010
Well, the chicks were supposed to hatch on friday. I had a very hard time achieving enough humidity. I was able to boost it a little and for a short time with small jars of boiling water to produce steam. I dreaded emptying the incubator so I put it off until after church on Sunday.
I came home and unpluged it and then lifted the lid to peeping. Three had busted holes in the shells. Two died in the shells and another started breaking through. At 6:30 this morning finally one of them broke free and then the other broke free around 10am. They are drying completely and cheeping loudly when they are awake.
Two little peeps
This was a huge learning experience for me. I know what not to do next time and not to give up too soon.
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Posted By admin on February 7, 2010
We have two new additions to Heaven Scent Farm. We picked up our new goats on Saturday!
Alpine Goats
The one that has white on her is named Stitch. She is the more social of the two. She is still pretty scared but will take food from my hand now.
Stitich and Yodel?
The other one that is all brown does not have a name but whatever we name her it has to start with a Y. We have been tossing around the name Yodel. Since she is an Alpine…If we think of something better we will let you know.
Yodel is very scared. She has not been handled very much so this is brand new for her. We let her spend the night with the crate we used to transport her in but when the boys and I arrived home from church she was still in there. She did not want to come out! Not even for a cookie. She would eat the cookie but not come out to get it so we had to remove the crate vertically. She was not happy about that but she calmed down after a little while.
Yay! We are goat people!
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Posted By admin on February 3, 2010
Confusion.
The fencing is going up! The chickens are a little confused how some are on one side of the fence and some are on the other.
beautiful fence
The fence is up all the way down the hill and in the woods. After I took the picture I noticed the beautiful valley all covered with snow still. The fence might be finished by tomorrow but definitely by the weekend! Yipee! Goats are right around the corner.
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Posted By admin on January 31, 2010
Well, the snow yesterday was too dry but as it began to melt a little today we were able to make it stick better to make a snowman.
putting on the finishing touches
This was the boys’ first snowman and the first snowman on the farm.
The finished man.
You know, it is not every snowman who can pull off ears and a sombrero.
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Posted By admin on January 31, 2010
We got that winter storm that was on the news but not as bad as we could have. We got about 4″ here in Robertson County. The snow started falling around 10 am Friday morning.
Barn in the snow
The fresh fallen snow is so beautiful and peaceful. We didn’t have anything scheduled to do on Saturday. I made chili and we played games by the fire.
Such a pretty sight
The view from the barn first thing in the morning. There is something about untarnished snow. Such a beautiful blanket that we call winter.
We love snow!
Then the fun began! The boys got out and had a snowball fight.
Do you feel lucky?
Made snow angels…
snow angel #1
snow angel #2
The dogs froliced. We had little Hershey here again as a camper. I think she was as tall as the snow but she had a great time.
Bullet and Hershey
Even Dad got into the frivolity….but he doesn’t play fair.
Daddy! It is a snowball fight not a shovel fight.
We were trying to make a snowman but the snow was too powdery and dry.
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Posted By admin on January 28, 2010
I was worried that the hens were laying in the woods. Well….I was right!
Hen tucked away
Sure enough. We found an egg yesterday and today in this location. I guess a kindling pile gives you enough protection.
Home away from home
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Posted By admin on January 27, 2010
This is the best dog.
Bullet, on the job
I have two roosters who are soon to leave this farm. My most pretty rooster, Adonis, has turned bad. He has taken to attacking the boys and this morning he went after me. Wonder Dog Bullet stepped in and saved my life. He started going after Adonis to keep him busy so I could escape. He also protected the boys the same way when they went out for kindling.
The weather was so nice this past weekend I almost forgot it was January. It was sunny and 60 degrees. All that changed Saturday night with severe storms and torrential rain. Now it is snowing!
New water trough
The rain filled up the new water trough I bought for the goats and this morning the top was frozen. You can even see snow on the ice.
It is also very windy today and I have been wondering if the goat shed was enough for them to get in out of the wind. Well, when I went around the corner I found all the chickens in there.
Look at the snow come down!
It was a pretty sight. Here are three girls making a run for the goat shed.
Run! The sky is falling!
Bullet on the job.
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Posted By admin on January 26, 2010
Joe and Mike were at the farm Saturday fixing my brooding pen. With eggs in the incubator I needed to get moving on the pen in the barn so we didn’t have them in the garage.
Chick nursery
This is so cool because it is adaptable. There is a panel on the side closest to the big birds that flips up when there aren’t any chicks but flips down when I need to keep them separated.
view from the big pen
I am so excited about these new chicks in the incubator. I shined a flashlight through the eggs Friday night and it appears that there are a few chicks. I didn’t do all of them because I didn’t want them too chilled. I will do it again this Friday and see if there is any change.
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Posted By admin on January 22, 2010
When we moved here a year ago we would have a visit from a flock of wild turkeys almost once a week. We noticed a few months ago that we had not seen the turkeys and wondered if it was due to Bullet.
I am happy to report that the turkeys came visiting yesterday!
About 14 turkeys
The turkeys came up to the yard to check every thing out and the hens were very confused. Samuel’s black hen did a double take.
Interesting...
The feathers are so beautiful. The camera did not do them justice.
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Posted By admin on January 19, 2010
It was nice out on Saturday so the boys helped their dad chop wood and then they were rewarded with a BB gun shooting and education session.
The instruction
They were so excited to get a chance to shoot. The gun came with some BB’s already in it and that was fortunate because we couldn’t find the extras that we got for Christmas.
checking out the targets
The boys were both able to take turns shooting but Quinn says that they were not able to pump the gun… it’s just too hard to move the mechanism at this time. Good to know, but they still need the gun safety lessons.
Checking out the targets
Quinn got a few targets from one of the gun stores around here. He also printed several off the internet so they would have a variety.
Happy Man
I think Quinn had fun too. We found the bottle of BB’s the next day. The cat had hidden them from us. It was a good day!
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