1 Lil Fall Silkie Chick

A cute lil Silkie hatched last Thursday (10/21). I've moved momma Silkie & chick to my lil tractor to keep em safe... they are doin great.

More pics H-E-R-E

She thinks shes hiddin...

I heard one of the hens makin alot of noise down in the barnyard...
so I went snooping & so glad I did.

Wonder how many other hidden nest are down there, lol

* I did walk around & didnt find anymore, I'll have to check this spot from now on to see if shes gonna keep layin there.

Ya Think Their Spoiled?

I do...
& its all my fault, lol

Piper & Ally Cat must have their warm bowl of goats milk in the mornin & evenin... my wonderful spoiled farm kitties. They better pay it forward & catch all the mice this winter.

* I do have another sad story... Jynx our farm tom cat went missin about 2 weeks ago, he hasnt been seen so I guess something happened to him, I just dont see him leaving a good home, he had it made here on Our Little Farm. He stayed down in the barnyard with the farm animals & would greet me everytime I went down... miss you Jynx. He was a good tom cat.

** Heres the story on Jynx:
Oooo No! Not Again... & Update On Boy Kitty

***Linkin up with Verde Farm: Fall Farm Friend Friday #7

Fall Ducklings...

I know I said I was done for the year...
But the farm animals though differently...

This is Scarlett, shes 1 of my duck hens. I bought her summer 2010, she hatch me out ducklings in May, I still have 3 of em 1 boy & 2 girls. She went broody back in Sept. & was sittin on 10 eggs that I figured to be due today, Oct. 19. When I candled the eggs only 3 were developing. Well I wanted to move her to the barnyard, so I did & I messed her broodies up, thank goodness I had a broody BO hen to take over the job of hatchin out Scarletts eggs....

Heres the BO broody hen that adopted the muscovy eggs

They hatched right on time

Arent they cute!

Ooo yeah, now this BO hen is broody! No eggs are under her, I'm gonna break her... I've had to break alot of broodies this year.

* I've got one of my Silkie hens sittin on 1 Silkie egg due around Oct. 25. Then I seen one more of my Silkie hens sitting in the nest box, guess what... shes broody too!

A Very Sad Update:
I hate to have to come here & type this. I'm so mad at myself, I feel like a horrible person right now... I went out about an hour ago to check on the ducklings & found all 3 dead. I had moved the BO hen & ducklings to a bottom nestbox (they where at the top & I was scared they would fall out)... well the hen must have left em & went back to the top nest. I should have just taken them from her this morning... I really just feel like cryin right now, its my own fault, I should have knew better! I hate this part of farm live.

Have you ever...

This is an older post from 2009 but something reminded me of it today & I had to share again...

Gotten locked in your chicken coop...

That is what happened to me yesterday afternoon, about 15 mins before I needed to leave to go to my Dr. appointment! I was taking down the laundry and thought I'll check for more eggs before I leave, so I went down to the coop, opened the door, forgot to put the latch down (left it pushed up) and as soon as I got inside a freak thing happened... the wind picked up and slammed the door shut and made the latch fall down... all the way down! As soon as I heard that I knew I was in trouble... cause THERE IS NO WAY OUT OF OUR COOP besides the people door, lol. So there I was standing in the coop, door shut and locked, no cell phone, no walkie talkie, nobody to hear me yelling/freaking out... now Brian was in the house in his office working, so I was wondering how long it would take him to realize I was missing and hadnt come to give him a kiss goodbye before leaving for my appointment... Well it took him 1 HOUR AND 15 MINS! lol Thank goodness I didnt have to pee...

See how our door locks... there is NO WAY to get it opened from the inside... trust me I was trying!

Our chickie door... now I did think about this option, for a sec. then laughed to myself cause my big butt would not fit through there... lol

Heres some pics. of the chickies this morning eating breakfast... everyones fine from all the trauma of having a CRAZY LADY yelling and screaming for help in their coop........ lol wish I knew what they where thinking yesterday!

I'm proud to say... I havent got locked in the coop since ;)

Linkin up with Verde Farm: Fall Farm Friend Friday #6

Guess Theres No Sense Cryin Over Spilled Milk...

I didnt tie off Tulips legs this mornin for her milkin... shes been doin real good, til this mornin, right when I was almost done milkin her. I didnt move fast enough & there went her hoof right into my nice yummy clean goats milk... 1 whole quart. I have to say I was alittle mad, then I just had to laugh & let...

Piper lick it up

Star waiting so nicely for me to bring her snack to munch on while I milk her...

Didnt take anymore chances... tied her legs off & look Piper dont care whats goin on she just wants the spilled milk, lol

Then I gave the quart to Princess Porkchop
( I WAS gonna make yogurt with it today)

Princess Porkchop waiting for her treat

Slurping it up!

That was yummy :)

Its been an interesting mornin here... spilled goats milk, teenager not gettin out of bed for school til the very last minute (I hate that), I've already had to change clothes twice (knew I shouldnt have taken a shower first thing this mornin, lol) spilled milk on my pants then Annabel decides to jump up on me & Bailey (lil bantam rooster) flies up on my shoulder for a visit & I know I smelled alittle chicken poo on his feet! What a life... I love every minute of it!

Piper & Whey

Early Bird (Cat) Gets The Worm (Whey), lol

Heres my updated post on Goats Milk Yogurt

Just some pretty eggs I've collected lately...

...I just love all the colors...

These 3 are from my 3 Easter Egger Hens

I'm always findin hidden nest here & there from my bantams, lol

Makin goat yogurt today

Milk Stand Is Done...

My beautiful view while milkin every mornin

My honey finished my milkin stand yesterday, I still have to tie both of Stars legs off... she gives me trouble & tries to kick my hands off while I'm milkin her, unless shes eatin. But as soon as the food is gone, she thinks I should be done... She needs to eat slower, lol

Hey...

Wheres the food?!?!

& the farm kitties like to lick up the spilled milk, theres always alittle for em

Some of my chickens that get to run the whole yard

Mornin Girls :)

Breakfast time

Pretty

My beautiful orange mums that got planted last fall