Grain time with Fiona

I bring Fiona out twice a day so she can eat her grain.  Miss. Fiona loves to put her ears back at EVERYTHING, she learned this from her mother since birth. Can you correct that?  Is it something I should even worry about correcting?  Fiona does have teenage attitude and I do get after her, shes learning and I truly believe she wants to be a good girl, she just tries me to see what she can get away with.  I do always watch her, I think at this age you really have to. 

Brians office is on the barnyard side of the house, he really does have a great views and hes gotten really good with the camera, I didnt know he was taking these in the moment pictures but I'm glad he did... I'm sure there will be many more for me to share from time to time. 

Sometimes I bring Clue out and give her alittle grain/grass time

Evening Farm Chores and a sunset

I ran out to do evening farm chores real fast, 

I thought my Honey was taking pictures of the beautiful

 sunset we were blessed with this evening... 

He did actually take a few sunset pictures

Beautiful

Evening Chores

The winter weather wasnt so awful today... 

Actually it was kinda nice this evening while I was goin about my barnyard chores. 

 

 They're always happy to see the "hay" lady

 Thankful for some fresh unfrozen water

 Cocoa and Chloe enjoying a special treat of grain

Sweet Chloe will be 11 months old on the 27th.  

Shes from Tulip and Ringo Dec. 2013 Quads

 When your chickens free range ya never know where you'll find eggs sometimes.  This hen has been laying eggs in the unused feeder for atleast 5 days now, lol.  I will start checking this spot daily.

Ended the evening letting Fiona free range

~ Come with me on morning barnyard chores...

While I get my coffee I warm up Spirits goat milk bottle, feed him, give him a snuggle, then get my human boys up for school, jump on fb real quick, then around 7am out doin barnyard chores.  Yesterday evening I started locking Star up from her 2 18 13 kids (Ruby & Willie) so I can milk her, I will be using her milk right now to feed Spirit... Tulip needs all her milk to raise the other 3 babies.  Everyone did great last night.  After I milked Star and put her back in the pen with her kids, Cocoa & Mable (my friend Stephanie's goat, thats another story I'll share another day), then I run around feeding goats, horse, chickens, ducks, guineas, farm cats... cussing up a storm the whole time right now while its winter... dont let my sweet face fool ya... theres some pretty colorful words that fly out of my mouth sometimes and usually its only at barnyard chore time, lol.  I do a lot out there for 1 person... I look at it this way, its my 45 minute workout! 

I milked about 2 1/2 cups from Star this morning... 

I'm hoping to get a quart from her.  She gets clean fresh water, free choice good hay & Sweet feed, about 1 1/2 - 2 lbs a day.  This morning I put 2 lbs in her feed bucket and she left alittle.  

 Willie & Ruby so happy to see momma Star this morning 

 Momma Tulip... 

3 of her FOUR 3 21 13 Kids

 Comet... 

He will be goin with Willie to my friend Susie's house as wethers 

 Miss. Pearl... 

She will be goin with Ruby to my friend Stephanie's farm

 Piper

 Flicka, Ringo, Peanut & Boots sharing their morning hay

Hello Miss. Flicka!

 Peanut wanted some loving this morning... 

My boys are so sweet

 Just look at that sweet face

Chickens out and about...

 Boots eating some hay I dropped, lol

Momma Star eating hay... 

while her 2 kids are in the house eating hay with Cocoa

Mable enjoyin her pile of hay... Now my 4 goats that are sharing their pen/house with her are still alittle scared of the horns and I dont blame em.  Shes a sweet girl, was bottle raises, came from a great herd, shes only been here 3 days... 

Gotta go feed Spirit again and let me walk around the house for some baby goat therapy...