Roosters To Process...

We've gotten alot of rooster this year, cant keep em all so its time to process pretty soon. Our neighbor is gonna come over and help us, we've only done 1 since we've had chickens and that was last year. I've got 12 in this pen, 1 out free ranging (he flies over when he wants) and I may have a few more young ones running around with my barnyard flock...

Our rooster we processed last year...

Made Homemade Chicken Dumplings with it... Good Stuff

Brian makin friends...

With one of our young mixed bantam roosters. I'm on the hunt for a good manly name for him, hes turned out beautifully, I love his colors!

So what do you think I should name him?

* Hes from one of my May 2010 hatches... Bator Hatch or BO Broody

Beautiful Eggs...

* I've been gettin on average 15 eggs a day... give or take a few some days. I have 30 hens of laying age. I think every hen that could go broody this year, did! lol Then alot of my chickens are molting.

Our 2 Farm Kitties...

Well we decided to keep the little black kitten that showed up on our back porch. Kaylin named her Ally... it took acouple of days for her and piper to make friends, its cute seeing them out playin in the yard :)

*They both sleep in the laundry room at night... spoiled little kitties :)

Ducks out free ranging...

I decided to let the ducks free range on Saturday...

they loved it and I loved watching them waddle around the yard.

They figured out they could go into the chicken run and hang out, lol

Splish Splash Ducks Takin A Bath...

They do so love their water, lol Bigger pool coming next year!

Gosh look how much they have grown since we got them...
Ducky's New Friends

Breakfast Time...

Took these the other morning while out feeding...

I changed my feed to flock raiser, everyone seems to love it and I'm getting more eggs (nice and strong), I do let them free range everyday (unless we are gone). They get alittle scratch in the mornings and then of course Mommas/babies and ducks are on chick starter still. They all get some of our good scrapes everyday...

Some of our roosters...

Goldie... she has 1 little egg under her

Our ducks are getting more friendly, especially if you have food for them, while I'm feeding them I get to pet them. Our biggest blackish one is the friendliest... I'm thinking it may be a boy, time will tell.

Piper found her some breakfast... she was playing with it.
A Baby Mole