Time to round the roosters up...

All of us chicken farmers know when ya hatch chicks out your gonna end up with a FEW extra roosters, lol. I've been wanting to round up my extra roosters for a few months now and this past weekend was the perfect time for some rooster hunting ;)

 I caught these 5 roosters in the morning before anyone got here... 

pretty dang good.

After family and friends started showing up I got the great idea of having all their kids catch extra roosters for me and so...... Let The Rooster Catching Begin!

 Us adults had a great time watching these kids try to catch this one tiny rooster, lol

This lil country girl caught that rooster

"Girl Power"

Then we had some "Boy Power"... 

these two boys ended up catching the other 3 roosters for me

 They were pretty stinkin proud!

By the end of they day "we" caught 9 extra roosters...

They will be goin to freezer camp within the next few weeks.

Later that evening this young farmer helped me put all 9 roosters in a extra pen for safe keeping where they will live til its time to go to freezer camp.  

*** I have 2 head roosters & 20/21 hens.  They are all so happy that the extra 9 roosters are out of the barnyard.  Yesterday I collected 14 chicken eggs & 2 duck eggs.  

My New Doeling Itty Bitty Is Home...

I bought and brought my new doeling home yesterday and a bonus was I got to finally meet my fb Julie... we've been friends for about a year now on fb and love talkin goat... shes so sweet in computer world and real life, she lives about 2 hours from me.  So I see a few visits with each other a few times a year hopefully.  Check out here webpage Russell's Ridge Nubians.  Julies goats are registered Nubians and I'm so excited to have added Itty Bitty to my herd, she comes from excellent blood and milking lines. Heres some pics from my visit at Russell's Ridge Nubian Farms and bringing Itty Bitty home...  

I really like her... shes a very friendly, sweet doeling

*** Meet Itty Bitty My New Doeling***

Flicka & The Stinky Boys...

The naked earth is warm with Spring,
And with green grass and bursting trees
Leans to the sun's kiss glorying,
And quivers in the sunny breeze.
~Julian Grenfell

~ Thought I'd give an update on how Miss. Flicka is doin on my lil farm... as you can see from the pictures shes doin great, we are bonding more & more everyday and I love it!  I'm so glad I never sold her when I would have my freak out days thinkin I couldnt do this.  I can do this, plus I have so much support from family/friends.  Flicka is not eating from my neighbors pasture anymore... shes in my barnyard and I've had to do some rearranging with goats, right now my bucks Ringo and Peanut are down in the barnyard with Flicka... they all get along just fine.  Flicka spends her days munching on hay, drinkin fresh water, walkin the barnyard finding new grass to nibble on, running/playin from one side of the barnyard to the other, flirting with the neighbors donkey over the fence and pooping A LOT!  Most days I bring her out of the barnyard and into the main yard,  tie her on the barnyard gate so I can love on her by brushing her, then I walk her around the yard to munch on grass, I started workin on walkin her around the yard with me leading and being the boss mare... cant just let her walk and munch all the time.  I got on her yesterday evening without a bridle, bit, saddle and all that good stuff to see if I could ( I dont have all that good stuff yet, workin on it)... she did fine, I was only on her about 5 minutes, I'll feel better with a bit in her mouth. Shes a sweet girl and I cant wait to see how our relationship is in a few more months (I've only had her since December 2012). 

Random Goat Pictures...........

... ENJOY...

*** I can not keep up... Lets see Stars kids are alittle over 6 weeks old.  Tulips Quads will be 2 weeks old tomorrow... all kids are doin great, I love watching them zoom zoom around the yard, they are all so sweet & friendly.  Spirit does better and better every single day and that makes my heart happy... hes been spending his days out in the pen with his goat family, I milk Star every morning to feed Spirit his bottles, I bring him in the house at night, only because I dont want him to stumble his was out of the goat house and into the pen then not be able to get himself back in where its nice and warm... he gets excited around his sisters & brother.. jumps and tries to play.  I'll update more when I can... Life Is Good.  Busy BUT Good!

Tulips Quads are 1 week old!

I have so much to blog about but I really cant keep up, lol. 

 So for today I wanted to make sure I shared that Tulips 3 21 13 Quads are 1 week old.

*** Update On Spirit ***

This morning as he walks/stumbles around my living room I notice how good hes doin, hes alittle spunky this morning, walking alittle better (even my honey just noticed), not falling as much and is responding to my voice... his tail is wagging a lot... I love it. All my hard work is paying off and THAT MAKES MY HEART HAPPY, HAPPY... I'll take him outside later after it warms up to visit his goat family ♥

You can keep up with this special lil guy on my fb farm page, he has his own album... Spirit

~ 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...