*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* I just don’t know where we stand right now….. Last night Otto came into the garage for the night…and he wasn’t looking good….. We call him into the garage every night to keep him safe from the local coyote packs and bobcats and things that go bump in the night….. …..but last night…when Otto came in at dusk…he was looking poorly….. There was a little (very small) splash of blood on one of…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* We’ve accumulated too many roosters………….again….. And again………….I don’t think they’re All ours….. …..(damn that suburban farmer down the road)….. I didn’t notice it right away…(or I did’t feel a need to do something about it)…until the roosters came of age…and start crowing their faces off….. …..and then…I realized I’d waited too long………….again….. I’ve found that the older I get…sleep is an easily interrupted luxury…and it’s hard to regain…once it’s been squelched….. …..add to…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ***This is more of a compilation post~~of chicken sub-topics….. Just some recent occurrences that have happened in my World-of-Poultry…(said with a diminishing echo response)….. ***I thought this would be an interesting follow-up to our unidentifiable hen and/or rooster….. *****(Click Here for the Mystery Chicken Post)***** The hen (or maybe the rooster) has changed again….. …..kind of like the Horse-Of-A-Different-Color from the Wizard Of Oz….. I don’t know what breed of chicken they are……..
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* ~~~~~Try My Posts on SubStack/Click Here~~~~~ Mister Possum is still in the neighborhood….. …..he’s now considering our little homestead his tromping grounds….. Even as possums go…he’s nasty looking….. …..he’s been around the block a few times…tripped off the curb…gotten run over…but he keeps coming up swinging….. I’ve got to admire his chutzpah…I’ll give him that….. …..but he’s a flea-bitten limping geriatric nuisance….. And I can’t shoot him….. …..because Doctor Brigid said so….. He’s…
**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** I have good friends….. I have good friends who took pity on me & my recent culinary attempts…(i.e. fiascos)….. Doctor Brigid is not only a great vet…a brilliant surgeon…but she’s also one hell of a baker….. …..(btw: she told me if I get a fresh pork roast she’ll show me how to stitch on the pig skin)….. …..(good times…good times)….. …..(hey…don’t judge me…I want to know that pork roasts can rest easy…knowing I…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* This is the Continued Saga…of “Mr. Snake~~Our House Snake”….. As you already know…Mr. Snake was NOT in the plastic bin when he was originally going to be re-homed at Doctor Brigid’s farm….. And Yes…apparently…Mr. Snake has been (unbeknownst to us) inhabiting our house for the past week….. The only individuals who tried to alert us (as to Mr. Snake’s whereabouts) were the Jack Russell and the Papillon….. Six adult Irish Wolfhounds and eight…
*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* My daughters and I were recently relaxing in the den….. We were enjoying a weekend afternoon of old movies….. …..and then…believe it or not….. My older daughter spotted a snake’s head peeking out from under the couch…where my younger daughter and I were relaxing….. …..!!!!!!!???!!!!!!!….. …..WHAT!!!??!!!….. …..EEWWW!!!….. Once the excessive shock wore off…(and after we were all done freezing in place)…something had to be done….. The situation did beg one to ask………….where did…
**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** …..(FYI–a dog trainer friend asked what’s going on with the spots on Sabine’s teeth)….. As I mentioned before…Sabine is not top of her class…intellectually speaking….. …..she’s a wonderful hound…she’s a loving sweet girl….. But some of her decision-making needs improvement….. She plays with rocks…and she chews on grout lines….. If left alone anywhere…she will find something to chew on and destroy….. She never outgrew that stage of puppyhood chewing….. …..we don’t judge…everyone is…
**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** We used to have purebred goats….. We had registered Oberhasli dairy goats…along with Sanaan dairy goats….. We had gotten a Boer meat goat buck…so that the does’ offspring would have more meat and less bony dairy conformation….. …..(and yes…because that was better for eating)….. But with the passage of time…and the storms…and various mishaps….. …..our purebreds got older…their offspring’s genetics got muddled…we were given goats who didn’t match our “program”…(like we’re really that…
**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** Nope…it’s not really “Snakes On A Plane”!….. …..it’s more like…”Snakes In The Coop”!….. …..again….. And my reactive vocabulary was strikingly the same….. …..(and not printable)….. I thought we might eke through this summer without being up close & personal with any snakes….. But…alas…it was not meant to be….. Unfortunately…chickens attract predators….. They seem to run around cackling and wearing sandwich-signs saying they are available as tasty/crunchy treats….. They’re considered the personal drive-thru snack…