Saturday, June 5, 2010


To the left: Nomo's milk bottle.

The weekend is upon us - rain predicted but so far I've done chores in the dry part of the day! The pastures have grown over the past couple weeks so that it's now almost impossible to see the lambs and kids when they're only a few yards away. We'll be mowing thistles tomorrow, I suspect! I see the old goose has started up a nest in a corner of the chicken house; she's 11 years old and I doubt the eggs will hatch but Jim suggests just letting her do what she chooses. I'll be tempted to toss them to the pigs! The little chicks are now half-grown pullets ~ they should begin to lay around 4 months of age which can't come too soon now that the Australorps have decided to go broody and set. A black mark on them for this quality!

Crystal's off to visit her cousin Anthony for a week which means I'll have to feed the kids myself; it's been great to see her kind nature blossom under the responsibility of caring for them.