CHICKS, RABBITS, PIGS, GOAT & KIDS

My daughter’s boyfriend has decided to hang up the farm life and go back to work. They wanted to know if we wanted to buy the rest of their chickens. We have room for a few more in our miscellaneous coops and they are already laying eggs, so this is a no brainer. Anyways the g- kids wanted us to save their favorite chicken, Lil Red. I am such a softie.  My daughter will be bringing them to us this afternoon when she gets off work.

Truck is coming along slowly but surely. New parts are about to go into it. The tear down is down to a bolt or two. It will be nice to have it all done. We need it running for the work we have to get done here.

The g- kids have been getting a lesson in backing over the last few days. They have baked muffins for us a few times now. Now if only I can get them to finish cleaning their room, which would really make me happy. I have a warned them already that they have to keep their new room clean or they might lose it altogether. They get their space including bath and loft bed in a whole area off the main house and it should make them very happy if they abide by the rules. Today is their laundry day and yes I do make them do that too. Little by little they get rid of things that they don’t need which will make their transition to the new room easier to move.

Well it must have been a false alarm on the rabbits part because we have no babies as of yet. We need to move a few hutches close to the house so I can maintain them when the girls go back to school easier. They seem to like their new homes. The kids say they are heavier. The kids want to start training them. They saw something on Pinterest last night they thought was cool, “How to train a rabbit with a clicker.” They wanted us to build them a suite in their room too. Not! It was a cool but not in the small house we will be living in.

The goat seems to have settled in well too her coat is shiny and she is letting us pet her more. She was very skittish when she got here. I am making plans for a few stalls in the barn maybe this fall. I have been looking at others set ups for their goats and a playground will be one of those things I will put in the pasture for them.

We have a new escapee in the girls pig pen. Sox has made her way into the boy’s pen a few times now. She could well be pregnant also.  I hope not because she is the tiniest pig we have. The days have been so hot here the pigs stay in the mud holes most of the day. Temperatures have been near 100 degrees. Even the pool seems very warm these days. We all just do the best we can to keep cool and continue on though.