Wild Winds Homestead : October 2009

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Halloween

Taylor, Martina, Faith and Kielee are off with the YW/YM to a corn maze (The Young Men offered to pay for the Young Women seems a corn maze isn't the same without the girls)!!! Clarissa carved her first pumpkin today! Loved it and would like to do more! Carter went to Thanksgiving Point on a field trip today and brought home a pumpkin, so he carved two today! Taylor, Gabbie and Jessica carved pumpkins also and Martina, Faith, and Kielee carved pumpkins last night with the YW... I am the only one left! The Candy is bought and the costumes are mostly worked out! We are just about ready.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Registered for the Charter School Workshop Nov. 4th!! Yeah!!

Don't know if I like Ryan going to school all day and work half the night! I know it is a necessary thing but do I have to like it? The kids are with me, they don't like it either! It is a good thing there is email and texting or he'd never know what is going on around here!

Monday, October 19, 2009

Just trying this out! I need Sleep...Sleep....more sleep! Or maybe just more time!

Our late chickens

Lucy the Red Star, died of natural cause of old age. We will miss her. She had the best personality!

Roni the Rhode Island Red-She was eaten, she would not stop eating eggs, we tried many things to stop her but in the end she was eating 3 eggs a day so we ate her.

Sophie the Red Star- She was egg bound, we tried to save her in vain.

Phil the Faverolle-Her death is still a mystery.

Blackbird the Black Australorp-She was injured and then several other chicken pecked out her flesh around the injury. We separated her and she eventually healed but did not walk very good. She spent most of her time just sitting in the lay box. She was put out of her misery.

Pickles the Barred Rock-She seemed to have some kind of a stroke, she stood for many hours in the same place and stared off into space. She would not eat and only drank for my husband. After a week she was kindly put out of her misery.

Willow, the Leghorn, is no more, she got in the dog pen and was played with to death.

Chicken who stopped by

Mabel the Mottled Java- She came to us from a neighbor, she would allow their other chicken in the coop. She was at the bottom of our pecking order until the new chickens arrived. She would hop the 3 foot fence and not allow the new chickens to eat their own food. She moved to the Jenie Hansen coop in West Haven! She does well there.

Ruby and Rhoda the Rhode Island Reds- Bought from a neighbor. They pecked the flesh out of Blackbird and were aggressive with several of the other hens. They found a new home with a daughter's friend. They do better there at the bottom of the pecking order.