Wild Winds Homestead : April 2013

Sunday, April 7, 2013

Trip to Spencer and Jen Brown's

The quote of the trip- Me: Clarissa do you like it here? Clarissa: Yes, I like the dogs and I like the horses....I want my own 22 acres!"

We had a really great time. It was nice to let the kids wander and play. My husband enjoyed it too!

Update

We had a great fall and a very nice Christmas. Winter was good to us and the chicken lived! We lost our Maddie dog and we miss our basset hound. We had a three day Easter celebration. We started with dying eggs and hunting them on Friday with the grandbabies. The Easter bunny came on Saturday! On on the sabbath we celebrated the Resurrection of Christ with our church attendance followed by a family dinner. Martina objected to us eating good food while she was a BYUI and unable to come home. D'artagnan & Kiersta came over and Emily, Shawn and Channing stopped by. I have been coordinating outfits for family photos on April 20 and planning a trip to visit my brother, Spencer and his family. With the trip done, we are moving on to pictures and the backyard.

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.