Wild Winds Homestead : January 2014

Friday, January 10, 2014

2013 ended with happiness and sorrows and great excitement. My father- in -law past away right before Christmas, the kids were champs. He past away, then we celebrated Christmas, then we celebrated grandpa's life and said our goodbyes. We had a good Christmas Eve Dinner and a grand Christmas morning, all presents a success. Martina's mission papers were put in, finally! The new year started with the anticipation of a mission call coming, school starting and the hopes of another adventurous year. We are organizing and dejunking our house and prioritizing our activites this year. It seems the teens want to go camping more, do not get me wrong I like camping, except when the weather is not sunny and calm. I do not like camping in the rain or snow or extreme wind. It is not what I consider a vacation. I am willing to consider camping while en route to a vacation location or while at my vacation location but for it to be a vacation, I want to see places I have not been before. Keep you posted on how that works for me.

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.

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Saturday morning Spiderman!

Friday, January 10, 2014

2013 photo update

The End and the Beginning

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