Category Archives: Farm animals

Spring is in the air!

Posted on April 30, 2015 by farm2011

Wow! Just like that spring has Sprung! And not a minute too soon if you ask me. We’ve had a couple of days that we’ve got some small rain showers to clean off the leftover dirt from the snow and … Continue reading →

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Out to pasture

Posted on April 28, 2015 by farm2011

So did you think I was going to talk about me in this post 🙂 The cows have been out on the pasture now for a couple of days and they are loving the fresh air, soft ground, and green … Continue reading →

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And then there was Two!

Posted on April 25, 2015 by farm2011

I can’t believe it. When I saw the pile of feathers outside the chicken house and then all the death screaming going on – well I for sure thought that we were going to be one chicken less. But guess … Continue reading →

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M.I.A.

Posted on April 24, 2015 by farm2011

I was outside tonight gathering eggs tonight when I noticed this on the side of the chicken house.  Now this is not a good sign if you have chickens. Well it’s probably not a good sign even if you don’t … Continue reading →

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It happens once a year

Posted on April 23, 2015 by farm2011

It happens once a year. And what is that you ask? Well it’s our wedding anniversary and this year we’ll be celebrating our 32nd year. Holy Smokes! Seriously I remember as a kid looking in the newspaper and seeing an … Continue reading →

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The farm animals don’t know what’s hit them

Posted on April 13, 2015 by farm2011

Well it ‘s Monday and with both Daryl and I gone during the day Kyle has been looking for things to do. He’s been home for about a day and a half and is already pretty antsy. So the first … Continue reading →

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Who told the chickens?

Posted on April 10, 2015 by farm2011

As you know from previous posts, that our chickens haven’t been pulling their weight lately. No big surprise because we’ve had a lot of these chickens for quite some time now and well in the chicken world – they are … Continue reading →

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Saturday work

Posted on April 4, 2015 by farm2011

We had an awesome day today getting things done around the farm. Daryl worked pretty much all day on getting the cow yard cleaned up and all the manure hauled for the spring. He’s been hauling the manure to the other … Continue reading →

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Spending the night grubbing out trees

Posted on April 2, 2015 by farm2011

We spent tonight working late to start to grub out some trees that are in our fence line. For some reason these volunteer trees just will all of a sudden appear and will grow and grow if you don’t take … Continue reading →

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Giggles – bad calf!

Posted on March 31, 2015 by farm2011

It was one of those days again when I pulled into the yard and noticed something (or someone!) that wasn’t supposed to be there. And guess who it was?  Well if you guessed Giggles – you are the winner!!  Yup, … Continue reading →

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