Category Archives: Farm animals

When it’s spring in Iowa, that could mean a lot of different things. In the spring comes storms, and we had a rain storm literally blow in last night. Even though we didn’t get much rain (maybe a half inch?), … Continue reading →

I think that everything pretty much has a rhythm to it, and our farm is no exception.This is the rhythm of our farm: Before I let the dogs out for the day, you can see the peacocks all in a … Continue reading →

In the circle of life it tells us that everything comes and goes and the world goes on, and this weekend our old mean rooster – Hitler died. I felt kind of bad for him, and even though we don’t … Continue reading →

I spent the morning at the auto body shop and the news wasn’t good on William’s car. The estimate is over $6000. See, I told you it wasn’t good. Since the estimate is so high, we have an adjuster coming … Continue reading →

With Walter gone to my sisters, I thought today was the day that the pheasants get moved into the winter side of the chicken house. I call it the winter side because we put in all the windows on this … Continue reading →

William helped me catch Walter this morning and into the car he went. He didn’t freak out really at all going into the pet carrier and we headed east in the Pacifica. Even though it was really windy out and … Continue reading →

On Saturday morning Daryl decided to give the cows a large bale of hay in the cow yard. I know that this will save me some time in the morning – but I think I’ll miss giving them small bales … Continue reading →

To explain why I wrote why Apollo is so crazy is because our female dog – Reno is in heat. So for some reason this gives our male dog Apollo the go ahead to be absolutely CRAZY! What he does … Continue reading →

Last night Daryl and I had to fix the pen in the barn because we knew that we were going to use it to hold the cattle. The pen wasn’t too bad, it was just a matter of getting it … Continue reading →

I don’t know if you’ve ever laid in bed and listened to your dog bark,  but it can really get to you. Last night again our dogs were barking and finally at 3:15 am I got up. For some reason … Continue reading →