After the Storm

Today is a more over cast day with high humidity. Got the farm chores done much earlier this morning. Chicken coop is all cleaned out. Thankfully it isn't that big of a job. I haven't been using as much hay so the clean up was just some scraping and sweeping.

Here is Flo checking out the restocked nesting boxes. She was quick to make herself at home and then decided to check out this one.



There is still no electric or phone service since Friday, June 29. The generator has been running enough to keep the refrig & freezer going, satellite Internet does have its advantage although it isn't the fastest.

The baby Red Golden Pheasants are growing and co-habitaing with the Buffs. There are half walls that separate them but on occasion they get in one another's space. The Momma pheasant is protective of her broodlings. She is inclined to fly over the walls and land in with the Buffs who start cackling. It is comical to watch. Momma flys back after I encourage her to do so. In comparison, the pheasants grow at a slower rate then the chickens do. Here are the four week and two week old pheasants who love to use their legs like springs to take off jump flying.



The Buffs at two months.



Friday's rain perked up the garden.

Finally it looks like the Blue Lakes are going to do well! There will be some canning to do.




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Time Flys - Happy Fathers Day

The Barreds are now 4 months old and the Buffs are 7 weeks.


It isn't officially Summer yet but the weather has been hot and muggy as if it were.

The pheasants now seem to be at their peak egg laying season. There was the bator hatch two and a half weeks ago prior to the NY visit, one of the hens started sitting just before we left and she hatched out this week AND now the other hen is sitting!

Other activities on the farm - Hay and more Hay. Grandpa, ran the square baler, Mariah and I bundled on the field and then loaded up one trailer load, and with the help of all the others in the family loaded up another full load as well another small load. We were able to put away 195 bales.

There's health activity in the garden. Summer Squash is blooming! Beets are getting close to being harvested. Transplanted two tomato volunteers. They will offset the loss of two plants Louise gave us. The Starlings are notorious for snipping young starting plants. So I was very happy to see the replacements.