Friday, February 19, 2010

Enough, already...

...let's get rid of that old depressing post. It's time for......

What made you smile this week???

Here's what made me smile over the last week.

I know, I know......I'm always late but......snow, beautiful snow.
(Please remember that I live in Georgia and we just don't get to see it that often.)






...little small snow birds....


...and beautiful blue skies...




...also we hatched our first chicks on the farm. ("We" being a relative term.)

"Mama" being very diligent...






"MaMa" started out on eight eggs (let me preface by saying this is was my first broody and I know that I did several things wrong). She ended up hatching two of the eight, two more were viable but died in the shell and 4 were quitters or not fertile. One of the two that she hatched died, so....I bought five Silkie chicks from a friend that were a couple of days old and stuck them under her! We now have 6 healthy chicks and she is being a great Mom!


Maybel growing....and Georgia being the sweet Mom and letting Maybe sit on her.


Snuggling....


Self Portrait, by Sweet Pea....


Naptime...


"Sam" the garden serpent...


"Sam" with a snow cap.....


A man, a phone and his goat...


a big snow bird...


Leopold and his ladies...


And...

"No way, No how, are we walking out in that stuff!"


Have an awesome weekend and don't forget to "SMILE".

Sandy

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Awwww...sad times...

....we lost two girls last night to our mystery marauder! ;(

We are feeling rather guilty as we had plans last night with friends in Atlanta and we needed to leave about 6:00pm. HB went out to feed and put everyone to bed for the night but he said the chickens were still out and about and he decided to wait until we got home last night. We've done this a few times before with no tragic consequences. Not this time...one hen was gone completely and the other HB found "most" of. We lost one of the Black Sex Links (at least that's what I have decided to call her) and a Silver Laced Wyandotte (Christy - it was not one of your girls but one of the "probies" as HB refers to our latest additions).

RIP Girls! I'm sorry we didn't keep you safe.



Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Name that chicken (part 3)....???

Ok, last unknown chicken pictures...

My two lovely black ladies. Black with green sheen, large but not huge (as in my Buff Orp's), friendly....

Any guesses???








Are they Black Australorps?