On Saturday morning some guys came over to "harvest" several large azaleas and a little oriental maple tree that were making weird islands in the yard. (They were free on craigslist for anyone willing to come dig them out). Here are the kiddos in one of the holes that they left behind.
The kids did not pose for long before Icy came to show them some love.
Shark came too, but then was worried about a hawk overhead and got distracted.
This is a fun sequence of pictures showing what happens on a snowy day with chickens. Brother M opened the door.
They started to come out. First some ducks that didn't really belong in there.
Then the chickens started to come out... But then they all had second thoughts and ran back in!
Then they decided that snow was better than being cooped up...
And they slowly made their way into the yard. Their are several new additions in this picture. A friend moved away and gave us her 6 young hens (Rhode Island Reds). And another friend's neighbors were mad that she had a rooster, so she brought him over to live with us too.
The geese and turkeys had no such qualms about snow.
One fantastic piece of farm news is that the turkeys are mating! That might seem a strange thing to be excited about. But considering that most turkeys raised in the US can't mate naturally and usually are too overweight to live past 6 months of age (raised with only Thanksgiving in mind)... it is pretty miraculous to have 2 turkeys that still know what to do and are of the correct proportions to do it.
Now we just have to wait for her to lay some eggs.
On a different note, about a week ago we woke up to the results of an ice storm:
The trees and bushes were all sparkling. The kids thought it looked like they all were covered with Christmas lights.
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