ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[redtailgal]

Hubby would love it! lol He "grazes" as well.

Happy Easter to your and your family!

 

[Mamaboid]

Dandelions with bacon dressing here also. We graze often. Hope your Easter is a happy one.

 

[Roll farms]

Happy Easter Egg!

Hope your dh continues to improve and you have a wonderful holiday.

 

[wannacow]

You have a happy Easter too. We celebrated today. I'm exhausted, but what a WONDERFUL time we had. Taking a breather then off to milk then DONE for the evening.

 

[elevan]

You know that myth about bats getting into your hair?

I think it needs to be guineas getting into your hair...only it wouldn't be a myth

I just shut everyone in for the night and one of the guineas was picking on a hen so I flicked him. He flew straight up into the air, landed on my head, dug his "talons" in and started flapping his wings. All the while I'm swatting at him and yelling at him to get outta my hair!

DH says he's gonna have to put a camera in the coop...

Dang guineas!

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

You know that myth about bats getting into your hair?

I think it needs to be guineas getting into your hair...only it wouldn't be a myth

I just shut everyone in for the night and one of the guineas was picking on a hen so I flicked him. He flew straight up into the air, landed on my head, dug his "talons" in and started flapping his wings. All the while I'm swatting at him and yelling at him to get outta my hair!

DH says he's gonna have to put a camera in the coop...

Dang guineas!

Only you Em, only you.



Happy Easter to you and your family by the way. Take Care.

 

[autumnprairie]

Happy Easter, I am glad your DH is better. on the last 8 eggs
I just candled mine and I have live chicks in them day 11 hope they make it

 

[Roll farms]

I had the exact same thing happen to me last year when we were catching surplus males to sell. One flew up into my face and his foot hit my forehead and scraped down, if I hadn't had my glasses on I'm sure he'd have damaged my eye. I got a good scratch / partial black eye out of the deal, but that's better than losing an eye.

I thought you only lost an eye if you played w/ bb guns and were named Ralphie......nobody warned me about guineas!

 

[elevan]

Had a few minutes so I thought I'd check in and give a quick update:

Well, Laurel (our East India Duck) finally figured a way to outsmart me. I've found every nest she started so far but yesterday she was missing all day and then showed up around dusk for some food and went into the coop. This morning she shot out of the coop like lightning and I had DH with me so I told him to follow / watch her to see where she went. She made a bee line for a brush pile and around the other side. She started to go in but realized that DH was watching so she ran to the pond and watched us from the bank. As soon as she thought we weren't watching she headed back for the brush pile. I haven't gotten an egg from her in a week...so she obviously has a nest. I'm gonna leave it alone this time and let nature do it's thing and maybe we'll have some ducklings after all.

Had to give T-Bone some Kaolin Pectin for diarrhea today...hopefully that clears up pretty quickly. He was dewormed last weekend with Ivomec.

We finished up the coop that will temporarily house the turkeys and set Cinnamon and her chicks up in it for the next 10 days so that they have a little more room and some more time to grow before they get introduced to the rest of the flock. I'm not really concerned about the chickens but I am concerned about the guineas around the chicks.

Next week (wk of 16th) I have 3 broody hens due to hatch their clutches. Each clutch has about a dozen eggs in it...give or take a few.

 

[RPC]

Happy Easter!!!