purplequeenvt - Ivy Knoll Farm

[marlowmanor]

Love the chicks!!!
I have only ever had the regular dual purpose chicks before, and didn't realize that the chickens that have feathers down their legs as adults, have fluff down their legs as chicks!
Lol! I guess I learn something new every day!!!

Yeah, they do have fuzz down their legs. Isn't it cute!? I like to keep the dual purpose birds for their laying abilities, but I also love having unusual/different birds. And I am a huge sucker for anything with strange feathers (like Frizzles!), top hats, beards, and "leg warmers", etc...

If that is the type of chicken breeds you like you would love the batch of chicks we have right now. We have beards (Ameracaunas), hats (a polish), strange feathers (a frizzle), leg warmers (2 cochins), and even one that has a hat and beard (EE/polish mix)! Once I get some good new pictures of them I will have to be sure to share them in my journal. We also have a turken, and leghorns.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Love the chicks!!!
I have only ever had the regular dual purpose chicks before, and didn't realize that the chickens that have feathers down their legs as adults, have fluff down their legs as chicks!
Lol! I guess I learn something new every day!!!

Yeah, they do have fuzz down their legs. Isn't it cute!? I like to keep the dual purpose birds for their laying abilities, but I also love having unusual/different birds. And I am a huge sucker for anything with strange feathers (like Frizzles!), top hats, beards, and "leg warmers", etc...

If that is the type of chicken breeds you like you would love the batch of chicks we have right now. We have beards (Ameracaunas), hats (a polish), strange feathers (a frizzle), leg warmers (2 cochins), and even one that has a hat and beard (EE/polish mix)! Once I get some good new pictures of them I will have to be sure to share them in my journal. We also have a turken, and leghorns.

Ooooo!!! Yes, do share pictures! I have a pair of Sultans and they have almost all of the interesting feathering - hat, beard, vulture hocks, feathered feet..... Unfortunately, I don't think I'll even get any purebred chicks from them because poor Mr. Peabrain isn't very high on any of the ladies' lists. They laugh at him and run away.

 

[purplequeenvt]

It's been a very busy week! On Wednesday we had a woven wire fence installed, Thursday a single ram lamb (Rugen) was born, Saturday we spent a lot of time moving sheep fences and just general outdoor stuff, Sunday we picked up our piglets, and today 2 more lambs were born. Oh! And did I mention we are heading off to Italy and Germany in 12 days for 19 days????

The fence encloses about 2 acres.

Piggles!!! They are 10-12 week old Gloucester Old Spot, Tamworth, and something else crosses.

X017 Shetland ram lamb born 5/14.

X018 Shetland ewe lamb born 5/14.

 

[Queen Mum]

Oh I do love the look of those shetland babies.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Oh I do love the look of those shetland babies.

I am absolutely in love with them! The personality is so different from your average sheep. I thought we had friendly sheep.....until I got the Shetlands. And they are so little and cute. They actually remind me of goats....

I really lucked out with these sheep though. They were given to me by a neighbor who was getting out of sheep (she didn't keep good records and they had lost ear tags and she could remember who was who, etc...) so I knew nothing about them (age, parents, registered or not) and then I bred them to a registered ram belonging to a friend. And I got wonderful lambs - 4 ewes and a ram!

The best part is that, after weeks of digging through confusing paperwork and emails, I found that one of the ewes was already registered, and the other 2 could be registered because my neighbor had owned the ewe and my friend owned the ram, meaning that I could get all the necessary signatures. I'm planning on showing them at our local fairs.

 

[purplequeenvt]

Lambing is almost at a close. There is only ONE MORE ewe to go. Unfortunately, I don't think she will lamb before we leave for Italy on Saturday. Hopefully my sister and brother-in-law can handle things.

Jazmin had a single white ram lamb this morning at 12:15 am. We had been out all day (from 10 am to almost 10 pm) shopping for our trip and when we got home, Jazzy was in labor. I had to help her a bit because she is pretty small and her lamb was 11.5 lbs.

"Kiss me" - Inna, Shetland

My irises have bloomed!

Raindrops on roses.....well, rose leaves anyway.....

 

[Pearce Pastures]

Your lambs are so cute. And I really like that pic of the leaf with the water droplet-looks professional.

 

[BarredRockMomma]

I love the picture of the rain drops!!

 

[elevan]

Beautiful pics!

 

[Queen Mum]

Love your photos. You really have an eye for pictures!