SA Farm's journal

[SA Farm]

Koda is so pretty!! I want to train my dog for agility; she just loves the jumps and she's so very active, too. How's Cheeki doing?

Sadly, we lost all our budgies except for Blu He was in a different part of the house, so whatever they died from, he wasn't exposed to it We never did find out. They were all fine one day and gone the next...

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Aww, sorry to hear that.

 

[SA Farm]

Aww, sorry to hear that.

Thanks, at least I've still got Blu

 

[SA Farm]

So this weekend we started to clean up the basement ...Let me tell you - the basement is an assortment of about 4 households worth of junk, stuff, knickknacks, and assorted belongings. Add that to my incubators, brooders, and cages and you've got a mess worthy of only the greatest of pack-rats.
So, between sorting through it, vacuuming, and cleaning, we were down there for a grand total of 6 hours straight and got it half done.
Yeah, half
And that's just the main room down there. There are two closets we didn't even open and the laundry room down there to work on.
So the incubators are stacked away and the brooders are dismantled and stored for the year and we took out about 6 industrial sized garbage bags worth of garbage and 2 of donations.
Whew!
While we were at it, we finally got the little shed moved to it's semi-permanent location and that's where the critter stuff is stored. It's so nice to have that stuff out of my basement and foyer!

Anyhow, the animals are doing well and I've totally fallen for Candy Corn, my Mini Rex buck. He's the sweetest little dude ever! He's been living in the kitchen for quarantine and even with it over, he's still up here. I've been taking him on the couch with me (litter trained) and he comes over and snuggles in my lap
Most of my buns just run around and explore when they're out, so it's nice to have one that likes to snuggle Cute little snuggle-bun

 

[MsDeb]

Mama said they'rd be days like this. Even the dentist should be a cake walk compared to all that!

 

[OneFineAcre]

Mama said they'rd be days like this. Even the dentist should be a cake walk compared to all that!

x 2. What a lousy day.

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Thanks, at least I've still got Blu

You're quite right!! I don't believe I've seen any photos of him yet... * hint * hint *

So this weekend we started to clean up the basement ...Let me tell you - the basement is an assortment of about 4 households worth of junk, stuff, knickknacks, and assorted belongings. Add that to my incubators, brooders, and cages and you've got a mess worthy of only the greatest of pack-rats.
So, between sorting through it, vacuuming, and cleaning, we were down there for a grand total of 6 hours straight and got it half done.
Yeah, half
And that's just the main room down there. There are two closets we didn't even open and the laundry room down there to work on.
So the incubators are stacked away and the brooders are dismantled and stored for the year and we took out about 6 industrial sized garbage bags worth of garbage and 2 of donations.
Whew!
While we were at it, we finally got the little shed moved to it's semi-permanent location and that's where the critter stuff is stored. It's so nice to have that stuff out of my basement and foyer!

Anyhow, the animals are doing well and I've totally fallen for Candy Corn, my Mini Rex buck. He's the sweetest little dude ever! He's been living in the kitchen for quarantine and even with it over, he's still up here. I've been taking him on the couch with me (litter trained) and he comes over and snuggles in my lap
Most of my buns just run around and explore when they're out, so it's nice to have one that likes to snuggle Cute little snuggle-bun
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Oh, now, he's just handsome!! What a little cutie!

Yesterday was not a good day for me. It actually started on Sunday when we had to go out for the afternoon/evening and I left my dog in our room... Well, turns out he had a stomach upset or something all over the bed while we were gone
So we pulled out the couch and got to sleep very late thanks to the long clean up job. Then I wake up early to Blu singing at dawn and my niece playing video games a few feet from my head with the volume turned up.
So, I get up and the right side of my mouth was killing me since the last time I flossed a chunk of filling or tooth or something popped out, so I called the dentist and made an appointment. Meanwhile, I'm in pain all day thanks to the stupid toothache!
So hubby gets home and we have to go move the goaties, so out we go and I stepped on a thorn or something that went through my shoe. Then, we're moving the enclosure and DH tips it and it smashes me in the head.
So that was my crappy day yesterday.
Today is only awful because I have to go to the dentist

Aww, I'm sorry. It's no fun having a day when everything seems to go wrong. Hey, if it makes you feel any better, I peeled off what I thought was nearly half of my pinky nail and spent the next few hours in excruciating pain (took a bit for the pain killers to set in) when I was locking up the goats several weeks ago. Turns out, it was only a quarter of the nail. It's still healing from that episode. Anyway, hope you have a better day soon!!

 

[SA Farm]

Thanks, guys! I hate complaining!
How could I not post pictures of Blu! Shame on me!
The first two are from today, the flying one from a month or two ago, and the last two are baby pics of his first week or two here
He loves his balloon - a little too much as he was feeding it seeds today

 

[Pioneer Chicken]

Wow, he's gorgeous! Really neat how you captured him in flight, too! LOL He's so cute!!

 

[SA Farm]

Things have been busy around here lately! It's rabbit breeding season and it won't be long before it's goat breeding season as well! Normally I start in September for that, but since it's supposedly going to be a harsh winter again, I'm going to breed later on this fall for a change.
The turkeys are finally old enough to tell gender and I've got a nice combination going for spring!
The garden is spitting out produce left, right, and center! Tons of cherry tomatoes as usual!
Now that fall is just around the corner, we're busy getting our sheds, hutches, and whatnot all repaired and organized for winter. There's more, but I know you guys are opposed to fall to-do lists, so I'll just say there's lots of other stuff that needs done!
This year my hubby is planning to make Turducken for Thanksgiving or Christmas. A chicken inside a duck inside a turkey. We'll be using our own birds for the meal, so I'm rather looking forward to trying it!
We'll probably eat the drake on the right since the bibbed drake is so cute I'll probably try to sell him instead

And Gruff 3 is looking really good. I think he'll do well with the does this fall/winter. I'm not planning to breed Chance or Miracle until they're a year old, so he'll winter with Granny.