Day Three of my “Let’s Create” Challenge: Vernon is in bed. I gather my watercolor palette, paper, brushes, and a small container of water. Sitting on my couch… I choose a photo to paint from my ipad collection. Today, it’s going to be my rooster, Spot. He’s actually nice, and photogenic! I’m trying to soften…
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Spot: Attitude Chick
Today’s chore? Cleaning the chicken coop! Yippee! Oh, it’s definitely not bad with just 6 hens and a rooster… they spend so much time outside, I don’t have to do this very often. Plus Wyoming is SO dry, most chicken poop dehydrates pretty fast! Dry = no smell, so yay! First, the girls had to…
Plenty to Do
It seems like all I have worked on this past month was “Jen”, the T.rex skull, or the Grasslands Exhibit. On occasion, I did help out a bit with ranch work. There was the morning spent bleeding our heifers. This is a pregnancy test for the heifers to see if the AI process took. That…
Preparation
Our first branding is scheduled for tomorrow. A good sized rainstorm hit this evening, and there’s a good chance for more tomorrow. We’re unsure if branding will happen or not, wet weather and branding do not mix! However, chili is cooked, cookies made, relish tray washed and sliced, house was cleaned (and re-dirtied), new bed…
Enjoying Ourselves
Rain. We’re up to 1.34″ so far, with more predicted! There’s also a huge snowstorm going to hit eastern Wyoming, although it is supposed to miss us. Hopefully, everyone over there has their livestock in a sheltered spot and plastic over their tomatoes if they’ve planted them already. My chicks were due today… but since…
Goin’ Broody
Well, I’m pretty sure Dally is going to have pups… She’s acting so Very Pregnant… But that’s still three weeks away or so… and there’s other babies coming, hopefully, before that! Meet my two broody hens. These are two from my last year’s hatchery bought chicks. I only have six left… Three are Buff Rocks…
Hold Them
I spent most of this hot and muggy day in the chicken coop. I remember, when I temporarily turned it into the Puppy Coop, that I stated “I will always have more puppies than chickens!” Yeah, well… I repaired the front wired door, replacing chicken wire with some heavier duty rabbit wire… That took SOOOO…
Bird Day
The goal today was to get my “new” chicks relocated to the chicken coop. First, put the Baby Bull in the alley, so he doesn’t help. Twice he’s been in the milking room where I’ve been keeping my new chicks. And, yes, he’s trashed it! Not a chance this time, buddy! Then, I waited until…
Baby Chick Update
Good ol’ winter isn’t done with Wyoming yet! Interstate 80 was closed all day yesterday and today due to blizzard conditions. Two feet of snow fell on Casper Mountain. Here, thankfully, we received just a skiff. As usual, Vernon says it’s much dryer just a bit farther north… which is good, since wet conditions and…
Busy Season
If you couldn’t tell… we’ve been busy around here. We’ve been kicking cows out into our badlands pasture. It is a LONG walk for little bitty baby calves, and for my horse and my dog and for ME! (Don’t mind that my camera didn’t open all the way… I do believe the poor thing is…