Snow again. 4″ of white stuff with an inch of slush underneath… yes, we’re back to ooee-gooeey mud! Not that we had dried up from the last storm. I had to drive into Ten Sleep this morning… again, 4 miles down the road, there was just a skiff. We’re just special, I guess! I had…
Category: Chickens
The Opposite Side
Sometimes it’s good to know what’s on the opposite side of the tree from your chicken coop.
Self Portrait in a Chicken’s Eye
I may have some rushed posts the next few days… I have company in my Indian room, and so my usual late night, hour long, detailed posts will have to be condensed! For tonight… a close-up of one of my chickens provided me with… ME! My silhouette appears in her eye… an unknowing self-portrait at…
The New Girl
Whoooooeee. So, feeling sorry for Victoria, I decided to clean my own refrigerator today… Ha! Not really. I DID clean it, the purpose was to make way for More Food. Then I cleaned and reorganized the pantry. Hey, look. I DON”T need to buy more olives for Thanksgiving! Then there was that short incident about…
New Additions
The flock is growing…
Wrecks
1. First Branding is done. We JUST had enough people, short some of our regulars… but had enough food for more! We had great leftovers for supper! 2. While kicking the cows and calves over The Big Grey Ridge, they had a wreck, which means they’ll be riding again tomorrow, trying to straighten out cows…
Good Boys
The boys are gone, but Victoria and Matt came over to help in whatever way they could… The choice was made to move some more cows out to the BLM allotment. That left Megan and I to watch three little boys… and I let ’em go wherever they wanted! Mud puddle? You bet. Splash and…
Made Me Laugh
Look who gets to free range! Yup, I was going to do this anyway once the snow began to leave… Highly Supervised… but now, since Elsa-the-pheasant-killer is happily running through Dog Heaven, I’m doing this in Less Supervised Mode. Dally ignores them. Lucas-the-original-chicken-killer, watches, and is 90% unfazed by them. They don’t seem to excite…
Wordless Wednesday – “Her Close-Up”
Wordless Wednesday. Her close-up.
Making Progress
Wow. I’m feeling almost human today. It’s been a week of feeling crummy, so I’m SO glad I’m getting back to normal! I actually worked all day at putting my house in order, though I would have much preferred to go steal a sled from Daniel’s house and take Quinlan on a few runs down…
Highlights
Getting organized for Thanksgiving, including cleaning and straightening up my house, occupied most of my day. Unknown to me, the guys moved the heifers from one field to another. Had I known, I would have helped… and of course, taken photos for you! As it was, the most excitement I saw was my washing machine! …
Cooped Up
After lunch, I decided to transfer the chickens back into the Puppy Coop. It was such a nice day, 40 and sunny, so it felt good to be out shuffling things around. I grabbed all my dog supplies, crates and tunnels and beds and toys and hauled them to the bunkhouse. The roost had been…