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I was out walking around our property recently and was enjoying visiting with the farm animals. They each have their own personality and I never get tired of looking at them or taking their picture. If this is not your thing, just skip today's post and I'll see you tomorrow. :-)
Our blue Cochin chicken
Our nanny Boer goat.
Jasper
Mozart, our tufted duck
Don't you just love his pompadour and his coloring?!
Sheera, our guard dog. We love her so much and she is so protective of our family.
She is a mixed breed. Her father was a Polish rooster and her mother was the blue Cochin.
My hubby and 15 year old son spent last week building a new chicken pen and today they moved 11 of our layers into it. They LOVED it! Just thought you'd enjoy seeing some pictures...
Let's have some fun and see if you know your chickens. Look at the pictures and see if you can "Name that chicken Breed".
Chicken "A" is the dark chicken on the left. Chicken "B" is the red chicken in the back.
Chicken "C"
Chicken "D"
Chicken "E"
Chicken "F"
Chicken "G" and Chicken "H"
In a few days, I'll list each of the chicken breeds and see how my followers have done!
We got to experience another 70 degree day yesterday and took a walk around our property. We have such great views and wanted to share the nice day with you all.
Creek that runs behind our home.
Small pond on our property. Love the sun peaking through the trees.
Another view of the creek. Lots of wildlife come down to drink here.
Just one of our views from our property. That mountain/hill has lots of hang gliders who jump from it. It is neat to watch them soar around from our home.
Some of the woods on the property. We have plenty of wooded areas and have black bears , mountain lions, and deer, as well as, squirrels, opossums, rabbits, and racoons.
Our pond from a different angle. The level is way down due to the drought.
I love our homestead. It is just perfect to us. We have 3 wells, the creek that runs behind our home and a small pond. Just to the east of our property is a large water shed with lots of good fishing in it. We have fruit and nut trees and gardens and lots of wild life. It is our little piece of heaven and we are very thankful for it.
I have been wanting a root cellar FOREVER. One of our chest deep freezes went kaput awhile back so my hubby stripped it of its motor, etc. and set to work giving me a make-shift root cellar. I am so happy.
Here is the chest deep freeze before burial.
Breaking ground...
Buried!
My 15 year old son who helped dig the hole.
My hubby: the brains and brawn of this project!
So, that's it. It is done. The average temperature inside it is between 52-55 degrees. Right now I am keeping some potatoes and carrots in there.
