Knock on wood...knock knock...all The Girls are great: Gabby had a 60 broody period over the summer, but that was it.
July 4th was fun: Our neighbors brought over their 5 kids, ages 10 months to 8 PLUS their 4 cousins, up to age 11 for a visit to the chicken coop. Oh, too funny:
Here is Steve helping the kids dig through the compost pile for worms to put in their little cups.
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| Hey Kids, it's only compost! |
Then, they would come see me inside the coop for a feeding. Well, chickens are not fans of excited little kids, and were quite reluctant to participate until Evie figured out this was her chance to scam a lot of free food and she was right there accepting worms from all hands.
After a while, The Girls decided to hide inside the coop to get away from all the legs and hands. I popped open the lid over the nest boxes and the chickens figured out that they could safely reach out to get worms without getting close to the all the feet, so it was feeding frenzy time once more.
After the novelty of feeding chickens wore off [and I figured that 1,000 worms was enough -hahaha], we gave the kids rides on our Kawasaki mules up to the other neighbor's horses, even letting some of the kids steer on the straight part of the road. Remember those days when your dad or mom would let you hold the steering wheel on that Model T? What fun...laugh now...
Then, it was strawberry yogurt popsicles and plum picking.
Then, it was Steve and Karla collapse for the rest of the afternoon.
It really was Fun to be Auntie for a Day!
It really was Fun to be Auntie for a Day!
Here are some wildlife photos from our TrailCam.
One night, Rocky Raccoon had deli-worms and garbage
Pretty kitty: at 6 pm this bobcat strolled between our 2 main gates!
A healthy Mountain Lion last year
And, a not so healthy looking Mountain Lion this year. I can't believe they would be the same cat!
Here's bold Mr. Fox taking a look at the chicken coop and INSIDE our perimeter deer fence.....at least, no one has broken into the coop itself!