Baby Ducky update

Well Pearl has hatched 4 and give up on the rest which is still amazing considering the Weasel issues and some of the drakes being goober heads. We have or fingers crossed that they will all be girls but have to wait and see.

Duckies

Pearl finally had a he rfirst babies hatch this morning 2 so far and hopefully there will be more.

Fianly got it

Well last night (4:15am) I finally got a clear shot at the weasel and hit him. So 2 hens and countless eggs later he is no longer an issue, was starting to think I would never get him. And he had gotten bold enough to be a making day light raids.

Bad Cow day

Well got a shocker today went out this morning and my 20 month old Jersey steer was laying dead in the pasture. Worse yet no clear sign of why he died. he was up and about late last night and doing fine so I have no clue what caused this.

Weasel 2

Well the little bugger struck again last night took down another chicken I figure he got her in her sleep cause she made no noise. Having seen him I am fairly impressed he is not very big maybe 2" around and 10-12 inches long. Got the name of 2 trappers from the state fish and wildlife office in the area so have to see what they will charge us to come and "deal" with it. not a big fan of killing those just trying to get by but now at 2 chickens a few dozen eggs and having traumatized my mother duck nesting on her eggs it has gone to far.

I love spring

What a nice day it was today we nearly broke 70 degrees this afternoon. I finaly finished my blade attachment modifications so get to try it out tomorrow. Well our Turkeys are really growing they are way bigger now may have to make a pen for them out side so they can start to transition to living outside soon. They have a large part of their feathers now. Also think we have one boy and one girl judging from the size difference of the two.
Been trying to melt down all my bees wax comb from the one hive but but was doing it outside on a propane camp stove. going to have to re plan that one after two of the normal propane bottles I have barely made a dent in melting it down. may have to do it on the stove on a warm day when I can open all the windows (and no one else is home).
Our Skunk cabbage is nearly in full glory these day (on joy) wish you could make money from it I would be rich have over an acre of the stuff total. nearly all is the giant primeval sort of ones.

Weasel

Well we final saw our coop raider the night before last he freaked all the ducks out and we had to chase him out of the duck house. Not a real big fellow but then we have smaller ones around here. Atleast now we know wow has been raiding the eggs of late.

one word for today

WET!!!!!!
sitting here trying to make myself swim out and feed every body the evening feeding since I don't think this will stop.

more proof spring is here

Well the ornamental cherry tree is about 75% in bloom so spring has truly arrived. bit wet but it is here finally.

ich back to school

Well I have started going back to school as part of my L&I retraining process. I am really hoping I can take the grind when I get to a full Schedule come fall. I am not sure my back will let me do this but I have to try instead of just giving up and calling it quits for my working life. Besides I have always had an interest in Engineering so I sure want this to work.
All the animals are doing good no more lost chickens and my turkey chicks have nearly tripled in size in 2 weeks. Have to get started fencing the new pig run as they are coming in early June. did 2 last year going to go for 3 this time around. I will sell 2 and pack one in my freezer. Got to say if you have an area you want cleared and prepared for a garden space or what every natures rototillers are fantastic.

Finished project

well got the dozer blade mount finished did one part some what second rate just because it is only temp section. I am hoping to add a hydraulic ram for the bucket and blade so that piece will come off then. Will post a pic or two later today.
Now I just need to see how well my mount actually works have a fair amount of trench to cover over and that would make it a lot easier.

some of the gang here on the farm

took a few pics of some of the surviving chickens and most of the ducks or as I call them the mob. We have got to get more girl ducks this year. we only have 3 with 9 boys, on the plus side our super mom pearl is sitting on a batch again so here is hoping. We call her super mom because last year she not only cared for her babies but one other gals as well so at one point she was running herd on 24 babies.
This is Yuri our newest one a very strutty rooster
one very tired turkey chick

part of the "Mob"

current project

Been working on a project today that before I messed up my back would have taken an afternoon but to date I have been at it for 4 days. When I bought my fergie it had a front mount dozer blade with it. Well I have been modifying it so the blade would mount on to the loader arms. I am nearly finished with it and hope to have it done tomorrow I will post a pic when it is all finished.

Silly cow

Well this is mils our Jersey steer who is convinced the 2 young goats are his to the point they can stand and walk on him when ever he lays down. Partly I think it is because the silly guy is madly in love with their mom Tasha who we got about 3 weeks before they were born. He can be over protective of them at times but he is a good fellow over all.

chicken thief

Well not sure when it happened but last night it came back and killed a chicken and one other is missing. not sure how it got in as every thing was locked up. going to have to inspect the coop for a weak spot. Fairly certain it is a raccoon based on the damage done top her, looks like we may have to get some new chicks this spring.

slow day

Not much going on today but at least by late afternoon the rain has stopped,supposed to e nicer for a few days. My main accomplishment today was bottling up the honey from my bee hive that died recently,it did not re-queen last fall so over time the old workers died off. So here in about a month it will be time for new bees.

a few pictures

a start

We have been here for 6 1/2 years now and I have way more projects, especially since I messed up my back 3 years ago. I will try and get more posted as the week goes on.