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Sad news. Clyde one of our bottle babies had to be putdown on sunday. He had kidney stones that blocked him up and his bladder broke. The vet said it was common in male sheep. That makes 2 males we lost this year. We are very sad with the loss and so is bonnie our female. I will start...

Some random pics from this morning Clyde loves his scratches and I love watching his tail

the greenhouse is close to being done. I need to pick up 4 more panels to finish closing it in. The boxes for the beds are in place. Just need to fill them up and I am also adding a shelf all the way around the walls as well

So yesterday when we went to feed our girls we discovered our broody bantam has hatched a chick. She is out with her chick exploring with the others. I checked her nesting box and there were 4 eggs not hatched. We candled them and there are live chicks in them so we now have them in the...

I'm going to add 2 vents and probably a small window

One of the chicks is telling the new broody to hurry up and hatch out the chicks so they can come out and play

So the green house is shaping up. Just need to finish the beds, put up some shelves and put the plastic on if I can get the proper screws

Yes we started out last year with 5 hens, one rooster and one turkey. Now we have 4 turkeys and close to 60 chickens wit more to come as we have another banton gone broody and sitting on a nest and two of the Turkey hens are gone broody and sitting on nests so at the end on the month the numbers...

So the framing for the greenhouse is done. I was hoping to start sheeting it today but unfortunately I ran into 2 problems. 1 I dont have the proper screws. I spent 2 hours driving to the closest hardware stores and no one had them in stock so I will have to drive into the city tomorrow to get...

Yep we already have red sexlink, black sexlink and white Amber's plus our mixed bantams so we have a good assortment now. I am hoping to also get some Ameraucana – blue wheaten & wheaten

Chicken math lol when we picked them up they said they had so extra if we were interested. How do you say no to chicks lol. The are white leghorn, columbian rock cross, road island red and barred plymouth rock

The lambs now have there own little house and love being outside. This is there temporary location. They and the goats will be moving over here once I get it grubed and fenced

So we have some new arrivals. We were expecting 15 but ended up with 31 lol. I wonder what this little one is thinking

Thanks everyone. Here the medical system is run by the government so depending on what care/treatment you need there can be a long wait. Some services are available privately but at a huge cost

Clyde doesn't want to take his nap. Lol

I added on to the truck cap chicken coop. It's now 4 feet longer and 3 feet wider. I just have to add some more roosts, some shelfs and more nesting boxes and the inside will be done. For the outside I'm trying to decide if I will paint it or put siding on it. I am leaning towards the siding...

I haven't been on for a few weeks. I dont usually talk about this very much but I have been struggling with mental illness for a few years. I'm still not diagnosed with anything official yet other than depression and anxiety. I'm on a waiting list for psychiatrists but the list is about 4...

I had my follow up with the hospital today my incision is just about closed the dr said everything looks good. He said once it fully closes I'm good to go just have to take it easy for a few more days after.

Cant see the black one in this pic I'll try again later

When I opened the chicken coops this morning I found that our bantam hatched 3 of her 6 eggs so far. She wont let me get close enough to take a pic yet