Thanks ya'll! He must've had a big adventure cuz he slept most of the next day, lol. He's such a sweetie and he doesn't seem to understand that he's blind and deaf now... he still frolics around the yard and acts silly. If he knows I have food he'll sit up and beg, but half the time he's got his back to me or he can't see the food when I hand it to him. Couple times now he's been too enthusiastic about a treat and has gotten my fingers.
He knows when he smells a rat and tries to follow his nose, but of course he's waaay too slow that way. My biggest fear when he was missing is that he got into the pond and couldn't find his way out. In his younger days he lived for dips in the pond. I kept thinking that if he got in there he'd probably just swim in circles until he drowned if he couldn't find the bank again. From now on I'll make it a point to take him out for his swims, but have a long line on him so I can pull him back in if he needs it, lol.
I had two broody hens each fighting/sharing a nest. I didn't really want a bunch of mixed breed chicks but I couldn't seem to break these hens from their broodiness so I left them each ONE egg. Wouldn't you know it - they both hatched, lol. Now if I can just keep them from becoming rat snacks... I don't know what's up with the rat population explosion. I've NEVER seen them so bad. I put out poison a couple weeks ago and found 4 or 5 dead ones - but that hasn't made a dent. My neighbors are having an issue too. Sooooo, DH used that as an excuse to go buy a new gun yesterday. It's a Ruger pellet gun and it shoots at 1200fps. It has a scope too. It got really good online reviews. Hopefully we can get it cleaned this evening and get it sighted in and start rat demolition! Between the dogs, the poison and the new gun I hope we can convince the buggers to go somewhere else - but I'm not counting on it...
I have another broody hen sitting on about a dozen Black Orpingotn eggs. I hope she does as well hatching hers as the other hens did. I WANTED these chicks so of course, Murphys Law being what it is... they'll probably all rot under her.
Should be having a goat birth pretty soon now. I think 145 days is this weekend - hopefully Sunday because I have to work Saturday. We're taking our students out for their annual end of school year fun day. They look forward to it all year so I know they'll be on their best behavior.
I picked zucchini yesterday! Woo hoo! And a few more peas and radishes. Part of the garden is starting to get into production phase while I've still got planting to do in other areas. Our weather is still pretty nice. We've had real low humidity for this time of year and temps have been in the mid - to high 80's. Really pleasant. However, things are a changing, lol. Supposed to get rain this weekend - harumph - I've heard that before!
