Ms. M-ah - before

This is Ms. M-ah, the day she joined us - a far cry from the ready to farrow girl she is today!

RIP - Henry

Henry, my bantam mottled cochin, was foolish enough to get onto the dogs side of the fence so that was the end of him - he's pictured here, with the bottom picture showing 3 of his lovely 4 ladies. We have a replacement for Henry, his name is Claude, and he's currently wooing the ladies. I wish him much success and more fluffballs!

Kweeba - The First Weekend

Well, she's a busy little thing!Hubby collected Kweeba (Lavendel Vorros) from the airport at 4:30pm on May 16th, 2008.She captured his heart, then and there.This is the man who tends to leave me to rear the puppies - this time, he's doing it himself. He's absolutely entranced with this little bundle of fur - I think he has a companion animal for the first time in his 50-something years.I think this is good for him :)

Pig Snoozing

Ms. M-ah, snoozing by the tomato patch that she prepared earlier in the year for us. All hard working piggies deserve an undesturbed nap!

Ms. M-ah - Pregnant Potbelly Pig

This is Ms. M-ah - she's our practice pig - a pink potbelly pig with spots. Try saying that in a hurry 20 times!

She's sweet - and I expect her to farrow anytime this week.

She's also our roto-tiller pig, very handy at preparing the garden for me, so I think she's here to stay :)

Das Squeaker...

The Squeaker peed on the bed at 1:30am this morning, as hubby was taking Kweeba out to go potty. So I had to get the cat enzyme, put that on the bed, put towels down to soak it up, and then hubby and I grumpily went back to bed.

Of course, he (hubby) just falls asleep in mere seconds, I'm the one laying staring at the ceiling for hours.

And I had a litter tray on my bedside table for the little beggar, as well.

Ducklings!

The ducklings are also 2 weeks old today - the littlest of the bunch is the wee Indian Runner x Rouen cross. The rest are Rouen x Pekin crosses and I'm hoping they will be tasty come time to butcher in the fall.

Goslings!

So the goslings are two weeks old now that my friend Jan hatched out for me in her incubators. We have another 6 due that hatched within the past 2 - 3 days, as well as 3 Speckled Sussex chicks, and another Barred Rock x Americauna x New Hampshire chick, that I'm hoping is a hen.

Poultry!

The Geese arrived, all 11 of them and its been busy ever since. We have hatchlings and 4 of the hens are currently brooding - they should be ready in probably another week or so, I'm hoping the hatch rate is good for these ladies.

Unfortunately, a snake got my broody duck's eggs, so now I need to figure out something else to do so she can raise a brood.

And we have, hopefully, a batch of Speckled Sussex, Marans and Delawares hatching within the next week, exciting times!

Kweeba!

The pup 4th from the top, Vorros, will be flying home to us on May 16th. Hubby and I are so besides ourselves!

An icelandic dog to go with icelandic sheep and soon to add icelandic chickens!

Now all we need is the horse :)