August 6, 2025

This morning I saw all of the cats. They were waiting on food. 

The chicks were through their normal routine. 

Fred is still hanging in there. He is out in the pasture for some reason when I saw him. 

Bella and Daisy got into a fight.  That never happens. Daisy and Pepper used to get into it over food, but today it was Bella. Bella’s little heart was broken over it. I gave her some attention to help her. They were fine later in the day. 

The sheep are hanging in there. I know they are hot. They do have a fan in their shelter though. You would think that would help, but it is just blowing hot air. They have a spot they sit where the wind can blow on them. 

The pigs are all doing well. As long as they have their mud holes, I think they will be fine. I did try to help Brutus with shedding. He did not seem to mind. 

Noma does not seem to hate the pen. She gets to eat all her food and has time to rest. She does fight with the other animals who try to take her food. 

The horses are all doing okay. 

Fred came over and ate with Alex. At least I know he is eating. 

Yeller took advantage of the ground by the chicken coop being wet and cooler, so he stayed right there. 

The horses got sprayed down again to cool them off. Jeb loves that and smiles about it every time. Smiling is good for the soul. 

Willow was following me around when I was close to Noma’s pen. Her and Mattie are protective of their momma. 

Oreo put himself to bed. I was looking everywhere for him and he was already in his bed. He must have gotten tired of waiting on me. 

I went out to let the dogs out and found Athena on porch and Onyx was on top of the grill. Yeller was walking around the house. At least they are all home at dark. 

August 5, 2025

I got to see Yeller and Athena this morning. I did not see Onyx until later in the day. 

The chicks were crazy while I was trying to feed. They are more active in the mornings since it is not so hot. 

I was thinking May did not want my help and she was not eating or drinking any of the water I kept putting out. I saw her today drinking the water I put in the bowl every single day. It made me happy. 

Ronnie got to see the behavior of the chicks. He took some hilarious photos of me with the chicks. I look like a pigeon lady only with chickens. 

The sheep are doing well. I have been watching them closely due to all the weather changes.

The donkeys and cows were all able to eat together. That rarely ever happens. 

I did get Noma in the pen. She is not too happy about it. It will give her some time to rest and get to eat all of her food. The farrier is coming this weekend. She will be okay. 

August 4, 2025

Who knew chickens were so picky? The chicks do not like my turquoise nail polish. They are trying to peck off my nail polish. They are still not staying out of my bubble. I just have to laugh about it. 

Onyx was up by the house staying in the shade. I am sure it is cooler up there, but I do not know how. It is super hot out. I do believe around 100 or 102. Summertime is here. I did see Athena and Yeller, too. They were both in cooler spots also. Athena was under the deck and Yeller was under the outside building before he heard me outside. 

The donkeys and goats were following me around the pasture. 

The chicks are still at it. It is so hot out. I have been spraying the ground with cold water to allow them to cool off. Of course it helps them. 

I do not know what is going on with Fred. I know I have said that. Today is foot is all bloody from losing his other spur. What in the world? I know it has to be the other roosters. I wish they would stop it. Most of the time they stay separated. Fred is still up and about though. 

The pigs are loving the water. They sure do need it. Ronnie and I fill those things up daily. They look like lakes these days. 

It is hot, but everyone is hanging in there. 

May is doing okay. 

I will say, I left a dozen eggs in an egg crate on top of the freezer in the shop. Those hens knocked it off on purpose to try to get to the eggs. Somehow the egg crate did not open, so they got nothing out of there. Well, 4 out of 12 were broken, so the hens got them. I washed off the rest of them. It was not much fun. 

August 3, 2025

I went out this morning and May was up on the crates like she used to be. That means she is healing and she is doing better. It sure gave me some hope for her. Hope is something we all need in our lives. I have been nursing that hen back to health for quite some time. 

I went in and sat down in the chicken coop to see what the chicks would do. Well, what do you think they did? They surrounded me and still got up on my head. I think the head thing is my hair. It is weird. They are something special I have decided. 

I did get to see all the cats at some point or another. 

I tested the chicks. I had fed them, but I wanted to see if they would fly up on me when I did not have any food. Sure enough, they did. I thought it was just the food, but it was not just the food. 

I sprayed down the horses. It was super hot. A couple of the horses ate and then were rolling around on the ground. That made my blood pressure go up. They got up quickly, so I knew they were okay.

The other animals are hot still, but doing fine. 

Fred is still looking rough. I wish I knew what was going on with him. I am not sure he is going to make it and I do not think it is just heat. I got him in the shop to try to heal with May. We will see how that goes. 

The sunset was sure pretty.