Best Photo

I may have taken the best photo I have ever taken. It was a stormy day. I saw the rainbow coming out while it was still storming. I got a photo of the rainbow with lightning in the middle. I also got a photo of the clouds going through the rainbow. It was so beautiful. 

Can I Catch A Break?

Day 4 of Ronnie being gone. It got cold. I mean, way colder than I thought it would. I was not prepared for that. I did not prepare for winter in October. So, this morning, I was late for work because I was checking on everyone with the cold. All was well. I had to go to the store, so I was late coming home, which is pretty normal these days. It was getting dark when I got to get home to feed. Another chick hatched and died because of the cold. That is so devastating. I took all the eggs out of there. I cannot do that anymore. The other remaining chicks are all doing fine. As I was feeding, Louie and Bill decided to sandwich me in trying to get out of the gate. I am not sure how I stayed on my feet, but I know it hurt pretty badly, that will be causing some bruising for sure. I added some warmth to some areas for the chickens and the cats. I also remembered to turn the fans off. It is going to be colder tonight. I am going to have a hard time sleeping being worried about those baby chicks. 

And Another One

I needed to be at work early, but it was still raining a bit when I went out to feed. I was instantly not in a good mood. I am almost finished with putting out hay and I am putting it in the shelters for the goats and Bill since they are so spoiled and they will not eat wet hay. Well, You know the saying, no good deed goes unpunished, Louie decided he was running away today. He sure tried. Reminder here, if you don’t know, I am getting old and have Right hip bursitis right now, so wrangling that goat this morning was a challenge. I got him back in the pen though. I made it to work a little early, but not enough. I had to leave early from work to go to a dr appointment out of town, it was like a tsunami coming through all the way to Texas. It was not good. I was like a drowned rat when I got back to my car after the appointment. My feet being wet is like my biggest pet peeve. It hurts me all the way to my soul I hate it so much. I finally get home after driving  through the junk I had already driven through once and learn my newest baby chick had died. I took care of all of that and then decided to go ahead and dr the chickens that are sick. Well, one of them decided to be slick and go through the small opening so I couldn’t get to her to dr her. Well, I just crawled through it. Probably not my proudest moment and I’m pretty glad no one was videoing that, but I got it done. The cat is off her antibiotics and doing better it seems. The baby chicks I had taken from mom are all doing well. Everyone get fed and they had plenty of water. 

Another Eventful Day

My phone decided to stop charging, so had to get a new charger. I am sure there is hay caked up in there, that is a normal thing for me. I was late getting home because of needing a new charger. I starts storming as soon as I left the store and had to drive 39 in a 75 due to the storm. I got home and unloaded the groceries and all the extra junk I got since I had to go to the store. I ran around and got the dogs out and got them out, fed, and back in the house and then fed everyone else in the rain. There was another baby hatch, hopefully momma will be good to this one. The other babies are doing well. Everyone else is wet and cranky like I am at the moment. 

Ronnie Goes Back to Work.

Day one of Ronnie going back to work was eventful. I had to take the babies away from mom, one ended up passing away, the one with the bad leg. I got home and found another one that had been discarded. I also noticed another one that was trying to hatch and was not doing a good job, so I know you are not supposed to, but I helped it hatched. Then, I wrapped it in cotton material and put it in my pocket to keep it warm  while I finished feeding the farm. I made a make shift mom for the chicks  and added them to the area with the other discarded baby that was left. 

Hercules got into the pasture with Mattie and Willow and almost lost his life. Those two donkeys were not having it. They knew he was not supposed to be there. I’m yelling and screaming. Hercules does make it back over the fence where he is supposed to be, so I call Ronnie and ended up finding some fencing. I also am still nursing a cat who has been sick and hard to catch and 2 chickens who I have no idea what is going on with.  That is day one of Ronnie being gone. Eventful is an understatement. 

Biology Lesson

Turkens are a type of chicken breed, they are also known as naked neck chickens. I guess I needed a biology lesson, or a genetics lesson, or something. Even though the hens and the roosters are all Turkens, they were still able to hatch regular baby chicks.  The momma sure did not want those chicks. She also did not want the chick that had a bad leg and was pecking on that baby. There was another one the momma stopped helping hatch, which did pass away and I am thinking it may have been a regular chick, too. I found one of the regular chicks outside the fence, hiding. Ronnie and I set up the baby chicks area again with food, water, and a heat lamp to hopefully save these babies. We will see what happens there. It is always an adventure for sure. 

Annual Walk

We had our Annual Mattie’s Mountain walk. I am going to tell you about the back story for a minute. I was going to cancel it. I have been having mental health issues of my own. I have been waiting on medical diagnosis. There was another girl who did another walk and there was a good turnout. I just did not have my heart in it. I did not realize that until later, but it was true. I went ahead and had the walk. I knew I needed to have it, but I did not want to because I had my own stuff. That walk is not about me, so we went ahead and did the walk. It was the best turn out and we had the best time. We had hot dogs and chips after the walk. We had a guy speak at the walk. We had a snow cone stand and a lot of people showed up. I am so glad I went ahead and did it. I know those people who showed up needed me to do the walk and I almost cancelled it because of my own stuff. I cannot be doing all of that. I thought it would be my last one, but it won’t be. I will continue to do it because I am supposed to be doing it.