September 29, 2025

The morning was a beautiful sight. I saw Athena first thing. I also was able to love on Ned and get donkey smiles. I was able to pet on Red and Pedro, Pete was not really wanting any attention, it was too early. 

I let the chicks out again. They seemed happy about that. 

Athena was up on a hay bale watching all the other animals. 

The chicks were all over the place when I got home from work. They are cracking me up. A couple of them, Gidget and another one ended up over in a whole different area. I have no idea how they got there, but I made sure to get them back to where they were supposed to be. 

The cats are unbothered by the chicks. I am glad about that. I guess I let them out when they were big enough for the cats to not be interested. That is a relief. 

I fed Pedro, Lucky, and Ned some chicken feed. The donkeys are so gentle with take the feed from me. I am glad because that would be terrible. The other animals over in that pasture did not seem to care. 

After I fed the chicks, they seemed to stay close to the coop. One of the older hens got in there and was stressed when trying to find her way out. When you get into a situation and feel like you cannot get out, there is always a way, you only need to find it. 

I was walking to the front to turn on some water, and I heard the chicks following after me. That makes me laugh.

Willow was by the pig pen aggravating them. She does that often. 

The pigs were all good. After I finished all the animals feeding and watering, I went back to the pig pen and gave out some belly rubs to Brutus and Bacon Bit. Brutus was acting like he was not feeling well. I am sure it is the weather change though. 

Jeb's cut on his head is looking better. 

There was a frog living in the sheep water. I am thinking it may be the same frog I got out of the dog water bowl. There was not enough water in there for him to jump out, so I added water, and he was able to get out. 

As I was leaving the pig pen, I saw a cat who I was pretty sure was not my cat. I have seen the cat before, but not for a while. I went over to see if I could see the cat better, but it was already gone. The chicks were all okay, but I decided to get them all back in the coop for their protection for the night.