More Quail

I got to see more quail in the other pasture today. I am not sure why it makes me happy to see them, but it does. I had not seen them much for a few years when we got here, but we are seeing them more and more. It is nice to see them. I hear them more than I see them. 

Cats

I did get to see all the cats tonight, even Banana. I was excited to see him. He was less than thrilled to see me though. I was still glad to see him. I had not seen Onyx this morning, so I was worried about her, but she was home. I am not sure where Yeller had been, but he was out in the pasture coming back to the house. Athena does not seem to go too far from home. 

Fulll moon

The full moon makes every one and everything crazy. I am telling you what, it is just insane. It might be some of the heat, too. Things have just been nuts the last few days. I just do not know why else it would be that way. 

Tinkerbelle

Tinkerbelle is getting so arthritic. I feel so bad for her. She is trying to get up more, but she is having a hard time doing it. I have been seeing her get up more though. That is what a dr would tell a patient , so I guess that is a good thing. She came over just for me to pet her the other morning. I was happy to give her some petting. 

Road runners.

I have been seeing some road runners again. I had no idea how funny they sound, but they do have a unique sound. I startled them and they ran off, but I do like to see them around here. We are starting to see more wildlife around here, and I love it. 

These Dogs

These dogs are ridiculous sometimes. I am not sure where they even got the egg, but one of them brought an egg in and then they had a fight over the egg in the house. Oh how they drive me crazy, but I sure do love them. They ate the egg and shared it. I am rolling my eyes typing that. 

Update on Tina

Tina Was not acting like herself. I was so nervous. I kept her in the pen for a couple of days with the fan to stay as cool as she could. She was definitely making me scared. She did end up doing okay and she started giving me the stink eye for not letting her out of the pen, so I let her back out and she was happy about that. I am continuing to keep a good eye on her, but she seems to be doing okay. She is still getting into the pen at night with her goats, in the morning, she is out with the other chickens. The goats sit and wait on her at night. It is still something that amazes me. 

Quail

I watched a momma quail and probably more than one momma guiding a bunch of babies across the pasture. I was excited to see them. I had not seen something like that before. It was an amazing thing to see. It was just an accident to see it all and I even got to video it. It was quite a moment.

Protective Prada

Tina has had a rough day and Prada is protective of her. She wants to make sure she is okay and she does just that. It is so cute how they are so in tune either each other and knows what the other one needs. 

Pork Chop

Pork Chop is growing a massive tusk. I may have to figure out how to trim that down. It’s halfway up his cheek. Good thing he is docile and not aggressive. That would be terrifying. After 7 years of having all these pigs, all the males are getting their tusks in, even though I had them all fixed, it doesn’t stop the tusk from growing, it just slows them down. 

Caterpillars

There are a bunch of caterpillars on my sunflower look alike weeds. It says they are some kind of sunflower butterfly, but I am not seeing any of them spinning cocoons and trying to turn into butterflies. I am keeping watch to see if that happens though. I am intrigued. 

Frog

As I was walking outside, I usually watch where I walk. Well, as I was watching, something started moving the dirt and crawling out of it. I was about to panic and out jumped a frog. The crisis was averted. 

Tina

Tina Is not looking too good. We have had several days of very hot weather. She is having difficulty breathing and her color is not looking good. I am nervous. I will have to check on her. I had her out of the pen and then I put her back in the pen. I did go check one time and she was in the fan and her breathing and color was already looking better, but we will see. I am praying about it. I sure do not want to lose her. 

Ginger Neglected Again

I am guessing Ginger is feeling neglected again. As I was watching the animals, Ginger flew up on the fence and walked over and up on my arm. I guess she is feeling like I am not giving her enough attention. I am going to have to remedy that with her. I did give her some attention while she was up on the fence. Once she was finished, she flew down. 

Jeb/Cows

Jeb loves cows. He likes to interact with the neighbor’s cows. It is like he waits for them so he can play with them. I guess he just remembered we have cows. I saw him with Jasper and Alex and he looked so intrigued. It was funny to watch. The cows looked a little perplexed about the whole thing. I just laughed. It was like Jeb just remembered he had cow friends here. So weird. 

Horses

The Horses are doing well. I do spray them down with this hot weather. Chief still wants no part in that, but the rest of them do. Jeb, Takua, and Spots love the water. They like to have the water hose on them. I make sure to do this daily to help them cool off. This week has been brutal with the heat. 

Pigs

The pigs are all doing well even with all the hot days. They have their water and shelter. They are living their lives like they always do. I sure do love them. They are usually full of mud after being in the mud all day, but I sure do love them. 

Just Wild

The relationship with Prada and Tina is just wild. I saw Prada basically hugging Tina in her own way. I don’t know how to explain it. They have such a bond. It is so wild to watch it. Prada loves her and Tina loves her, too. It was like they had been separated all day and Prada was excited to see her. I have never witnessed anything like it. Louie is just wild. I do not think he really knows what goes on sometimes. 

Ginger Attention

Ginger wanted some attention. Ronnie was unloading hay. Ginger flew up to Ronnie. I guess she had been feeling neglected and wanted some attention. She hung out for a little while on the hay and giving Ronnie some attention and then decided she had enough and she flew back down. These animals know what they want and need. They know how to get it, too. 

Cinderella

Cinderella finally took some food from my hand. She has never done that. She wanted the tumbleweed bad enough she was willing to take it from my hand. I was so shocked by her taking it from me. It was the first time she had done that. It may be the last. She is still very scared of us for whatever reason. One day I hope she gets over that. 

Tumbleweeds

There are a ton of green tumbleweeds in the pasture with the horses. The horses will not eat them, but the goats, cows, and donkeys would eat them. I have pulled some up and Ronnie has, too, for the other animals. They eat them up fast. We need to get them all over into that pasture to eat up all that tumbleweed. That would save on the feed bill for a bit. I wonder if we could do that. It would be some chaos trying to get the horses into a different pasture and then get all the donkeys and cows into their pasture. We will see what Ronnie wants to do. That might be the real rodeo. 

Rare Sighting

I Caught a rare sighting of Bill, Cinderella, and Tinkerbelle getting along well enough to eat together. I do not know what it is and why Bill does not like Tinkerbelle. I do know she is a bully, but he is bigger than her. He could run her off, but he doesn’t. I was shocked to see them eating together and it did not last long, but I did see it. It is possible.