Snake!?

Looks like Ladybug ran into a snake Sunday. Sunday night I thought she looked a little swollen above her right eye. Monday morning you couldn’t see her right eye and the entire right side of her head down into her neck was swelled up. It was cold Sunday so I never even considered a snake. I was thinking wasp or bumble bee because they have been flying lately. The vet is sure it is a snake though so I will go with it.

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These pictures are after she spent the day with the vet. The swelling has gone down and you can see her eye again.

On a side note I have been collecting turkey, goose, and blue chicken eggs. I started the goose and turkey eggs in the incubator and will add the chicken eggs in a couple of days. That way the chicks will hatch off a day or so before any turkeys. Turkey chicks always do better with someone to teach them to eat and drink. The goose eggs may not do anything. She started a nest in the compost pile but the chickens covered the eggs scratching around. She abandoned the 3 eggs so I scooped them up before this last cold spell. I haven’t had much luck with goose eggs. Over the years I have only hatched out 2 geese. Time will tell.

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Puppies! and more

Winnie had her puppies last Thursday 3/18. 6 male and 2 female. The 2 females are gray. She only had 3 white with dark markings. I don’t know where the gray comes from. Either the grandmother or grandfather on Winnie’s side. All of those litters had gray in them.

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The puppies are ¾ Great Pyrenees and ¼ Anatoli Shepherd. They will be ready for new homes in early May. We are asking $100.

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My mom, Lisa and great aunt holding puppies.

Billie Jo 3-19-2016

Billie Jo will be going to a new home in Arkansas in a couple of weeks.

Horse Shed

The horses have a new building to get out of the weather. It also has a place to store hay so it is closer to where I need it. This will cut the distance I am hauling hay in half.

Mr Jim 3-19-2016

This is our favorite feed man planting a few more onions in front of the store. Mr. Jim from Shady Grove Feed is one of the finest men you will ever meet and if you want to know about farming or livestock he “has been there and done that” and can get you started on the right track.

Bath time

And Sunday was bath time for the inside dogs.

Peach Blossom

The peach tree is about to explode with blooms. The hens are laying eggs again and we have a hen turkey and goose getting ready to set. Looks like Spring is upon us.

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The calves are growing well. I applied dehorning paste on them several weeks ago. It looks like it worked some on Billie Jo (Jersey cross) but I don’t think it did anything on Mark (black baldy). The paste may have gotten old. I will do it again this weekend with new paste.

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Almost time to plant the garden. Around here we always wait until after Easter. Most years we have one last frost right before Easter. Potatoes will go in this weekend and probably should have gone in sooner than that.

Spring is by far the busiest time of year for me. I just hope I can keep up this year. I sure don’t want another wasted year like the last one where everything got away from me.