Introductions !

I would like to introduce you to some friends of mine.

 Frist Lady Gray. She is so calm and tame and I love here coloring. Don't you ?

 Next up ! Blackie, for obvious  reasons.  And below , this is Jumpin Jack Flash. He comes out of his cage every morning hops around stretches his legs visits the other rabbits ,chickens and turkeys, he even lays in the yard with the cat.  He has even gone into the woods a short distance. See the pic's below of Jumpin Jack Flash out enjoying the day with friends.

 helping with the construction.

 Visiting the turkeys. And below playing with the cat. I might have over feed hem just a wee bit !

Turkeys are used to hem.

 But he generally comes back if you shake his food or he just gets hungry.                                        

See safe and sound.Say good night Jack . T

Another Cake

Another cake order for a friends son. Hope he had a great day. T

Making wine.

 I decided to try my luck at making wine. Now when I say decided,  that meant I needed to buy the things needed, because I had None of the things. So I went to Lancaster, Ohio to a REALLY NEAT" hobby store called L & S. This store is part antiques, parts for things not found anywhere else(some salvaged ) , hobbyist , vintage lights repair, screen replacement, wine making, food preserving , with lots of other stuff mixed in. One of the last general stores left. Just Love the place..

 They were so helpful.

 It didn't cast as much as I thought it was going to. Under 100 dollars for everything.

And so for my first attempt ,I decided to start out cheap. Just in case it didn't work , the process can be very time involved and costly.  So I started with 100% grape juice concentrate. Now for the really hard part . THE WAITING! T

New Babies

Do you know what these are ?

 I'll give you a hint , My husband named them- Thanksgiving, Christmas and Pot pie. We Started out with 3and our dog "Piggy " got into where they where being kept and killed them. So we had to start all over again. I believe them to be broad breasted whites. and there are 3.My husband made them a turkey tractor, we just move it across the lawn  as needed so they can free range along with there feedings. Turkeys eat A LOT ! Some thing like twice there own weight every day. See the tractor below. Hey there's 4 turkeys in there ! HAAAA just kidding, think one is my hubby.

 Two removable latters " opposite sides "

 An up stairs , so they can put them selves to bed.

Strap to pull, when moving.

 nice size.

 looks nice. Again, the roofing material ,from our son jess. Thanks Jess.

 YES ! That is a Rabbit you see in our yard. That's Jack " short for Jumpin Jack Flash" He comes out of his cage in the mornings while I feed, he never goes very far and he gets along with the chickens ,turkeys, even the cat. He's on the "TABLE" list, if you know what I mean, but I don't know ! He's kind of growing on me .....

 Its a little crazy around here at times. Wouldn't have it any other way. T.

Roosters

Meet Red. Red is a LARGE rooster, and he is in jail right now. Why you might ask would he be in jail ?

 Well, Old Red doesn't like to play well with others. He likes to fight the other roosters and that upsets the Girls "the hens ".

 Now in this Pic. above you can see 2 other roosters(at bottom right)black and white, this is Kellogg, and at the (top left) met Romeo , so full of colors. Now these kind of get along. That is they are both in the same pin yard and same coop at night, but Romeo rules the roost. Because Kellogg is willing to let Romeo rule he is some what left alone. That is as long as Kellogg doesn't try to have his way with the ladies, he's ok.

 Now as you can see, the girls look a little worst for wear, do again to 3 roosters and only 8 hens. So they are getting a bit of rest right now. Any way, that's what lead us to believe we needed to add on.

 So, this is the 1st coop. Feed and supplies were keep in the middle section and rabbits in right side, chickens in left. And this worked fine. Until, our lovely ladies started hatching chicks. Yes . Yes. Yes. I love those girls. we have 7 maybe 10 at the moment hatched " soooo cute " anyways we have to go and take the chicks from the hens because they nested up too high and the chicks have no way of following momma around.  Its working out ok. How ever we would much rather momma do to deed. makes for stronger, healthier chicks, more likely to raise there own and they don't have to be reintroduced to the flock again.
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 My husband building away. We are taking care to make sure they have sun and shade when they choose.

 The back view of old coop.

 This is the door to let them out every day, its a mud flap added to a piece of board. Beep Beep !

Digging the holes for the fence. Forgot to tell you . We are expanding the run also.

 Just look at their view.

 Getting ready to put up the chain-link fence.

 This is metal shelving our son Jess brung us. We will be making a gate out of them.

 One gate panel on.

 Chuck finishing up the fence. Below the gate is up and a homemade latch bar installed. Waste not, Want not.

 AH, see the babies !         We have other babies also, next time. T.

Starter plants

Just some of the plants planted for the garden.

Fodder

So , we wanted to try feeding our chickens and rabbits fodder to cut the cost of store bought feed and keep it fresh.

 My husband made me this simple cart and I just purchased baskets from the dollar store.

 I drilled holes for drainage.

 I started with a little bag each of, barley, alfalfa and oats $16.00 for all.

 

 soaked the seeds over night and changed the water until water ran clean and clear.

Spread the seeds out in the baskets and watered from top , the drip system took care of the rest. All I had to do was wait and make sure they don't dry out. So, to make a long story short. Every day you start a new batch and that way everyday you have some ready to harvest . Takes 7 days to harvest. Some grew better than others. I stuck with the barley. You get the most out of it and it's the fastest growing of the 3. Chickens and rabbits both like it .T.

 Micro greens