Babies On The Farm
It's been a busy place here on the farm. There have been some great new arrivals here to share with you all. We will be doing individual blogs about the hatching process and so much more, but here is an overview of the new arrivals.
The first, and most important addition, is the birth of our daughter Isabelle Barbara! She was born at the beginning of January (a little later than expected) and we have all been getting adjusted to our new family of seven. The big kids are thrilled and really love their new baby sister. Hopefully, now that she is getting bigger and we are adjusted we will be doing more blogs about the great happenings here on the farm. So much has happened that we need to update you all about.
Shortly after Isabelle was born, we took a long trip to pick up some baby piglets. They are adorable and are getting along very well with Petunia. I'm pretty sure that they think she is their momma, and she sure seems to like the company. When they first came to live with us, we thought we were going to have to name them Houdini1 and Houdini 2 since they somehow managed to ecsapemultir times.
We have started incubating eggs. We figured we might was well make Jack, the rooster who has earned his name, which is short for Jack@$$, earn his keep around here. We have done several groups of chicks and have only lost one baby to the hatching process. We had another few that never hatched, but that is normal. They are adorable and they have now grown big enough to move into the big house. To start, they live here in the dining room until they start to try to fly up and roost on the edge of the box. For a while, we were then moving them to the basement because it was too cold to be in the barn with the pigs, even with a heat light. Eventually, they all move out there and spend some time with their swine friends before graduating to the coop with the adults. The adult world can be difficult, but they all adjusted well to the transitions and are doing great. Recently, we had a hawk swoop down and try to steal one of the smaller birds. Jack put up a good fight and protected his ladies. He scared the hawk away and all is safe again. Hopefully he is able to keep this protective stance up, because we had a fisher cat in the compost a few weeks ago and have been warned of foxes and coyotes in the area snatching chickens, even in daylight hours.
It sure has been busy around here at Autumn Frost Farm, but we have had tons of new stuff going on. We look forward to writing about it and sharing more with all of you. Stay tuned for more great happenings here at the farm. Until then, have a great day!
