Cat trap

We have had a problem with a raccoon eating the chickens.  Again.  Well, we usually lose half our flock in the winter.  So I went out to check the trap and caught our neighbors cat.  Why?  We used sardines as bait.  I bet we had every cat in the county lined up outside of the cage.  The best part?  I forgot to tell our neighbors.


Spring chickens are kind of wimpy.  We need some not wimpy winter chickens.  But taking care of chicks in the spring and summer is easier than in the winter.  For instance, at least one rooster gets frostbite.

Poor Foghorn Leghorn

Those photos are kind of old.

Now the top part of his comb is completely black.

It stinks but he will live.

Parker

Birthday party

Well.  Mom planned a surprise birthday party for me.  I had no idea.  This happened on my actual birthday.  All of my best friends were there.  It was awesome.  First it was our neighbors.  Then three other families.  We had an airsoft war, rode 4-wheelers, played Wii, ate good food, talked, roasted marshmallows, it was awesome.  When one of the families showed up they said that they were getting instructions on how to take care of the animals while we were at Frip.  They also acted surprised that it was my birthday.  I fell for it.  I had tons of fun.


This is a little late because I never got around to publishing it, but I thought you might want to know.

Parker

The chronicles of Duke No.1

W have a basset hound named Duke.  He has a very limited vocabulary.  It consists of, "Hi. My name's Duke."  "Cheese!"  "Poor me!"  And sometimes, "Evil cheese!"  Shelby is working on a post kind of like this but I started this last night and she copied me.

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Duke has this stuffed pig.  He loves the pig.  He got it for Christmas and it has only lost an ear.  That is a pretty good run for a well loved dog toy.  He'll do about anything for the pig.  Like play ice skater.  Tee Hee.  He can barely get a grip on the laminate flooring in the kitchen.  He likes to chase the pig.  Put that together and what do you get?  Hours of entertainment.  Who needs I pads?  We have a dog.  This one time my little brother threw the pig too close to Duke's water bowl.  BLAM!!  Water and dog are everywhere.  My little brother got to clean that up.  It's pretty funny.

Parker

SNOW!

It was snowing.  In April!  We have the stock tank that we swim in filled with water.  Sheesh.  I hope it passes soon.  I am not in the mood for any snow days.  As my dad said, "This weather is nuts.  The winter that won't end."  I agree. 


I caught another cold.  And no I did not eat a train this time.  Humph.  It sucks.  My nose stdecided to try to kill me.  I hope it goes away.


A note to you followers of my blog.  You can comment now!  Give it a shot.  But be warned,  only certain people can comment.


Parker

Meat chicks

You know those 50 cent chicks my mom got.  They are meat chicks.  How do we know this?  Well for one they eat too much food to be normal chickens.  They have poop stuck to their bums.  And they are ugly.  All the signs of being a meat chicken.  We moved Whitey, Rocky, Silver, Turkey junior, and Cravin out with the other chickens.  The other night, Whitey was out side.  Yay!  But she stood in a corner all day.  Why?  Because when she went out she got attacked.  Yep.  And her friends are being treated as the odd ones out.  But I think that the other chickens will warm up to them eventually.

Parker

Don't let your son grow up to be a cowboy

My little brother had the idea that he should ride our steer calf Crumple.  So Dad said he would take him up there and put him on Crumple.  Crumple is a Brown Swiss.  The laziest cow in the world.  Not when people are jumping on him.  Dad didn't think that my little brother would get on Crumple.  He did.  So dad is petting Crumple then out of no where.  Boing!  My little brother is riding a cow.  Dad was surprised so he grabbed my little brother and yanked him off the cow.  So he rode Crumple for all of 1.2 seconds.  Not exactly a whole ride but not bad for a first time!

So yeah.  We found out how to get Crumple to move.

Parker

Winter has some of my least favorite things.

I just posted about how winter has some of my favorite things.  Here are some of the worst things about winter.

1. Snow.  Like I said snow should be in a category all it's own.

2.  Working in sub zero weather.

3.  Working in snow.

4.  The cold.

5.  The fact that the heat pump can't keep the entire house warm.
But we have a fireplace.

6. Everything is frozen.

7.  Having to break the cows water with a sledge hammer.

8.  Hauling 500 lbs. of fire wood to the garage.

9.  School.

10.  It gets dark out at 5:30

And there you have it.
Parker