The baby goat all dressed in her sweater was giving her owner all kinds of trouble this weekend. She was determined to eat the bird food. It looks like the rooster that lost his tail feathers in the fight with the dog is going to make it. We have him isolated from the other roosters and are trying to get a hen or two to stay with him. He is a barred rock so we have been putting barred rock hens in his pen but they keep jumping out (they jump out of their pen also just not into his). This time I put a bluff orpington in yesterday and it is still there today so maybe I found a friend for him.
It was so cute today. Several of the hens in the backyard cuddled up to the fence dividing the two chicken yards and the buff cuddled up to the other side.
Don't guess the newest cat, Sparkle, has any intention of leaving. On one of my many trips through the breezeway the door did not latch and was standing partly open. Sparkle had moved to her box and went to sleep.
Got the first dose of nitrogen on the straw bales today. You keep the bales watered for three days and then you start adding nitrogen and water for the next three days and then for the next six days you water each day and treat only every other day. This starts the decomposing process. Then you add a thin layer of dirt on top and plant into the straw bales. Sounds really great if it works. I have 6 bales I am trying it with this year. If you are interested here is a real good link to read more
http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/FS109E/FS109E.pdf
Had to cover my straw bales to keep the chickens out of the nitrogen. So I pulled out some used landscaping cloth. The piece was way to long for what I needed so I took the extra and started covering the pathway. So then I needed something to hold it in place. Took four wheelbarrels of wood chips to the garden. All in all I got a nice start on that project. Funny how one thing leads to another.
Saturday I took an inkle loom class. Our homework was to do another project before the second Sunday in April. Izzy has been sick with an ear infection for a few days so her mom, brother, and sister went to church without us tonight. The two of us dressed the loom. Dressing the loom means that you put on the strings you are going to weave through on the loom. There are a lot of knots you have to tie when you dress an inkle loom and Izzy's five year old tiny finger came in real handy to hold the first part of the knot tight when I was tying the second part.
Been a busy but relaxing day. Hope you had a good day.
Did you know? In their first year of life, baby blue whales gain 200 pounds (91 kg) every day?
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