Winter at the Hill

Brr!! Last night we got the first flurry of the season. Nothing stuck, but it was pretty for the little bit it came down. Now, I was born in Florida, but raised in Ohio...so I hate snow.. but unfortunately, living in Ohio and now Missouri, I'm used to it. I guess it's just in my blood to hate the cold!!

The animals are all dealing with the winter in there own special ways :

Roxie likes to stay inside and lounge on her blanket  ( She is so very very spoiled lol)

The Ladies like the cold, as long as they have scratch grains!! ( they are also so very very spoiled!)

and my little fluffy butt, Elvis, also doesn't mind the cold. He is a bantam cochin and he has a special job in the flock... he is the protector of the eggs... it is so cute!! Sometimes he will even lay beside the hens as they lay the eggs.. then he sits with the eggs until we collect them! What a gentleman!!

Chicken Hats

So.... do you think if I crocheted some warm chicken hats and scarves... the ladies would wear them???

Cute huh! :)

New Ladies at the Hill

 

Recently we aquired two new ladies... a beautiful black australorp named Skylar and a rhode island red..... possibly mixed with something else? Her name is Ginger. They are happy so far :)

 

 

 

I'm also not sure if I introduced the two ladies we received a few weeks ago.... two beautiful dominiques who have been blessing us with their eggs!!! So when all the ladies start laying ( we are at about 6-7 eggs a day now.... we will be getting a dozen eggs a day!!! Next spring we will be adding more so we can sell our eggs at the Farmers Market!!! Right now we are blessed to be eating all these awesome eggs and providing our extended family with fresh healthy eggs!

 

some updated pics of the animals

Here are the beautiful girl bunnies :) They love to play ball and they're snacking on alfalfa and carrots !

 Handsome boy bunnies enjoying their morning snack of alfalfa and carrots.. they also have a ball to play with!

 Johnny and June... man i love those bunnies!

The ladies telling me good morning! :)

Dolly's new trick!

Look what Dolly can do! She loves to hop onto the fence then climb into our laps! She's a lovey!

EGGS!!!!

Look at the gorgeous eggs!!! They taste so amazing !! Thank you Ladies! ( we now have two laying!)

Look what Rachel is doing!

Hey everyone! Come and see what Rachel is doing!!! She's laying an egg!!! ( hoping these two take lessons from her and start laying too! so cute how they are so curious!)

FIRST EGG!!!!!!! 7-29-2012

Dylan said that Rachel was making the egg song... lol... so he and I went outside to check... we looked inside and just as we did... PLOP!!!! She laid the first egg!!!! She was so proud and so were we!!! It's a perfect little brown egg. I'm so excited and proud and thankful that I got to be with my son and actually see it happen!!!!

Good Job Rachel!! ( she's a rhode island red!!)

Chickens in the Coop

The Gentle Giant, The mini roo, and the ladies

Hershey, our gentle giant rooster

Our mini rooster who thinks he's the boss * he isnt * Elvis :)

Lola, the real boss of the coop

Pretty Rose... who is never without her pal Loud Lucy ( in the background)

One last picture.... a chicken butt!! hehehehe.... that's Elvis. He's got a cute behind :)

Enjoying the Sunshine

They are all snuggled into this little patch of sunshine.. so cute. Also, it was feeding time! Love my chicks!

The Lovely Ladies of Fruit Tree Hill

We will start with the bossy momma.... Julie. She is a silver lace wyandotte and she is boss! She is Hersheys main leading lady and she takes that seriously! At first it was hard to tell her apart from her twin Lola.... but their personalities are completely opposite!!!

Miss Lola... Julie's twin and also the beautiful lovely lady on Keith's shoulder in our blog title image :) She is sweet and likes to be held... when she's in the mood.

This is Rachel ( with little lucy hiding behind her) She is strong, beautiful and has attitude!!

Here is Rose.... she is a cutie pie and very gentle. She likes to just hang out with the other ladies, she's kind of a quiet little spirit.

This is "loud lucy" !! She has been the loud mouth of the bunch since day one! When she was just a few days old, we kept her in the brooder while the other bigger chicks were out in the play yard... she stomped her feet and chirped soooo loud we finally let her out just to see what would happen. She went right up to Hershey, our rooster, and snuggled under him and fell asleep. Hershey was a kind gentleman and let her stay there and sleep. She just wanted out with everyone else!! You can always tell when Lucy is chirping!! Even from a mile away! :)

Last but certainly not least of our lovely ladies-- is Eleanor/Elliot... we just arent sure yet what the heck it is... other then one funky chicken!!!!!!