first axe

just finished chopping half a tree with an axe. hope to never do it again but I have half a tree left before I can yell timber...

japan radation reaches Nevada

radioactive isotopes 131 and zenon 121 have been detected in las Vegas... they claim no risk at the levels found so far.. hope it does not affect Montello

surprise in the animal trailer

i went to give water to my rabbits and my gray rabbit had plucked a fur pile again. she still had her first set of babies with her. i noticed the fur pile was breathing up and down. i slightly moved the pile apart and my gray rabbit gave birth again. put her other babies in their new home cage. the black rabbit is the daddy. my brown and white rabbit should be having birth soon with in 2 weeks if my calculations are right..

new duck enclosure

almost done with the duck enclosure I made today. used 4 dead trees and planted them 2 feet into the ground. wrapped it in chicken wire and added a gate. need to figure out the ground area as the chicken wire has left a gap in some places. going to make a pond in the middle for them. after completed I will put 2 ducks in it to see which ones are females. and after 5 days I will know which ducks are staying which ones are off to Chinese restaurant.

interesting laundry bag

I forgot my laundry bag so I knotted the overalls leg bottoms. the straps made a great handle. I can so see females using this as a new purse fashion if they aren't already...

poor little quail

my poor injured little quail expired in the night early morning. his injuries were too much. quail tastes like dark meat turkey. easy to defeather too. my original chicken hen was floating in the duck water container last night too.

death valley

i am gonna rename my farm to death valley. just lost a chicken hen in the duck water box. don't see any signs of trauma. will do autopsy Sunday I guess. went to check on the injured quail. the quail is surrounded by the others to protect and keep it warm. 

jack dog in snow

goats in snow

missing quail

I woke up to a missing quail. came home from the city i unleashed jack dog turned around saw a brown ball in his mouth. guess what it was a quail. his body was badly tattered but he was still alive. his wounds looked superficial. I don't think jack did all the damage it was too short a time frame. he is missing feathers galore. I didn't see any puncture wounds. may have been Jill cat who did the damage and jack rescued the quail? put back the quail in the cage. hope he lives.

tragedy on the farm

tragedy on farm. i apparently have another 2 female rabbits who gave birth unbeknown to me. I put the rabbits outside I didn't see the newborns until today when I went to clean out their cage inside. I dug another 8 graves. I'm the worse farmer ever, that's 13 baby rabbits and 1 baby chicken I've lost.

chicken wing clipping

that was way more traumatic for me then I need. some were calm some angry some clawing me. in tge end they are now cool and running with the ducks. 1 mini bantam rooster was a trouble maker attacking hens on their necks and he tried to fight a big old rooster. I had to put him back in his cage. 1 hen laid an egg after wing feathers were clipped. ducks chickens eating from same feeder but separate water dishes.

13 new hens 2 roosters

got back from small animal auction. got 13 egg laying hens and 2 roosters and 2 cages. not bad for $78

repaired the shed and duck escape

from the wind damage. it bent a piece of siding over the roof. I reattached it. never thought wind would damage through the tree line on that side. could have been worse. I'm getting good at hammering nails too.
while feeding my chickens my ducks figured out after 4 months to hop a little to get out the coop door. they returned through a hole I didn't know about after a 15 minute yard chase. during this time they assisted in a rooster escaping and catching him was a 30 minute adventure. I have now fixed the hole they discovered, attached feeders to fence so I font have to enter the coop to feed. will be closing door behind me after I collect the eggs. I'm up to 4 eggs a day now.