Our new girls Molly and Whitney arrived a day early which was just fine. In fact really good!
Their room was ready and waiting and while I did the chores Fede made dinner to eat under the trees.
The girls drove from Kentucky where they stayed on a farm where they were picking cherries. We are lucky to be picking kale! Though I think our slow spring is good for the plants.
Naomi has found the Baby Boot.
The goats have a new water barrel with a float in the top attached by a piece of hose to a blue rainwater tank that collects rain off the roof of the shed. So it will automatically refill. It works like a charm. Now that the plan is proven to work we will proceed with two more.
Jake’s chicken tractor has arrived and it is huge. There will be no crowding in this pen. I am calling it The Enterprise. Naturally John is appalled. Today the girls will help Fede finish it, then they will transfer the Accident chickens (who look to be all hens) in for the summer. Followed closely by the Easter chickens and once we have ironed out any kinks I will bring in the meat birds. I need the Meat birds to get a tiny bit bigger first. Hopefully there will not be a war.
It is Memorial Day here so we will have a lovely lunch outside with The Matriarch.
I hope you have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farm,
celi
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Yay, for the helpers. They look ready for some hard work. Naomi was so cute, I had to pin her picture on Pinterest. I will see it forever. The bread looks too yummy. Chicken wars?? That will be a new one I hope we never see.
Beautiful young ladies, delicious looking bread, cuddly kitten and one extremely intelligent calf… heh heh
I am so curious about The Enterprise. Does it have a floor? And, if not, how to keep the marauding mink, or what have you, out and the chicks safe? Being referred to as a ‘tractor’, does this mean it has wheels by which it is dragged around with? From the photo, I can’t tell if there is a chicken-wire covering for a ceiling, or if it is open and, if open, of what purpose the whole thing is… lol
Your sunset is just glorious
Hope you are feeling much better today… and may you have a loveRly one too ~ Mame 🙂
When we get it finished I will give you a tour!
Oh I hope you answer all the questions today, as they are on my mind too. A spectacular sunset! Yesterday, WFMT interviewed the lyricist for that special song, SUNRISE, SUNSET. He said the music was first, and then he almost effortlessly wrote the words. They just fell in place.
I get such a kick out on TonTon–ever at the side of the newcomers, ever watchful. And I have one question, what if it doesn’t rain all that much? Is it back to hose-dragging ?
I would fill the tanks once a week or so if there was no rain – so there will always be some hose dragging just not as much and not as far.. c
MKL and I were discussing what a chicken tractor actually is. His grandfather raised prize-winning chickens, and yet he has never heard of one. Can you explain?
It’s a mobile, open-bottom coop on wheels. It allows the chickens easy access to fresh grass and ground while still providing the protection of a coop.
Thank you!!
The non stop train from Dublin to Belfast is called the Enterprise, I hope yours moves as smoothly and swiftly. I bet I know how you will lure the chicks out … in the same way you win over your John … with a tempting good feed just out of reach!
I love the water system I hope it makes your life simpler and saves lugging buskets of water about. How wonderful that Molly and Whitney arrived early and ready to play their part. Maybe they heard you had a good looking & talented young man in residence. 😉
How your (our) family grows, with the arrival of Molly and Whitney. The bread looks lovely as do the farm and the animals. All is good.
Naomi looks quite pleased with herself!
Often in my workplace I espouse adoption of technology tools to work more efficiently, so I love seeing how it’s applied to The Farmy in kind in arks and waterers. It’s lovely also to see the visitors whose stays are an exchange of ideas and experience 🙂
Hope the whole family had a very, very happy Day! With a long lunch!! Well, it looks as if ‘Enterprise’ has been permanently named and I am wondering how it will be moved also 🙂 ? Hugely and warmly amused that Federico has become Fede . . . . a family member for certain!!! With an ever increasing knowledge of English!! love to you all . . .
The wonderful thing about this blog is how we all share the drift from Federico to Fede.. but in all the other areas as well.. and yes – we had a very long lunch.. I do love the summer! c
Your summer has yet to arrive Missy! But hope you had a glass or three and a lot of laughs . . . . sleep well Milady!!!!
I liked your closing line, “Love your friend on the farm,” (a gentle exhortation? Easy to respond to..But I would make “friend” plural.) Not only have I grown to love the animals and feel close to the farmy people, but I enjoy listening to all the commenters. Such a nice place to visit each day!
That Fede is a clever lad!!
How will you move the chicken tractor? I imagine a line up of strapping young people on each side while you yell 1-2-3-HEAVE!