Snow, cattle, piggies

April 20th, right?

This is what we woke up to this morning. Luckily it was gone by noon. No more, PLEASE.

Went to the FD's today to pick up our stock trailer and help her with a couple of things. Walked out to the pasture to see her new Randall Cattle.

They are really pretty and very friendly. I don't think I like the horns though.

Our favorite pig Jowlie had five piglets recently. She has turned into a good Mama and still remembers me. Well, that was my day, how about yours?

Strange egg and Ethel

Yesterday we got this egg.

Interesting color scheme. Sort of like sponge painting or modern art.

Last night when I went to put the chickens to bed, one was missing. I searched around, but couldn't find her and it got dark. I searched all over this morning, including the the woods and swamp edges and found nothing. We are sad. Ethel was one of our first chickens and we will miss her. Fox, coyote or hawk or even the neighbors dog, we'll never know. Such is life on the farm.

Todays eggs

These are the eggs we got today.

The white one is a store egg for comparison.

You may remember my post in February about the giant egg, well this one is bigger. Going to be interesting to crack it open. Poor little chicken, that must have hurt.

Incubator

This is the incubator we bought. We are going to try and hatch some of our eggs.

So, ten eggs in and in 21 days we hope to have some chicks. This thing is supposed to turn the eggs automatically, but one side doesn't seem to be working too good, so I might have to do it by hand, we'll see.

The other day a huge tom turkey showed up. Biggest one I've seen here. Started to gobble and display, strutted around for a good 1/2 hour. Too bad my license isn't good until the end of May.

Two buddies sharing the new chair. It's actually big enough for both without growling and snapping on the little guys part. Later.

Spring

Well I think spring is finally here.

There were chickens in the garden.

There was a deer in the garden.

And I thought I saw two boys go by on a four-wheeler, but I might have just imagined that, after all it's been a long winter.

Grand Children

Today we are waiting for word from Louisiana. Bayou Mommy was going to the hospital today to have her labor induced. So while we wait for word on our ninth Grand Child I thought I would post some pics of the other eight.

#1 JB

#s 2 &3 Sparkle and Fayfie

#4 The Princess

#5 Bubba I

#6 Bubba II

#7 Gaga

And # 8 PB. We just got a call that # 9 is here. Another boy, 9lbs. 6 oz. Cool. We are happy. Mom and baby doing well.

Snowstorm

Most of our snow was gone. The ditches, the woods and some of the fields still had snow, but it was melting.

Today the Boy's High School Basketball Tournament starts. So, guess what?

That's right. SNOWSTORM!

I'm not sure how much we have, because the wind is blowing and it's drifting, but I think we have at least 8 inches and it's still coming down. Yesterday at the feed store the kid that works there asked me if it was supposed to snow during the night. I told him "Yeah, but don't worry cause it won't be much and won't last long". Bet he never asks my opinion again. They closed the schools here today. Gramma's computer for her new job might come today, so I'll have to try and plow, even though I don't want to. Bummer. Should have prepared for the worst. Must be getting old. I had to take the cat food down to the shed cause they couldn't get to the house. Saw brother Kitty's tracks part way to the house and then he turned around and went back. In other news, it looks like the sap run might be over. It's supposed to be cold for a few days and then warm up, but stay warm at night too. That means no more sap. Tapped twice as many trees and we'll end up with less than 1/4 of the sap as last year. :-( No one gets syrup. Sorry.