Hey there! Its been a while! :)
Thank you to my Nicole for allowing me to use her laptop as mine decided after six years it was finished with me. THANKFULLY Hubby-D is a back up fanatic and we are all good on that end!
Sooooo... what has been happening around the acres?? Well...
Annie was getting a little wound up being the only equine friend in the family, so we opted to free lease (have them live with us for the winter) two ponies that belong to a friend who is away at college. This was a great arrangement as "Cricket" is the mare that Nicole rode over the last year - remember that horsey-kissing post from the summer? ;)
Her paddock mate is a gelding named Typhoon or "Tye" for short. He's a sweetheart. They both have settled in nicely and other than a few nips over the fence at Annie, and she back at them, they have decided they can be friends and barn mates.
We are down to our last eight roosters. Three are beautiful (though still loud) and have been moved into the coop with the girls. We will keep these boys and hopefully have baby chicks in the spring. But to have baby chicks, you must first have eggs.. and I am so happy to announce that as of last Friday we do have eggs! :) Two of our hens have begun laying and in five days we have had seven eggs. Go Girls!
It astonished me how happy finding these beauties in the nesting boxes made me. I jumped up and down and squealed and texted just about everyone I knew! Oh, and of course, posted to instagram. lol Proud Mama Me!
What a wonderful early Christmas present! :)
Jeanette
