THE OTHER KIDS

I thought I would stray from my usual posts that consist only of my parrots, and show you the rest of my furred and feathered "kids."  This is Emma, one of the many chickens I have.  My chickens will never be dinner...only their eggs are.  My flock is amazingly spoiled.  Most people see chickens as livestock, but around here, they are part of the family.

This beautiful gal is Raven, my black sex link.  She is only eight months old but already a stellar layer.  Here she is perched on one of the many places my chickens have to just hang out.

Here is a most unflattering picture of me with my hen, Charolette.  As you can see, we are both having a bad hair day.  Actually, Charolette NEVER has a good hair day. 

These rascals are my two airedale terriers, Savannah and Sasha.  They are double trouble together. 

And lastly, here is our only cat, Jazzy.  She loves hanging out with her chickens. She calls them her "peeps."  So there you go, the rest of my menagerie.  Actually, I have nineteen chickens, but didn't show them all.  Maybe another time.  Hope you all have a great weekend.

BERRY GOOD.....NOT!

The berries on our land have not been very sweet this year.  We had tons of rain and have had very little sun or hot weather this summer, and all this equates to small sour berries.

Not even the dog liked them.  This is Savannah turning her head away in disgust.  I thought I would see if the birds liked them any better.

Timothy gave the berries a try, but.......

Just like Savannah, turned his head away in disgust.  Well, so much for trying to nourish my babies with vitamin packed berries.