Spring is Coming - I am *almost* Sure!
Shallots are peeking up through the mulch in the garden!!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Let the Shedding Begin!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
I know when white patches start springing up in the mud it's not snow- it's fur! Ebony (Yes, the white mare is named Ebony. Not my idea!) always sheds first and coats the ground when she rolls!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Sage survived the winter!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
My daffodils are coming up! Notice, however, their tastiness has been sampled by a hooved panel of judges. Luckily, apparently, they taste yucky.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
The infamous and hater rooster, Fructinguit. He is named after a breakfast yogurt common in Germany and which can frequently be heard on the farm as a substitute curse word. He is a Plymouth Rock, the Plymouth Rock chicken breed is considered a "recovering" breed by the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Fructinguit is beautiful!
March 16, 2010 at 4:30 pm
It's time to move the new hens out of quarantine into the coop. Here's fructinguit chatting up the new ladies.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Cheese, pictured he without her buddy, Quackers. They are both common Pekin ducks. Pekin ducks are a genetically manipulated breed and an example of what happens when commercial breeding alters how a breed was designed. Because of the amount of meat on Pekin ducks, Cheese and Quakers are not likely to survive to 2 years old. Heritage breed ducks can live up to 10 years if protected from predators. Pekin ducks, which have been bred to produce large breasts, will survive only about 24 months before their legs lose the ability to support their body weight.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Spot O Rust, the only Leopard Appaloosa colored Bashkir Curly stallion in America. Bashkir Curly Horses are a critically endangered horse breed. Once numbering in the dozens, the breed has been bred back to about 4,500.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
A closeup shot of my curliest mare, Kawaii (her name is Japanese for "crazy adorable") She exhibits a microcurl coat which can only be described as "nappy". She is my favorite to take to demos because of here unique look.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Approximately 83% of my photos of Deb come out like this. This is Deb (short for Debutante!), and she was the first foal I bred and raised. She is my shadow whenever I am outside and simply loves to be hugged.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
"Hey baby.... wanna have some fun? *wink* *wink" "Um, pretty much: NO. Go away."
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Looking very possibly pregnant and one track for a May baby!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
My stallion, Rusty, keeping an eye on the girls.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Forbidden Love! Rusty always has to chat up the ladies on the other side of the fence.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Bashkir Curly Horses are a critically endangered horse breed. Once numbering in the dozens, the breed has been bred back to about 4,500.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Spot O Rust, the only Leopard Appaloosa colored Bashkir Curly stallion in America. Bashkir Curly Horses are a critically endangered horse breed. Once numbering in the dozens, the breed has been bred back to about 4,500.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Darryl. I had another Mallard Duck named Darryl, but he died, so now it's just Darryl. He is my only male duck, and about half the size of my female Pekin ducks, but he thouroughly enjoys his amazon women. It's worth mentioning that this little fellow is tough. I have literally fished him out of a dog's mouth twice and he always recovers! I'm told that it is technically illegal to have mallard ducks in captivity in MO, but they actually sell them at the local farm store every spring so I am not too worried about enforcement.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Apple Tart, my dun blanket appaloosa STRAIGHT curly. Apple is hypoallergenic like curlies, and carries the genes to produce curls, but she herself looks like a "normal" horse. Bashkir Curly Horses are a critically endangered horse breed. Once numbering in the dozens, the breed has been bred back to about 4,500.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
FOOD. Horses keep themselves warm by eating. Literally, the heat produced by digestion is their main method of keeping warm. Through the winter the horses always have access to a giant bale of hay so they can keep the furnace roaring.
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm
Kawaii's ears & forelock. I never get tired of this shot of her!
February 25, 2010 at 9:33 pm