Mulberry and Kennecot were purchased by a lady in Greeley. Unfortunately, they did not like their new home and refused to stay there. After a few days in the garage where they were perfectly happy munching on their very own bale of hay they were taken to the auction in Ft. Collins. They were headed to a farm in Wyoming with lots of wide open spaces from there.
The dozen goats who are still here have developed a Houdini complex and frequently appear on thewrong side of the fence beside the highway where the grass is green and lush and contains clover. Fortunately, they generally are easy to get back into the barnyard with the exception of Ginger who has developed a serious case of selective hearing. All six of the kids are growing, healthy and obnoxious. The goal is to reduce the herd by half before summer.
The hen who is always a good mother hatched 3 chicks. She had 12 eggs, all but two were fertile but for some reason the embryos either didn't fully develop or couldn't make it out of the shells. She is still taking good care of the three that hatched. They have grown from cute little fluffballs to feathered creatures. They will not be the kind of chickens you can walk up to and pet.
The turkey is looking much better. She has staked out her territory in the yard outside the little chicken house and protects it well. The new white roosters moved from the big chicken house to the small one where she stays. She has serious discussions with at least one of them each morning when they exit the house. It is a loud, boisterous confrontation. The first time it happened I was sure there was a predator in the yard attacking the birds. I had to go into the pen and rescue the rooster from the big house when he made the poor choice of visiting the hens in the turkey's territory. She had him cornered and was about to draw blood. She is a BIG BIRD. She still doesn't have a name so please make some suggestions.Wanda turkey is laying eggs again. She has wisely put them in a nest in the chicken house instead of out in the middle of the field. The first 3 she presented have been placed under a chicken hen who decided she was ready to be a mother. A week later, 6 more hen eggs were added to her clutch. Just in case the turkeys don't hatch she will still be rewarded for her efforts. Baby chicks and turkey poults have been successfully raised by hens here previously. Keep your fingers crossed.
Anna Belle is "heavy with child" and should be falling apart any day now. She isn't huge like EmmaPatches was when she popped out 10 kittens. Hopefully she will have 4 or less. Two of them have been given away already and have been named Annabell and Jojo. 
During the last snowstorm the pump to the well for the houses went bad leaving the homes without water from that well for 3 days. To compensate, a rubber hose was hooked to one of the hydrants from the well which still worked and attached it to the hydrant from the main house well. That provided water to use on a limited basis with very little pressure but it was still better than hauling it in by the bucketful. The bill for that repair hasn't arrived yet. Undoubtedly it will not be a pretty sight.
Watch for pictures when Annabelle becomes a mother. Hopefully that will be soon.
Oh yes, Thor is still here. He is no longer a dog...he is now a small horse. There are full grown Shetland ponies out there that are not at large as Thor.
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