Cows

Charlie's Very Bad Hair Day

Last Friday, Charlie decided to eat breakfast next to a burdock plant.

He ended up getting his mane tangled in HUNDREDS of burdock burrs. Pasture-mate, Jubilee, was not impressed with this new look.

Charlie was so embarrassed to have all those burrs in his mane.

 Lucky for Charlie, his owner took pity on him and channeled all of her girly energy and talents into making him handsome again.

Using a step stool, a comb, and 40 minutes of her time, the owner got the boy looking presentable for Jubilee (although some burrs remain).

A much more confident horse!

GIANT EGG

Last Sunday I reached into the nesting box and discovered that Brownie has laid this HUGE egg.

Brownie's (the ISA Brown) jumbo egg in comparison to the eggs from the Dominique and Wyandotte).

The jumbo egg in comparison to Brownie's regular eggs.

This sucker weighed in at 103 grams (she usually lays eggs between 65-70 grams). It can be dangerous for a chicken to lay really large eggs because she could get egg-bound (which is a nice way of saying that the egg gets stuck in the chicken. Not fun, not fun at all).

I felt bad for the girl-- that couldn't have been easy laying that egg. I vowed to not waste her effort and fried up the egg for breakfast the next day. It was delicious!

The egg turned out to be a double yolker.

Beautiful Fall Day

Tiffany's New Career

As you may recall, in July 2012 I became the proud owner of Tiffany, a gorgeous mare with an attitude to match. Unfortunately, the two of us were never really on the same page due to a personality conflict and I had to make the difficult decision to sell her. She was put up for sale in late winter 2013, and I'm happy to report that Tiffy has found a new home and career in Indiana.

After several YouTube videos, advertising on three different horse-selling websites, one visit, and a three-hour vet check, Tiffany is destined to be a vaulting horse for a young girl. I really hope she loves her new home and owner.

Tiffany left Big Rapids in style with a professional horse transporter on a Friday evening in September, and arrived safely in Indiana the following day.

 

As soon as Tiffany left the parking lot, I pulled out my check book and wrote a check for Charlie. Glad this sweet guy is sticking around!

 

An Eagle's POV

Let's hope he's not on the lookout for chickens...

They're Loose

Recently I started opening one of the panels on the electronic poultry fence so the chickens would have an opportunity to scratch around in the barnyard. So far, only Brownie and Dominque have taken advantage of the outings, while Bloomer and Lacey stay in their comfort zone.