Hi, I just came in from visiting the chickens, and Mom said that I should go
write a blog post about them.  So, I am.


We have been very egg-cited, because a few of our hens have gone broody,
and are sharing a nest of about thirty eggs.  One chicken, that we think was the
first one to be broody on that nest, is my sister's chicken.  Her name is
Isabella, and I think she is the sweetest little hen we have.  My sister's job
is to gather all the eggs every day, but there was this one particular nest that
she couldn't get the eggs from because Isabella was always sitting on them.  The
reason why we have Caroline, my little sister, go get the eggs late in the day
is because the hens have usually gotten off of their nest by then to go to
sleep.  But this time, that chicken was on there every time Caroline went in
there. 


So, we figured that we would let them hatch some babies, but the broody house
wasn't done.  This little chicken didn't seem to care one bit!  It seems she
hired an assistant so she could get a break once in a while.  Assistant chicken
does not have a name yet, and since she's a Buff Orpington (unlike Isabella,
who's a Barred Rock...) I'll call her Orpie :D .  Anyway, I noticed that
Isabella would take turns with Orpie, sitting on the eggs. And I was out in the
coop today, and  noticed Isabella making a fuss over something, and when she
stood up, I saw something behind her.  When Bella walked away, It was Orpie, 
who plopped her happy little self on the eggs and started rearranging the eggs. 
They should hatch in about 16 days, and I'm sure either me or Mom will write
about that. 


Thank you for reading, and like I said in the last post, I would be very
happy to read what you have to say, so please comment!

Hi, it's Grace again!  I'm sorry I haven't written very much, there aren't a lot of times when I get to write on here.
We have been doing lots of things, including; planting, caring for the animals, getting new animals and.. I can't think of anything else.  Maybe we haven't been doing that much.... anyway, since it's Spring we have been doing lots of planting in the garden, pots, and in the front yard.

As you can see, I found a bunch of 2 inch tall baby maples sitting by the future broody house, and I decided to save them from the monster... Mr. Lawnmower, aka Tree Killer!  It actually started with me getting redbuds from the yard, but the maples were more interesting, and all the redbuds died.  The maple trees seem to be really healthy, and now I'm switching from spraying them, to actually using a watering can.  I'll try to put updates on here about them sometime. 

The front of the house looked a little run down, because a lot of the plants died from last year's super hot and dry Summer.  So my mom left and bought some plants (mostly herbs) and is currently re-doing that whole place.  She also got some lavender and a thornless rose bush to plant there, and me and dad gave her some things to grow in the pond (cat tails and water lilies).  They come in plastic containers and you just take them out, get them ready, and throw them in the pond and they are supposed to start growing and spreading.  I might post some before and after pictures once she's done!


I'll probably post more about this Spring later, but in the mean time, please comment!  I would love to hear what you have to say!

Thank you for reading,
 Grace