I thought you might enjoy some pictures of the animals.

The chicks sure have grown a lot.

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The Barred Rock chickens are very sociable. Our chicken coop has a door that leads out to an enclosed pen. I think that the Ameraucana chicken’s head looks like an eagle. The Australorp are the all black ones. I like the shape of their bodies. They liked my ring and kept pecking at it.

Here are our geese.

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They had been getting out by squeezing through our fence by the orchard. They would end up at various neighbors houses as well as the orchard. They love the fallen apples. Michael and the boys fixed the fence so now they stick within our boundaries.

The goats have been inside more since the rain began. Nigerian Dwarf Goats originally came from the area near the equator. They like warm, dry climates. They don’t like rain. I am in complete agreement with them. I should have been born in an equatorial country that has siestas.

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Michael has done a lot to the inside of his shop.

Added shelves.

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Added peg board for his tools.

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He gave some space to the boys as well.

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One of the biggest reason for a shop was to have more space to work on our vehicles. Here is my car getting some work done. Look at all that space around the car.

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Our garden is starting to dwindle. We are still picking ripe tomatoes. With the rain we are finding a lot of split ones to give to the chickens. Amazingly, the zucchini is also still producing. Finally the winter squash plants are beginning to die back. Once it has died back completely we will harvest all of it.

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Last but not least here is how my guys have fun when the chores are done.

Airsoft wars. They really get into their play time.

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I hope you all had a great weekend.

Love,

Karen