Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chickens. Show all posts

Monday, June 3, 2013

Our Family is Growing! Our Chicken Family that is.

Our "family" is growing!
Our chicken family that is.  
~smile~
 We've got 14 pullet chicks to replace our hens that were killed a couple of months ago. 
 
 We had to get the kittens grown and adopted out before we could begin again.  Now that they have homes, we're in the chicken business again.
I cannot wait to see those little hens strutting around the yard eating all the little bugs!

Hens make me happy.
Having a son to clean the chicken coop makes me even happier.
~smile~

Blessings from Harvest Lane Cottage
Laura
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May I suggest?
A Lovely Rainy Afternoon

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Such a Lovely Rainy Afternoon....


Such a Lovely Rainy Afternoon we're having....

I do love a rainy day.  After the drought we've had for the last two years since the tornado, our flowers, grass and trees are thriving with all the rain we've had recently.  With the tornado in Moore, it would be easy to give in to fear every time the thunder rumbles.  I choose to trust in the Lord's protection.  When the weather report looks fearful, I plead the blood of Jesus over my family, our home, my son's home, my mother-in-love's home, the Joplin area, and the four-states.  I tell the wind and the lightening to stay up in the clouds and give us only good rain and good wind, not stormy wind.  It's all in the Name of Jesus Christ.  I also pray for peace for those who were affected by the tornado who may be feeling fear.  This is how I am dealing with my fear when it comes up.  I meet it with faith in God and His protection.

I've a nice chicken roasting in a clay pot in the oven.  I read for a little while today.  I'm not reviewing this book.  It's one I bought myself.  I'm just a little ways into it.  It's a big thick book.  I think it's going to take me awhile.
I'm going to put a load of laundry in the washer in a few minutes.  Then, I'll take a peek at our little peepers.

We've had them since Saturday.  Black Australorpes and Dominiques.

I hope these little pullets are all hens that keep us in lots and lots of eggs next year.

Now, I'd better go and get busy.  There are potatoes to peel and veggies to prepare for dinner.  Oh, and a little sibling squabble to check on. ~smile~  Such is motherhood.

Blessings from Harvest Lane Cottage,
Laura
Happy at Home

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May I suggest?

Saturday, September 3, 2011

Seek Home



"Seek home for rest,
for home is best."

~Thomas Tusser~


Happy Labor Day weekend everyone!
~~~~~
May I suggest...
I Believe
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Sunday, April 3, 2011

The Hens are Earning Their Keep!


We've a few new layers.  The egg on the right is a large egg.  The egg on the left fit in a measuring teaspoon!
Thank the Lord our girls are laying all the eggs we need right now! 


Sunday, April 25, 2010

I've Heard a Peep

Spring has definitely arrived at Harvest Lane Cottage. Not only do we have flowers coming up everywhere,





we also have the sweet little peeps of baby chicks filling our back porch room. We have 6 little Buff Orpington, Three Rhode Island Red, and One Barred Rock Hen. Why the mix? Because each of my three younger children bought the ones they wanted. My only stipulations were that they buy pullets and take care of them.





















Hopefully, they'll all be hens. If not, I guess they'll be supper. Either way, they'll be food. I try to teach the children that farm animals are for food; but, we give them the best life we can while they're here by caring for them well.
Happy Sunday!
Laura








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