Christy's Coop

.

Here are Katelyn, Earl and Kathryn leaving for the military ball last night. Aren't they pretty? .

For Steve: One of our chickens, stuffed and roasted, mashed potatoes, buttery corn, salad with homemade ranch dressing, rolls with rosemary and sea salt. The chicken was fork tender and amazing! Pineapple cream pie with double meringue. Super yummy! Wished you were here to enjoy it too. .

Isn't he beautiful! We found him last spring by the kitchen steps when we were cleaning the yard. Ran across his picture just now. Steve relocated him away from the house. .

This one is kind of scary looking! Glad it's in a cage! .

Here he is dancing to entice her! .

.

I have given Kathryn the assignment of taking some new, exciting pictures for me. We'll see what she comes up with. Hope everyone is having a great day! .

Here is a picture I found from this past summer of Travis flying through the air at camp! Pretty wild. I didn't know he would do that!! .

.

No, I do not know how she does this! .

By the way, this is a female Monarch butterfly if you were curious. .

Travis has started sparring in Tae Kwon Do. It is really cool (and kind of scary from a mom's point of view) and he loves it! Will try to remember my camera next week and get some pictures of him in action!! .

All week long, there have been male cardinals trying to come through the windows! We have several clear windows with no screens. I will hear thumping noises and when I look at nbso online casino reviews the window, there is a beautiful male cardinal trying to get in. This has been happening on and off for about a week. Very weird! If I can manage to get a picture of one, I will add it. .

Thanks to Nick and Kathryn who cleaned all the disgusting wood shavings and chicken poop out of the garage!!! We almost have the garage back. Still lots of dust and feathers but at least the stink is gone. Yeah! .

Good goats. .

.

The goat show was today. Erin's goat, Carl, placed 9th out of 21 in his class. Jordyn's goat, Rowdy, placed 8th in his class of 20 or 21. Congrats girls!! Pictures to follow... .

The broilers go to the processor today (if we can figure out how to get them there) and then to the freezer. Yeah! Having 45 giant chickens in the garage gets old fast. .

Here are some pictures of the Barbado sheep... Rambo and one of his harem (looks like Pearl): A ewe (maybe Mrs. Bigglesworth?) with her baby: One of the babies: .

Here is one of my beautiful Spotted Sussex hens. She is very sweet. .

Yesterday was the 4H broiler show. Whew! Travis got 22nd and Kathryn got 24th out of over 70 pens of chickens. Not bad for our first try. Here is Travis with his helpers Erin and Jordyn and his three chickens: Here is Kathryn with her helper Kat and her three chickens: Here is Travis waiting with a chicken for Junior showmanship: And Kathryn with a chicken waiting for Senior showmanship: So far, we have only lost 4 out of 50 chickens. They all head to the processor and then the freezer on Thursday. Yum! Guess you know what you will be eating if you come visit... Goat show is Friday. .

Tater Tot is pretty but weird. She has been trying her hardest lately to get into the garage. I think she wants to try to eat some of the broilers! .

The Egyptian geese were crazy the morning. Cool pics from Kathryn. .

They don't look like pigs or chickens... .

Check out Erin's new desk. She and I put it together yesterday. LOTS of little pieces but it came out really great. .

Saw a sign today for puppies for sale. They were called Maltipoos. A Maltese-Poodle hybrid. The name sounds like some bad form of diarrhea but looked them up and they are actually really cute. Just FYI. .

.

Well, the Christmas tree is down and in the burn pile awaiting a bonfire. The sheep find it interesting for some reason. I see them nosing around it on and off all day. Weird. .

Thank-you Scott for cooking up your annual 30 gallon batch of fabulous gumbo yesterday. It was amazing! My freezer happily contains some containers for future consumption. Yes Steve, we saved some for you!! :) My tummy is happy. .

1-1-11 .