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| The goats and the llamas. We gave Carly (the baby goat) to the neighbor shortly after this pic was taken since she was nursing Opal to the point that Opal got super thin and I was really worried about her |
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| Jason digging another post hole |
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| Ezra and I joined him |
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| Checking out the work |
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| We decided to do a raised bed garden this year. We got some 2 x 6's and a lot of dirt at HD. |
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| It's 4' x 8' |
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| Scott and Ezra helped gather wood for the backyard firepit |
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| The "house chickens" |
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| Jason and I cleaning some eggs one Sunday |
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| A bunch of chickens and a bunny :) |
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| Lou hanging out down by the chickens |
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| Llama silhouette at dusk |
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| Organized feeding of the goats |
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| Lucy llama watching over the tack room at feeding time |
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| Broke out the homemade incubator to hatch some Americauna's I bought from ebay as well as 10 duck eggs Scott and Brenda took from the nest of one of the ancona ducks on the Fairfield lake |
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| The eggs were packed in there! |
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| Louie |
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| Mae |
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| Watering the garden, sort of... |
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| Mae in the shark cat bed |
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| Ezra feeding Dolly and Lucy |
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| And then the chickens |
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| Lucy llama looking super cute |
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| Junior the rooster |
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| Ezra chasing Lucy llama |
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| Lou and the babies |
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| Mark and Kelli came to visit and enjoyed the attention from all of the animals |
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| Watching the bridgework happening |
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| Steph came to visit for the llama rama and held Earl the bunny |
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| The only pic I took during the llama rama |
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| Jason used the neighbor's Bobcat to move some logs into the fire pit |
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| Swinging on the front porch |
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| Ezra's friend Charleigh came out to the farm to take springtime pics with the bunny |
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| The bridgework continues... |
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| Ezra watching Lou eat while he eats a cheesestick |
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| A little outside time for the kittens |
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| Shoveling gravel pantless |
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| And watering the plants pantsless too haha |
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| Finally broke down and got a super cool riding lawnmower |
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| Not sure who was more excited - Jason or Ezra :) |
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| We spread 20 bales of wheatstraw and some grass seed where the bridgework was done |
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| He's a fine gardener |
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| Don't forget the chickens! |
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| One of our chickens hatched out 3 chicks |
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| Super adorable |
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| Lacey Lou just has to jump on the fence |
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| Getting confident with that hose |
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| The kittens are growing and moved out to the garage |
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| Zelda got herself a chipmunk - earning her keep :) |
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| Lou enjoys hanging with the chickens during feeding time |
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| Jealous? |
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| Tracy Munroe came out for the 3rd year in a row to shear the llamas - Brutus went first as usual |
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| After pic - all nice and sheared |
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| Here's the shearing setup |
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| Lucy Llama even got sheared on her 1 month birthday |
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| Naked llamas! |
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| Outside time for the kittens and Lou |
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| Not sure why they all cram into this coop when there's another huge one a few feet away... |
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| Chicks hatched, ducks hatched a couple of days later |
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| I wasn't ready to turn the incubator off, so I found these huge rhea eggs for sale on ebay and decided to try to hatch them out. |
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| Lucky to have a wild blackberry bush growing up through the house chickens' run. I always thought it was poison ivy. |
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| Fully stocked tack room after a trip to the feed store |
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| Can't get enough of this cuteness! |
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| 4 black llamas aren't the easiest to see at night... |
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| The garden is growing and got some hanging baskets up |
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| We've even got peaches growing on the peach tree that we planted out here about 4 or 5 years ago |
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| Expert chicken feeder |
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| They love him! (and scratch...) |
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| Lou looking pretty in front of the spring flowers |
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| Everyone gathers at the gate at feeding time |
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| The ducks and the chickens moved outside |
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| They made a nice cozy nest |
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| Louie - one handsome kitty |
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| Mae is easy on the eyes, too |
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| Getting solar panels installed! |
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| After day 1 |
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| You can see them on the right |
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| Sunflowers are coming up in the front of the house |
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| We also have 3 amaryllis bulbs coming up |
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| Precious kitties |
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| Ezra checking out the fountain |
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| Lou got a chipmunk - earning her keep, too |
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| And then taking a well-deserved nap |
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| Let the llamas out (unintentionally) to mow the grass |
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| They wandered into the back yard too |
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| Brutus in the front yard |
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| We let Opal get some fresh greenery outside of the fence |
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| Mae checked out the scene, too |
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| Ezra feeding hay to the llamas |
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| Ezra freaking out Lucy llama |
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| Lou and Dolly |
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| The garden continues to grow |
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| Mae with a pretty hanging basket |
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| Delivering some hay to the tack room |
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| Earl got out of his cage and became a free-ranging farm bunny since we couldn't catch him again |
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| Lucy and Mae - they don't know what to think about each other |
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| Mae |
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| View of the house with the hanging baskets |
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| Mae spent an afternoon down with the llamas and ended up in Mama Lllama's feed bucket |
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| Lou leading Mae back to the house |
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| After 35 days, the rhea eggs started hatching! |
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| We put up a purple martin birdhouse |
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| The first rhea to hatch |
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| Meet Pebbles! |
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| The llamas really liked Pebbles, and Pebbles really liked the llamas |
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| But we put Pebbles in with the chickens in the hopes that he/she would learn to eat and drink from them. |
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| Pebbles and Bam Bam getting ready to go outside in the downstairs coop with the juvenile chickens for the day |
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| Earl is still hanging out |
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| Junior checks out Pebbles |
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| That's either Brutus or Dolly (they look so much alike now that they're sheared) checking out Pebbles |
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| There's Bam Bam |
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| Ezra's friend Ben came over for some yard play |
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| They enjoyed climbing the farm gate while Mama Llama ate |
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| Mae chillaxing |
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| Got the American flag hung |
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| The peaches are growing |
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| Junior keeps watch over the tack room |
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| Junior and our downstairs Americauna |
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| Pebbles and Bam Bam finally eating some food on Day 6. |
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| This juvenile black rooster was being aggressive toward the other chickens and the rheas, so I threw him over the fence. He was desperate to get back over. |
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| The rhea run |
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| Earl hanging out near Norman's enclosure |
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| Norman out and about, growing bigger |
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| Good ole Norm |
