ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[redtailgal]

ok hun. your birds are weird.

jus sayin

 

[Roll farms]

Ya know, I told my guineas that, "There's a lady in OH who has some young guinea and they are laying already. In 20 years I've never gotten an egg in Jan or Feb from you ugly monsters."

My guinea looked at me, rolled their beady little eyes, and said (I can read their minds), "Don't expect the same from us, you're not getting any til March. Now go fill our feeder, and don't be too skimpy on the scratch this time or it'll be June before you see an egg."

As I walk away, I hear another one, who looks to be crossing her legs.... say, "Oh man, I dunno how much longer I can hold these eggs in, but it sure is fun messing w/ that No Feather."

Cuz....that's what birds call us, "No Feathers".

My DH is "No Feathers w/ Hat."
I am "No Feathers w/ poofy head like a Polish".

Goats call us, "2-leggers".

I am "2-legger w/ Cold Hands" and DH is "2-legger w/ Potty Mouth" because the goats tend to make him say bad words.

To the rabbits, we are "Stubby Ears"....DH is "Stubby Ears who builds us a palace.".....

 

[Mamaboid]

Ya know, I told my guineas that, "There's a lady in OH who has some young guinea and they are laying already. In 20 years I've never gotten an egg in Jan or Feb from you ugly monsters."

My guinea looked at me, rolled their beady little eyes, and said (I can read their minds), "Don't expect the same from us, you're not getting any til March. Now go fill our feeder, and don't be too skimpy on the scratch this time or it'll be June before you see an egg."

As I walk away, I hear another one, who looks to be crossing her legs.... say, "Oh man, I dunno how much longer I can hold these eggs in, but it sure is fun messing w/ that No Feather."

Cuz....that's what birds call us, "No Feathers".

My DH is "No Feathers w/ Hat."
I am "No Feathers w/ poofy head like a Polish".

Goats call us, "2-leggers".

I am "2-legger w/ Cold Hands" and DH is "2-legger w/ Potty Mouth" because the goats tend to make him say bad words.

To the rabbits, we are "Stubby Ears"....DH is "Stubby Ears who builds us a palace.".....

 

[autumnprairie]

Ya know, I told my guineas that, "There's a lady in OH who has some young guinea and they are laying already. In 20 years I've never gotten an egg in Jan or Feb from you ugly monsters."

My guinea looked at me, rolled their beady little eyes, and said (I can read their minds), "Don't expect the same from us, you're not getting any til March. Now go fill our feeder, and don't be too skimpy on the scratch this time or it'll be June before you see an egg."

As I walk away, I hear another one, who looks to be crossing her legs.... say, "Oh man, I dunno how much longer I can hold these eggs in, but it sure is fun messing w/ that No Feather."

Cuz....that's what birds call us, "No Feathers".

My DH is "No Feathers w/ Hat."
I am "No Feathers w/ poofy head like a Polish".

Goats call us, "2-leggers".

I am "2-legger w/ Cold Hands" and DH is "2-legger w/ Potty Mouth" because the goats tend to make him say bad words.

To the rabbits, we are "Stubby Ears"....DH is "Stubby Ears who builds us a palace.".....

X2

 

[elevan]

RTG - Yeah, I think that all of my birds have a species complex

Roll - that was pretty darn funny

Man, it's not even noon and I'm exhausted. Got up. Took care of Boingo's needs and then made breakfast for 5 kids and 3 adults. That's not what wore me out though...my hay guy showed up at 10:30 with 2 - 900# round bales for me. But the ground is too soggy for him to back to the fence and roll them off like he would normally do. So...awesome hay guy that Chris is....he parks in the driveway and unstraps the bales...then with nothing more than a hook and brute strength he rolls them off the truck and to the fence. Waits for us to open the wire up and he (using the hook to change directions) rolls them into the field. We close up the fence and I pay him. Then we joke that I hope he doesn't have to come back in 2 weeks...cause normally he's delivering when I have kids less than 24 hours on the ground and Lilly is due on the 16th! Then he leaves and we (me, my brother and 2 of my nephews) have to continue rolling the bales to where we want them. Let me tell you that it was a lot harder than it looked when Chris did it all by himself! If you're in Central Ohio and need a good hay (and straw) guy, send me a PM and I'll hook you up with Chris' information.

Then I went to let the birds out of the coop and chase Jerry and the goats out of the barn. Everyone converged onto those 2 hay bales. Please...I don't want to have to call Chris for more in 2 weeks!

 

[pridegoethb4thefall]

I should have 3 guinea hens...unless another is holding out on me. I'm pretty sure that "chicken" is a boy...but I question it sometimes. "Chicken" is a guinea who is confused...thinks it's a chicken. I've also got a chicken who thinks she's a guinea

Listen to their calls- Only females will make the "Buck Wheat" call.

I hatched guineas with chicken eggs on purpose so those that are guineas would be species confused and stay with the chickens. Seems to have worked....except now the males are trying to mate with very uncooperative chickens :/

 

[elevan]

I should have 3 guinea hens...unless another is holding out on me. I'm pretty sure that "chicken" is a boy...but I question it sometimes. "Chicken" is a guinea who is confused...thinks it's a chicken. I've also got a chicken who thinks she's a guinea

Listen to their calls- Only females will make the "Buck Wheat" call.

I hatched guineas with chicken eggs on purpose so those that are guineas would be species confused and stay with the chickens. Seems to have worked....except now the males are trying to mate with very uncooperative chickens :/

Yeah, I know. That's how I figured out that the other 6 are evenly split male / female.

But "chicken" is a quiet guinea. S/he doesn't really try to call. Hangs out with the chickens even roosts with the chickens.

 

[77Herford]

Ya know, I told my guineas that, "There's a lady in OH who has some young guinea and they are laying already. In 20 years I've never gotten an egg in Jan or Feb from you ugly monsters."

My guinea looked at me, rolled their beady little eyes, and said (I can read their minds), "Don't expect the same from us, you're not getting any til March. Now go fill our feeder, and don't be too skimpy on the scratch this time or it'll be June before you see an egg."

As I walk away, I hear another one, who looks to be crossing her legs.... say, "Oh man, I dunno how much longer I can hold these eggs in, but it sure is fun messing w/ that No Feather."

Cuz....that's what birds call us, "No Feathers".

My DH is "No Feathers w/ Hat."
I am "No Feathers w/ poofy head like a Polish".

Goats call us, "2-leggers".

I am "2-legger w/ Cold Hands" and DH is "2-legger w/ Potty Mouth" because the goats tend to make him say bad words.

To the rabbits, we are "Stubby Ears"....DH is "Stubby Ears who builds us a palace.".....

Good thing my hand was fast to cover my mouth or the computer would of has a Pepsi bath.

 

[elevan]

Boingo's blood glucose was 162 tonight!!!! His first official "normal" reading since we began this doggie diabetes journey!

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

Boingo's blood glucose was 162 tonight!!!! His first official "normal" reading since we began this doggie diabetes journey!

I am doing a little happy dance over here for you and Boingo right now!