Hens On Strike!

 Alhough it's been three weeks since last we spoke, news around the teeny tiny farm is sparse.  I've been sick for two of the three weeks making news even more sparse.  Add the fact the hens have been on strike for quite some time and that makes even less news.

In the 10 years hens have been in our lives, this is the first we've had to buy eggs.  What?!  The cause of the egg shortage has to be molting season, although it's never struck so hard before.  And as you know I'll not do the ole trick of adding light to the coop to force production.  Nope, if you need a rest, then take it.  We've gotten two eggs in the past week and it was cause for celebration.

Here are the slackards at play.

Donks are chill as always.  They've pretty much lost interest in the pasture and demand more hay.  We loaded up the trailer with the first half of winter's hay allotment and will get more around Christmas which should take us to first cutting.

Let's hope the next time we chat I'll have shaken this bug completely and will have lots to tell.

Rainy Day Tuesday

 Sometimes there are mornings when you just don't want to go out and take care of animals.  Like yesterday morning.  A rainy fall day, the first in a cool spell.  We needed the rain, but why oh why did I have to go out in it.

Rain hat on.  Rain boots on.  Non-rain jacket on.

Three donkeys said they had no interest in leaving the barn, thank you very much.  Fine by me.

But then there were the two knucklehead hens, frolicking in the rain.  

I finally got Peggy Sue in but Roxie refused.  So she stayed out until I returned about three hours later.  She was sitting happily under the donkey gazebo.  Same problem with the same stinker later in the day.  Perhaps she's part duck.

Let me tell you how utterly goofy blogger is now.  When I check my viewer/reader stats from time to time, the numbers are ridiculously high.  Over 10x what they normally were.  Of course it can't be accurate but I don't understand how it happened and it's minorly annoying.  I'd like some real numbers.