Two hens a wandering...

Teresa arrived home today to find not only 1 chicken out of the fence, but TWO!  

Chicken #1:  

As in daily tradition, the buff orpington is out munching on grass when Teresa arrives home.  Once Teresa exits her car, the hen runs over from wherever she is in the yard, clucking with delight.  The routine continues as she follows Teresa back into the barn in usual fashion, and when the coop door is opened, she hops right back inside.  Now, onto chicken number two.  

Chicken #2:

The red araucana was also out today munching on grass and bugs, however, she is not trained in the proper ways of returning to the coop.  So for 10 minutes, Teresa chased her around the yard, after which time the chicken panicked and tried to run through the fence (twice), before flying back over the top of it.  If the madness continues, someone will get her wings clipped!

Big zucchini, little egg

 Apparently we've been grossly neglecting the garden.  Saturday morning I went out to check on things and found this 14" monster zucchini!  I think even Piper is unsure of what to make of the large vegetable.

This morning I was crazy excited (as chicken owners can get) when I went into the coop and saw one of our chicks in the laying box.  I slowly backed out as to not disturb her and below is the result!  Behold, the first pullet egg of the season!!!  Well done, we will henceforth call you a hen.

$24.95 = magic

Teresa does not like to be touched while she's sleeping, but for some reason, Harvey seems to LOVE sleeping right next to Teresa only.  Last week while buying collars for the goats, Teresa bought a cat bed, hoping to deter Harvey from continuing to sleep against her.  Behold the magic of a cat bed....

I've married a five-year-old!

When you ask your husband to dish out dinner, does anyone else have their dinner plates end up like this?!?!

Sunny Plants

The sunflowers have finally started to open (and thank goodness since they're for Kim's wedding).  Less than two weeks to go and about 10 of the 60 sunflowers have bloomed....keep it up sunny plants!

And what would a post be without an adorable picture of the kids.

The Money Shot

Teresa was stalking the hummingbirds, trying to get a good picture and "BAM"...money shot!!!

Eric vs. Winslow

Today we finally got the camera out and took some pictures of the goats.  They're 3 months old now and still seem rather small.  Here are some of the pictures and a nice video of Eric and Winslow having a duel!