Some people (Kim) just won't rest untill they see a GOOD photo of Fez, which I didn't have a GOOD one untill someone (Kim) sent it to me, and as you can see she is resting comfortably after what I would guess was a great meal of worms and corn! Do you see where she is resting....do you think she is "Pineing" for her honey.....:)
And by the way, someone (Kim) asked me if I call a Pheasant Fez would you call a Killdee bird Deary, no, Dee ........come on now, a Deary has 4 legs and antlers, ...someone has been away from the farm too long (KIm).........:)))

Fez........

That is short for pheasant, our new little companion who it appears has decided to stay around for a while or maybe forever, oh my. Marie and I were working around the junipers this afternoon and she came running out of the corn field with her feathers all ruffled right towards us and then just stopped about 5 feet away and watched us for awhile, so we think she considers them her home. Well, that is fine with me if she wants to hang around, it could be worse, she could have been a opossum.....:)
It's been another great Thursday, not a single disaster today, just 2. No, just kidding, there were none, well maybe a couple of sows that had brain farts and thought that reverse was a better direction than forwards, but aside from that all went pretty smooth. We actually had time to get a little re-construction work done in the isolation barn. For those of you who don't know what the isolation barn is that is where we put the team members that don't play well with others. We got all the piggies moved just fine, the room spotless and smelling like.........a pig barn, some new mommies were waiting at the door accommodated, some beans hauled, some grass mowed, everybody tucked in for the day and all is well on the farm once again.......:)
Here is a photo of some of our Tulips in the blowing wind....they look simply marvelous.........

Thursday oh..........

Yep, it's Thursday again and yep, we got everything done. Well, done for the day anyway.(that rhymed, cool) Only a few foobars and one I think is Lori's fault. I think instead of going to the office to "send a fax" she tried to send one from room 2 and plugged the pit drain with paper that would have been better used in the "fax" machine. She also got "beaned" in the forehead with a bar of soap, and I am not exaggerating one bit, you could hear that thing thud 40 feet away, made a nice noogie on her head too. There were some better things that happened today though. Ronda saved Kim's behind by finding his key to the Beamer that he lost (is that spelled right or is it Beemore, I'm never sure) Lee and I got our mowing done, yee ha, all the feed got ground, all the itty bitty piggies (itty bitty my bitty, they were pretty big) got moved, the room cleanded and some new mommies moved in, everybody is home, tucked in and all is well on the farm once again........:)

Baby Jonathans First Easter Basket

Here is a photo of Jonathan with his first Easter basket, is he happy or what! Note the bunny..........no, the one in the basket...:)

NEW BABY JONATHAN PHOTO.......

Well I finally prydforceembarrasinated (find that in your Webster) a photo of Baby "J" out of Lori and I must say it is a cute one, although I hope to see one of him in his Easter garb, this one is ready for viewing now. She wanted a photo of him in his Easter basket but the only one he could fit into was attached to a hot air balloon.........just kidding...... a blessed Easter Sunday to all.............:)

GOOD THURSDAY..........

Tomorrow is Good Friday and today was Good Thursday. I know it was because I read it in the sentence just before this one and the title. Only a few of us are working tomorrow and we hope to make it a short day. Everything went exceptionally smooth again this Thursday and we moved another exceptionally large number of itty bitty piggies into their new womb, sorry, room without a hitch, got the farrowing room washed, without a hitch, got all the new mommies moved into their room, without a hitch, but I couldn't hook my truck to the trailer without a hitch, go figure.....
It was a beautiful day outside, the sprinkler going making foul rainbows in the bright sunlight, Lee and Terry scurrying about getting ready to plant corn, Ronda stuck inside, Randy running around on Kim's new toy (I am lying about that) and the low ground alive with tiling equipment and tilers and combined it all gave way to the farm appearing as busy as a New York subway....heaven forbid.....
But in the end, every one and every thing is tucked in and cozy and all is well on the farm once again........don't this weather make you want to go cat fishing.....:)

Great "SUN" day..........

It's been a most excellent day here at the farm, sunny, no wind and moderate temperatures. Marie and I got some most needed yard work done and I even got the mower out and made the yard look pretty. That in itself was very rewarding but it came in second to our visitor. He, or she, came out of nowhere just before noon and as of posting time of this blog was still pecking around the back yard as if it were it's new home. Kim is the only one to see one of these in the past few months so it was a treat for us, hope it stays around (not for supper).
Still waiting for updated photos of baby Jonathan. I think mom has a sleepy camera finger, if you see her, scold her for that......:)
P.S. This lillle booger made several attempts to get to the flag on the pole, maybe it is the color...........???

Today is Thursday.......

All in all it was a most excellent weaning day. We tried to move all the little piggies and they resisted, of course, that is what they are supposed to do. When you try to make kids do what they don't want to do they resist, but it is irrelevant cause we always win, and this kind of child/adult conflict could be useful to Lori who is raising a child of her own. But she is doing a fine job, Eric is behaving rather well we think.
Washed through lunch to get the room done cause mommies were knocking at the door and luckily they all waited till there room was ready so there was no unexpected deliveries in the barn today. Although there was an unexpected delivery in the pocket of one of our hallway curtains the other day. A mother coon decided to start having her young there which was fine until the curtain was raised and dropped her on her head making her seek other accommodations.
But the day is over, everything and everyone is tucked in and cozy, and all is well on the farm once again......:)
P.S. Remember to make fun of Steve for getting the truck and trailer stuck today...Terry had to pull him out with the tractor........:)