Meet Playboy

 

Meet Playboy.

Isn't he gorgeous!

He came to stay on our farm

last Thursday night.

I wish I could say he was ours

but he is not...he belongs to a

young woman who is a friend of ours.

 

 

Playboy had been staying

with a family where unfortunately

there was a sudden divorce

and our young friend found 

herself without a place

for her horse. 

 

 

Hubby after spraying Playboy with fly spray

 

So for a time this beautiful

boy will stay with us.

He is such a sweet horse

HUGE at 16 hh

and is blind in one eye.

But he 

BARREL RACES!

 

The girls think he's handsome.

 

 

So do I!

Anticipation

Look at that face.

Hope knows that 'Dad' is bringing

something good to eat.

Right on schedule.

She nickers at seeing the bucket.

 

 

I wonder if she'll be this excited when

we start working her in the round pen

that we built last weekend. 

 

I spent Monday afternoon staining it.
 I bet the horses don't care.

 

We used an old hedge post we found

on the farm. I've got an old cast iron

bracket that we'll put up high

and I'll hang an old lantern from it.

Just for the heck of it.

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for 

Rural Thursday 

Fur Feathers And Fluffy Butts

Oliver

 

It's been a while since I posted some

good photo's of the critters 

here on the farm

so for those animal lovers out there...

here you go!

Above is Olly.

He follows me and loves to be 

in the garden when I'm working.

He's always on the lookout for the

most comfortable spot to watch

the world go by.

 

Lizzy would have pushed him out 

if she could but Olly

wasn't budging

from his nice warm sunny spot.

 

  

Shep has to be close to the action.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chelsea is our little farm dog.

Her 'brother' Bubba our other Shih Tzu

is the 'house dog' but Chelsea

is definitely our

'FARM DOG'.

And she knows that's her title

because when ever well call her that

she wags her tail and looks

proud as punch. :) 

 

Here's Hope enjoying her meal.

 

 

We expanded the chickens run

to behind the coop/garden shed

under the trees.

They are enjoying the soft dirt

and the shade. 

 

This is Licorice.

She is a Barred Rock

and was bought as a chick along

with her 'sister' Gumball who

is no longer with us :( 

 

Blogger is really acting up this morning

and trying to force me to have blue 

type with underlining!

Anyway above is Buttercup who

was one of the chicks we 

bought along with Licorice.

Buttercup is a Buff Orpington.

 

Above is Queen Latifa.

She is a Black Australorp and

 has a 'sister' named Oprah.

 We've had them since they were

fluffy chicks.

We have 20 hens including one

Rhode Island Red named

Chicken Little

and a rooster. 

 

Lizzy has to check out the girls

'run' just in case there's 

something good to eat 

or something new to play with.

We'll have to watch her carefully

since we have two hens setting

on eggs and should have some

chicks by Monday.

They are in the 'brooder'

and are separate from the others

for now. They'll all be able 

to see each other once the chicks are

old enough to go out into their 'run'

but they'll be separate from the others 

until they are close to adult size. 

 

Fluffy Butts...aren't they cute!

 

Queen L again.

 

This is Romeo.

He's a Black Australorp

and he is the nicest rooster...not an

aggressive bone in his body.

He takes good care of the girls 

and they LOVE him ;) 

 

Shep has the title of

GUARD DOG.

He's smiling because I told him

how beautiful he was and that he was 

our GOOD GUARD DOG. 

 

Lastly here is a picture of Hope and Rosie

playing. I missed Hope rearing up 

and bucking...too bad. 

Well I hope you enjoyed seeing

some of our furry and feathered

friends here on the farm.

I hope you're enjoying a wonderful

sunny warm weekend.

 Unfortunately we've got severe

weather warnings today

so the sun may not shine.

It's tornado season 

in Tornado Alley...

don't think I'll ever get used to it!