Backyard life and death

We picked our tomatoes from the garden! This is the most we've ever had. Some had started splitting.

We lost 3 of the chicks. Something got in their coop. Cowgirl was sad at the loss of Snowflake, the little white one. We buried them in the backyard. The ones remaining are a little traumatized.

Backyard birds

We lost a few chickens. The roof on the coop was not secure and something got in and killed 3, including one of Cowgirl's favorites. The one on the left is either Cleopatra or Nefret, since they both have black around their eyes that reminded Cowgirl of the Egyptians.

Night fishing

The little girl loves her fishing rod. We don't get enough chances to go fishing, so finally daddy just told her to go fish from the back of his truck. She's just tossing a plug into the neighbor's grass, but she sure does enjoy it!

New chicks!

We picked up 9 baby cochin chicks from our cochins today. Apparently the red had escaped, so these are from the little blue cochin roo. We also lost both the orpingtons sometime last year, so it's been a few months since we've had any chickens. She knows we can't have any roos, so she picked out one that definitely had roo characteristics. Hopefully we have a better ratio, no.

Traded chickens

We found a new home for the roosters, and she actually gave us some hens in trade, plus the option to get some babies when the other chickens start laying eggs since I really wanted cochins. These are supposedly Buff Orpingtons.

Chickens are grown up!

The chickens are starting to crow. It's not a good thing. I think both are roosters. We have to find them a new home...

We have these curly tailed lizards all over the place. Too bad they're too big for the chickens, they're invasive exotics.

Fully feathered chickens

The cutest chicks are now fully feathered! They are cochins, not silkies. Still not sure whether they're boys or girls.

2 chicks and a kitty

The chicks are getting bigger. They're starting to feather out, but I don't think they're silkies.

Ducks in the neighborhood

There are lots of ducks, mainly Muscovy, in the neighborhood, our neighbor even feeds them. Hubby dislikes the mess they make, but they are fun to watch.

Staredown...

Baby woodpeckers

There's a woodpecker nest at my parent's house. I think they are red-belled woodpeckers but may also be downy. I managed to get a picture. You can see the red top just starting. There's more than one chick, but it's hard to take a picture down their nest!

Outdoor relaxing on a Fall day

Fall is such a lovely season in Florida, we hang out outside and I try to practice ukulele. Usually she likes to take it from me and strum a little too. I have quail I hatched from eggs I bought off ebay. They are coturnix quail and very cute. They give us a bunch of little eggs.

Dust Bathing