Critter Tale

Our weekend project was building a house for Bubba Duck. However, he much prefers being in the yard as close to people as possible! He even made a trip into the kitchen...

He has adjusted to his house and we keep him there at night for safety. We also don't want him running away again! 

We found some forest green paint and his little green army tent turned out pretty cute! 

The rest of the critters are doing well and the chicks are counting down the days until they move out side too. I am looking forward to putting them to work as slug control! 

That's all for this week! God bless! 

Critter Tale

This week with the critters started out great, but went down hill and hit a tree... but I think we learned a thing or two.

Chicks
6 fuzzy black chicks arrived on Sunday! Loud little things and they eat like crazy, but they fit right in with the rest of the crew. We hope they are all hens and we are looking forward to having our own supply of eggs and bug control in the garden!

Daffy Duck 
Monday night we went to feed Daffy but opened the door to find a 6 foot long black snake stretched across the floor. We were thankful that Daffy came racing out the door unhurt. We removed the snake, checked for holes in the coop and secured the door. We were uneasy about the snake, but as big as Daffy has grown we were not too worried. We also like having the black snakes around for rodent control so we didn't kill this one. We should have... because Tuesday morning we knew something was wrong when Daffy wasn't peeping... The snake was no where to be found, but it has killed Daffy... Now I am so mad at that snake that I might just kill every snake I see for the next 10 years. It made us sick.

I grew up on a farm seeing animals die, even having to put animals down many times due to sickness. We also knew most of the animals were going to die for meat anyway. But when you work hard to rescue and save a critter and then its killed for no reason I get mad and can't stand it...

We are already planning to get more ducks. But not until we go snake hunting and build a better, more snake proof coop.

Hummingbirds 
Good news though! We now see three hummingbirds at the feeder everyday. And they are sure to let us know when the feeder is empty! Even in the pouring rain those guys are out there zipping around!

God Bless! 

Critter Tale

From critters we see to critters we raise we enjoy them all, even if they run and hide under the muddy shed in the middle of a storm until we retrieve them (by crawling in the mud).

We have been enjoying the pair of hummingbirds at the feeder. They crashed into the hosta bush this week, but came back racing around faster then ever! 

Mr. Bear has visited several times and inspected the potato plot on one visit. He seems to like posing for the game cam too. And as long as there are enough blue berries for the both of us we will get along just fine. 

Daffy Duck, the critter that hid under the shed in the storm, is growing fast and getting lots of feathers now. 

We just got word that our chicks hatched! They will be arriving in a few days! Time to get the pen and heat lamp ready! 

Come back next week to see the chicks!!

Mr. Bear comes to visit