Mulhaven

Meet Leopard aka Leo, one of the “pet” chickens on the farm.

For the last few years all the boys have asked to get for their birthdays has been silkie chickens - they have been obsessed since first seeing them at the years ago. This past year I finally caved, adding even more chickens to the yard. The boys worked to build them their own special run to keep them separate from the “regular” chickens and are responsible for taking care of them - which clearly means talking them for walks on their shoulders around the farm 🤦🏼‍♀️.

They are already planning on taking them to show at the fair this year (since they were still only chicks and too little last year) - if only there was a category for calmest chickens, they would win that for sure!

Tell me it’s been a mild winter without telling me it’s been a mild winter…

While it’s been a wet one, it hasn’t been that cold yet this year. As of January 5, these are the flowers that are still holding on to their blooms.

I usually don’t cut down the last of the blooms in the fall and typically just let them die off with the cold and clean them up in the spring, but this year I’m still waiting on that first part to happen.

Who knows, maybe my strawflowers will turn into perennials this year and not need to be reseeded!