Saturday, August 24, 2013

"Dim Lights, Thick Smoke"

We went to a Dwight Yoakam concert at the Corn Palace.  It was really fun!  But, before the concert we had to eat.  Bea found some fried dill pickle chips.  She liked them but I thought they were gross!
 
The concert was cool.  Fred was upset because they didn't sing the song, Three Pears
 
 
All my chickens have been eating treats including watermelon and cucumbers.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

1st Day of School

Today was the first day of school.  There's only two kids in my grade, and thirty-six kids in the whole school,

My Grandma found a new feeder for me.  It's just an old regular feeder, not anything fancy.  In the red feeder they would waste so much feed, but this ones a lot better.  There were two inspectors while I was setting up.

Monday, August 19, 2013

River Boat Days

We had a busy Saturday.  In the morning we had the parade.  We showed our WC-52. 
 

In the evening Dad and I had to pick up garbage as a fundraiser for J.O.A.D (Junior Olympic Archery Development).  It was really gross!  We picked up garbage till two in the morning. 

I have one more free day till school starts and I'm spending the day picking up more sticks.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Wild Kitten

All I did today was pick up sticks.  Dad, Fred, the hired man, and I went down to Gayville to pick up sticks in a burned out field.  Fred drove the pay loader while the three of us were working.  Mom and Bea brought lunch, then we picked more sticks until six.  Boy, was I covered in ash and dirt from head to toe!
       
This morning mom discovered a wild kitten in the motor of dad's pickup.  When we came home this evening, the hired man got the cat out with his bare hands and put it in a cage.  He's our "Turtle Man...Live Action"!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Rainy Afternoon

It's a mucky afternoon.  The leghorns look like beasts from Siberia.

 


My rooster is wet and the hens were curious about the phone.
 
 
 

Monday, August 12, 2013

Cucumber Treat

Yesterday, Grandma had a wagon full of "old" cucumbers from her garden.  I grabbed a bucket and dumped some in to feed my chickens.

 
The white hens charged and gobbled them all up.
 

The chicks kept their distance, but then they started to peck at them.

Saturday, August 10, 2013

Which One Doesn't Belong?

 
Today I found a tiny egg in the nest.  I cracked it open and discovered it had a yolk.  I made an omelet out of it. 


Today I had an archery tournament.  Not as many archers as I had expected.  I'm the 4th one from the left.  I shot a 540 out of 600 possible points.  I shot targets at 30, 40, and 50 yards.

 
This afternoon I made Chewy S'mores Bars.  It has a graham cracker crust with a topping of mini marshmallows, Hershey's chocolate, graham crackers, and marshmallow cream.

These past few days we have had a lot of rain.  Today it rained again.

Friday, August 9, 2013

Archery Camp Done

This week I had archery camp.  I learned a lot more than I expected and we did a whole bunch of fun tournaments. I liked working with different coaches.

 
Here I am waiting to step up to the line for the team round.  My team won!
 
 
Camp is over, and I am sore and tired.
 
The chicks get to eat big chicken feed which is corn ground up.

 

Saturday, August 3, 2013

A Special Nest

The chicks have got it down,  they all came rushing outside today.


There was a special nest in the coop.  So, two had to share it.


One hen couldn't decide between the three nests.  She was inspecting each one.


The kittens were playful and running all over the place.


It looks like Otto is planning to relax today.

 
Today I'm doing some baking.  This morning I made Red Velvet Cream Cheese Brownies for a party this evening.  This afternoon I'm going to make Peanut Butter Lover's Brownies for church.  It has a graham cracker crust with a chocolate layer and a peanut butter layer with peanut butter cups chopped on top.  Yummy! 

Thursday, August 1, 2013

Finally, a Bug to Eat!

The chick fence is complete!  Dad and I cut some wire, hammered some staples, and got it done.  The chicks didn't go outside at first, but then we threw them all out and shut the doors.  (Tough love.) Now they are digging in the grass, and they found a cricket to eat.

 
 

My rooster has some blue feathers.  He's going to be really pretty...um, handsome!


The hens are busy eating grass and taking dust baths.  They produced a lot of eggs this week.