Today was a busy day on Thomas Run. It started with the gathering of all barn cats for a "field trip" to a local clinic for spaying and neutering. It is a grant project put on by the county and I am so thankful for it. There were some good people working behind the scenes.
The only tough part is that the cats come home fairly quickly. One was still asleep, the others still too out of it to come out of their travel kennels. I have a regular hospital ward out on my mud room.
While the cats were "tripping" Dan and I took the girls to the Susquehanna Poultry Show which was put on at our local fairgrounds. The girls were pretty jazzed up about it, especially because we threw a chicken crate in the back of the car, "just in case".
There was even a spiral notebook being passed around between them–a list of potential names for whatever manner of poultry might "accidentally" come home with us.
But we came home empty-handed (this very pregnant mother says, 'phew!'). The only few chickens for sale were very fancy and pretty impractical for our situation.
But we did see some rock-star chickens…
Seriously, they spent the whole time flipping the feathers out of their faces, if there even IS a face in there.
And some chickens that looked more like soft bunny rabbits…
And some beautiful geese with deep throaty honks…
And then of course, we eventually made our way home and not everyone was happy about it…
And while Dan ran in the garden store for grass seed, I entertained three grumpy, hungry girls with an in-car photo shoot….
And then, appropriately, we came home and ate egg sandwiches…
I love the rock star chickens. I really want one as a mascot chicken.
love these!
I think that first chicken was of the Gene Simmons breed.
I love the idea of rock star chickens!
I would love to live on a farm. Congratulations to you for living it!
egg sandwiches! love that.
molly, your children are beautiful. what lovely little ladies! looks like a great afternoon…
haha those are some funky looking chickens 😉
Sounds like a wonderful day to spend the day!
The girls are getting so big
those are some fancy chickens…i feel underdressed. I know if I were to get one of these that i’d have to at least put on makeup and comb my hair before feeding it.
haha..those chickens are really cute..
oh yayayay!! I LOVE chickens! Esp those kind…I call them ‘hairy chickens’ and they make me squeal like a kid.
I’m keeping you + baby in my thoughts. It’s almost time 🙂 Hang in there!
These pictures are really great, this farm is really very nice.it makes it virtually impossible for a real reader to be heard.