Baby Chicks!

Ok, so I prayed that one of my chickens would decide to sit on the eggs that I let collect and Oliver did!  Only one of the 13 didn't come out so now I have 5 yellow ones and 7 black ones.  

The father is black and they are from 3 different chickens so they will be all different colors.  It was so fun to watch them come out of the eggs one at a time and then dry off and get all fluffy.  

 This is Ashley.

Their second day they were out and running around.  We feed them chick food and they eat dirt and bugs and stuff.

 The started growing wings after just a few days.

And now they are just like little miniature chickens.

My knitted creation

I went to visit my friend's mom and she let me borrow two knitting needles and a bit of multi-colored yarn left over from a sweater she had made.  I knitted this piece and then sewed the ends together to make a neck-warmer that can also be used as a hat/headband thing.  It's really great and matches all my clothes and it proved quite useful during the winter here, especially for keeping your hair back in the cold wind.  I'm working on knitted another one and then maybe I'll think about tackling socks.

Isn't this just the cutest thing you ever saw!

And it's ours!  My friends found it wandering outside in field and caught it in a net and put it in our garden.  And now it has learned to go in and out the gate with our chickens.  At first they were terrified of it but now they are used to each other and the rabbit likes to hang out with them.  His name is "Storm' and sometimes he runs like lightening across the field and then lays down and stretches out his legs and rests.  He is super soft and always clean and so cute when he eats and sniffs.

Chickens and eggs

 Yes, my two smallest chickens sleep in a bucket.  And they are happy about it.

 The one on the left is Oliver's first egg, then Allisyn's, then Kailey's.

 Oliver, Hırçın, Kailey, Allisyn, and our rooster, Neema in the back.  Hırçın has to grow up a bit more before she will lay eggs.

Snow!

There is snow on the mountains behind our house!  It's really beautiful but makes the wind really cold.

From a trip

 I liked this cave, complete with broom.

These poor guys are waiting for someone to pick them so they will be cooked and served on your plate at the fish restaurant.  How could you even choose?  They all look so sad and like they really miss the river.

Our little farm

 Aren't they just the cutest ever!  Oliver and his sister come and sleep on our doorstep when it's cold outside.

 This is Allisyn with a Mohawk when it rains.

 Kailey was so surprised when she laid her first egg that she just stood there frozen for several minutes.  The father was present for the birth and let everyone know it was his.

Here's the whole gang.

And our newest edition that we caught out in the field with a net and brought into our garden.  His name is Storm and he is so soft! I am training him to let me pet him while he eats.