the plague dragged on.......

and on
and on

and so forth and so on


i hope none of you folks get this
i swear my head feels like someone stuffed sponges in it
then put elmers glue all over that

we got snow yesterday, woke up to it

a heavy wet snow that was covering AND melting at the same time

the ducks weren't impressed
but they were also not in a hurry to get into the day pens either

cleo who is naturally my little scamp........ wandered here and there in her little duckie way
she is so tiny compared to the other two
lillianna is walkng around with her tail up and fanned out like a turkey
what's up with that?

phoebe is ..........ever being phoebe, i guess someone has to do it huh?
she goes her own way that one
in spite of being a duck and a 'member' of the flock
ha
they are liking the warmer weather though
and have started to remember to GRAZE a bit here and there

something got into the compost......... and dropped an orange peel on the driveway ( without the actual peel part.....i took that before tossing that pith)
CLEO grabbed it and started to run

i said......'oh NO you don't cleo........ you don't know WHAT has touched that'

and the little duck DROPPED IT
ha

i am so used to the chickens....... they get something they RUN AND REFUSE to drop it
be it a bread crust or a juicey grub or a styrofoam peanut they think is a grub ( remember chickens at times are not the brightest candles on the cake)

now
bernie brought falstaff in saturday night for me, as i was really too sick.
he got the girls of course as well
he came up shaking his head

'falstaff just walked into the night crate...........i opened the day pen gate, he walked out, into the house and into his night crate...........no getting the herding stick....no nothing'

(we use a long stick to sort of direct 'traffic'..........like a shepherd crook with out the hook on the end..........they really do keep away from that stick so it's very easy to herd them with it .)

falstaff is a good boy

he listens for the most part

not like the OTHER boy we have.............thaddeaus peabody
who does NOT listen at all

oye

BOYS


vi