Hay Hay Hay!! No…. I’m not talking about Katy Perry’s song “Hey, Hey, Hey” and I’m not talking about Fat Albert and the Junkyard Gang Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat Albert Katy Perry – Hey, Hey, Hey I’m talking about hay, the grass. Since we moved the horses to this farm, we have had to… Continue reading Hay Hay Hay!!
Category: Pets
Snow – Is 6″ better than 13?
Is 6″ better than 13? The forecast was for 5-6″ of snow and some rain, we ended up with 13 inches in total and freezing temperatures. The snow was too heavy for many of the trees in the area, causing many of the roads to be impassible and many houses and farms to be without… Continue reading Snow – Is 6″ better than 13?
Here Kitty Kitty
Here Kitty Kitty I have had a cat growing up all my life and so has my wife. Right now I have a house with 11, yes eleven cats in it, so let me explain how we got to 11. Where we boarded our horses, there was a bunch of indiscriminate breeding going on with… Continue reading Here Kitty Kitty
Sad News
Sad News Sad news, we lost one of our hens this week. We don’t know what happened yet, we have her being necropsied, and I will post the results when I can. For most, of you won’t understand, she is “just a chicken” for me and my family she was a pet. We treat all… Continue reading Sad News
Backyard Chickens
Backyard Chickens We had talked about getting backyard chickens for some time now, and a few years ago, our county started to allow them in residential areas. Our daughter works at a farm and feed store and this year, she helped us make the jump to light speed in the realm of chickens. The store… Continue reading Backyard Chickens
The Family Horses
The Family Horses My barnyard includes four horses currently as well as dogs, cats, rabbits, and chickens, and no I don’t live on a farm. I lease land to board our horses. The story of us getting horses started in 1987, when I left for the Marine Corps and my wife (at that time, she… Continue reading The Family Horses
Oreo the Bunny Rabbit
Oreo the Bunny Rabbit Oreo is a black and white mini lop and to be honest the coolest bunny I have ever met. Oreo isn’t our first rabbit, we adopted another mini lop while we were stationed in Virginia Beach, and we named her Maddie. Maddie only stayed with us for a few years before… Continue reading Oreo the Bunny Rabbit
The Current Average Dog
The Current Average Dog Our current Average Family dog Roxie, is another rescue, from one of the local shelters. After our previous dog crossed over the rainbow bridge, my wife and I found the house too quiet as we have always had a dog in the house. After some searching, one of our friends at… Continue reading The Current Average Dog
BJ the Average Dog
Beejee Weejee We adopted BJ (Beejee Weejee) in 2005 from the Spotsylvania Animal Shelter, my young daughter named him “Blacky Jones”, (one of our previous dogs was named “Casey Jones”, and BJ was black in color, so Blacky Jones or BJ for short). BJ was a Dachshund / Springer Spaniel mix, so he was low… Continue reading BJ the Average Dog
My First Dog – Yummy
My First Dog – Yummy My first dog when I was growing up was a wired hair Chihuahua, that I got to pick the name of Yummy after some movie (so that is the story I was told). I remember Yummy being so fast and he loved to run, he was basically a very hyper… Continue reading My First Dog – Yummy
