I love this farm life that you both enjoy and share with us. I’m a first time chicken owner and the 6 laying hens I ordered and picked up a week before Easter continue to grow and flourish we now have 5 hens and One rooster whose morning crowing sounds as smooth as a teenage boy’s voice changing. It is good exercise for me and our 208lb English Mastiff approves.
Thank you Dr Malone! You brought a huge smile to my face! I love your personal farm stories! I guess we can all live vicariously through you! Such fun and craziness!
Hey Doc, I see the therapy is going well...enjoy, it is good. You've earned a rest. The blue merle of yours reminds me of days gone by, ours (nearly identical) stroked out at age 17, a dead (pardon the pun) ringer, for Ono. Old Blue had one blue, one brown eye, and a penchant for liberating goodies, one time it was a 10 pound roast of Canadian moose, which was resting after roasting, while guests salivated in anticipation. We had home-canned fish instead. Old Blue liked to bark at the moon, once I got him to notice it, and would race around making a big deal of it. The guinea fowl are pure joy (once you catch on to the fact that they don't know some basic stuff, like how to walk on snow), but they are easy pickings for owls at night. We were astonished to learn that they protect the chickens, like jet fighters, intercepting the hawk intent on chicken dinner, inflight, distracting the hawk, enticing the hawk to pursue (the guinea fowl), and at full speed toward a wall, diverting at the last second, causing the hawk to crash into the wall...we could not believe our eyes...enjoy the creatures Malone, it is one of the blessings from God create to lower blood pressure. Thanks again for all your efforts.
Avian vets are indeed hard to find. Our Parrot is still welcome to board with the vet who bought the practice from his avian vet as our bird, the current vet, and the current vet’s kids bonded in the transition. The shop parrot was also part of the deal and our bird and the shop bird are best friends. The shop bird will call back to our bird if he is in a different room when we return from a trip and recognizes my voice on telephone calls. Our bird lives near a window over a native perennial flower bed and although we are not certain about others we realize when the humming birds return from Central America in the spring a few stop by to see our bird even though the best eating is a sugary sapped, compromised birch in the yard. Because these parrots can speak reasonable english and I have come to understand some Conure and African Grey long ago they made me realize we are surrounded by alien intelligences! Anyone, who uses Parrot as a verb is insulting a whole class of intelligent beings.
Lyle Blake and I live on a small farm. I love to read of your joys and trials. Ivory is a beauty, sorry to read she lost her eye. We keep a flock of 42 laying hens and raise mostly produce and herbs. I am an amateur herbalist, and am now the local "witch" because of that. I will be 69 on Friday and take no Big Pharma medications. I make over 100 herbal products, including 31 herbal teas. I love you read all of your posts: farm, medical, political, etc.
That was incredible. I think Ivory needs some little goggles of some sort to protect her eyes. What a shame she lost her eye, but it is amazing how resilient animals can be. Good luck to her and her recovery. Thanks for sharing.
The Emus are so homely they're cute. Good thing there are others of their kind ;-) I'll bet t hat the emus would be easily trained using marker reward. I've done it with chickens. Here's a link to a video of Dr. Sophia Yin (DVM/ Board Certified Animal Behavior) (RIP) working with her chicken at a Bob Bailey Chicken camp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrJLkzymhM
Love that your pups are so well socialized with the birds and other farm animals. Sounds like spending time with them is therapeutic and grounding in this very chaotic world. More photos please!!
Thank you both for warming my heart and putting a smile on my face. Much needed today as we are nursing our sick kitty. She's 12, but that's still young for a cat.
I love this farm life that you both enjoy and share with us. I’m a first time chicken owner and the 6 laying hens I ordered and picked up a week before Easter continue to grow and flourish we now have 5 hens and One rooster whose morning crowing sounds as smooth as a teenage boy’s voice changing. It is good exercise for me and our 208lb English Mastiff approves.
Thank you Dr Malone! You brought a huge smile to my face! I love your personal farm stories! I guess we can all live vicariously through you! Such fun and craziness!
Love it! People who don't own and love animals have no idea how every individual animal, no matter what kind, has it's own personality and quirks.
Thoroughly enjoy reading about your farm life and animals! ❤️
Hey Doc, I see the therapy is going well...enjoy, it is good. You've earned a rest. The blue merle of yours reminds me of days gone by, ours (nearly identical) stroked out at age 17, a dead (pardon the pun) ringer, for Ono. Old Blue had one blue, one brown eye, and a penchant for liberating goodies, one time it was a 10 pound roast of Canadian moose, which was resting after roasting, while guests salivated in anticipation. We had home-canned fish instead. Old Blue liked to bark at the moon, once I got him to notice it, and would race around making a big deal of it. The guinea fowl are pure joy (once you catch on to the fact that they don't know some basic stuff, like how to walk on snow), but they are easy pickings for owls at night. We were astonished to learn that they protect the chickens, like jet fighters, intercepting the hawk intent on chicken dinner, inflight, distracting the hawk, enticing the hawk to pursue (the guinea fowl), and at full speed toward a wall, diverting at the last second, causing the hawk to crash into the wall...we could not believe our eyes...enjoy the creatures Malone, it is one of the blessings from God create to lower blood pressure. Thanks again for all your efforts.
You always bring me such joy with your animals and their escapades! Thank you!
Avian vets are indeed hard to find. Our Parrot is still welcome to board with the vet who bought the practice from his avian vet as our bird, the current vet, and the current vet’s kids bonded in the transition. The shop parrot was also part of the deal and our bird and the shop bird are best friends. The shop bird will call back to our bird if he is in a different room when we return from a trip and recognizes my voice on telephone calls. Our bird lives near a window over a native perennial flower bed and although we are not certain about others we realize when the humming birds return from Central America in the spring a few stop by to see our bird even though the best eating is a sugary sapped, compromised birch in the yard. Because these parrots can speak reasonable english and I have come to understand some Conure and African Grey long ago they made me realize we are surrounded by alien intelligences! Anyone, who uses Parrot as a verb is insulting a whole class of intelligent beings.
Love it!- sounds quite the menagerie over there. A joyous distraction.
Life goes on - gives one hope. ❤️
Lyle Blake and I live on a small farm. I love to read of your joys and trials. Ivory is a beauty, sorry to read she lost her eye. We keep a flock of 42 laying hens and raise mostly produce and herbs. I am an amateur herbalist, and am now the local "witch" because of that. I will be 69 on Friday and take no Big Pharma medications. I make over 100 herbal products, including 31 herbal teas. I love you read all of your posts: farm, medical, political, etc.
That was incredible. I think Ivory needs some little goggles of some sort to protect her eyes. What a shame she lost her eye, but it is amazing how resilient animals can be. Good luck to her and her recovery. Thanks for sharing.
The Emus are so homely they're cute. Good thing there are others of their kind ;-) I'll bet t hat the emus would be easily trained using marker reward. I've done it with chickens. Here's a link to a video of Dr. Sophia Yin (DVM/ Board Certified Animal Behavior) (RIP) working with her chicken at a Bob Bailey Chicken camp. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPrJLkzymhM
Love that your pups are so well socialized with the birds and other farm animals. Sounds like spending time with them is therapeutic and grounding in this very chaotic world. More photos please!!
THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE BRIGHT MOMENTS OF LIFE WITH US!!
Farmer Malone is a good title.
Thank you both for warming my heart and putting a smile on my face. Much needed today as we are nursing our sick kitty. She's 12, but that's still young for a cat.
I love these life on the farm posts. Thanks for always sharing with us.
Such a fun and wonderful read Doc! Thank you and God bless you and Jill! ❣️❣️