Fall

Its beginning to look a lot like fall on the farm!! 

Believe it or not, all of those pumpkins came from our garden!!  The best part, we didn't even plant those; they were volunteer from last year.  :-)

There's a lot of new life on the farm too.  Our mama cat had 3 babies a few weeks ago and they are so sweet!!  

Then our orange mama cat had her first litter of 5 babies!  They both had their babies in the garage so Nick rolled his eyes and said, "Well, I guess we're running a nursery out of our garage!".  He proceeded to go get the mamas food and water, don't let him fool you - he loves it!!

  

We ran to town yesterday and picked-up some more chickens.  Rhode Island Red and Austorlorps - 4 of each.  They're already a couple weeks old but we're still keeping them separated from our other chickens.  I can't keep up egg production with all the people wanting eggs!  So we're increasing our flock and these chicken types are really good layers.  So, in about 4-6 months we'll have even more eggs.

This is our rooster.  Look at him.  He's the weirdest looking rooster I've ever seen.  I never have any intentions of buying a rooster when I buy my chicks but somehow I always end up with one.  Boo.  He's a Silkie and you should hear his call, it sounds a little foreign-ish.  Whatever.   I think I'll call him Randy, or Walter.  I don't know.  

So, no, you do not need a rooster to have eggs.  Chickens lay eggs regardless with the right feed.  You need a rooster if you want to have chicks.  I'm not quite brave enough for that yet.  I'd like to try it someday though.  The chicken would have to be isolated with her own food and water so that she'll continuously lay on her eggs.  Takes thought and makes me nervous.  

The boys picked more peppers out of the garden last night.  Nick wants me to can his jalepenos.  Great.  We have jalepenos and tomatoes coming out of our ears!!  Goodness.  

They love their daddy.  All hands on deck in the garden!!  Even little hands.  

LOVE THEM!!

Happy Fall Y'all.