The Great Pumpkin

Well, I decided at the beginning of the year that I wanted to grow a giant pumpkin. I bought a pack of seeds that said “Giant Pumpkin, up to 500lbs). 500 Lbs!  Cool… Ok, that’s too big. Mostly I just wanted a bigger than normal pumpkin for Halloween...

Welcome new hens

Welcome to our two newest hens. They are both Leghorns (you remember Foghorn Leghorn, right?). We have one other Leghorn named Jumpy who has been our best egg layer. So, when two of our Buff Orpingtons decided to spend all of their time brooding instead of laying we...