Piggy Fun!

Charlie met the pigs today. He got in a couple of pets before the piggies started to scream.

They are growing so quickly! They are now getting around much better.

The babies are here!

The baby pigs have arrived! They were born on March 22.

The baby is so small compared to his mom, Ginny.

There are three babies in all; two boys and one girl.

They are good eaters. One of the boys and the girl fight over the same nipple. There are 14 nipples and only 3 pigs, so they just need to spread out!

Jason was there to see the pigs born and to make sure Ginny didn't lay or roll over on them. Now that the babies are walking, they can move to the back part of the barn where there's a heat lamp and a nice wood chip bed.

They are so cute!

Aggie Football

It's been a while since I've blogged, so here are some pictures of our adventures this fall. We went to a couple of Aggie football games and made it a point to take a few pictures.

Snow on the farm

It snowed a little in February, so I took some pictures of the farm before it all melted.

Ginny wasn't very excited about the snow. She stayed in her hay and had a good nap.

Kitchen Visitor...A Snake!!

The story of the snake. May it by the only story I'll ever tell that begins with a snake in my kitchen!
On my day off, I was supposed to sleep in. I was woken up by the sound of breaking glass. Jason was getting ready for work and the cats were sleeping with me, so there was no one to blame for the sound. We crept through the house making sure the boggie man wasn't planning an ambush. We finally found the cause of the noise; a glass bottle sitting on the shelf had fallen and shattered. Both Jason and I bent down to examine the glass, and when I looked up, I was looking directly into the face of a snake!

Jason used a stick to get the snake into a cardboard box. It climbed right out of the box and onto the floor, but the wood was too slick for it to move anywhere fast. Jason used his stick and pushed the snake out the front door.

Once on the porch, he flicked the snake into the front yard. I had a shotgun waiting for him, and the snake was "taken care of."

It was about a 3 foot chicken snake, so it was not poisonous. We think it might have come up through the kitchen sink. We will be fixing that problem immediately! The End...I hope!

Babies!

We have had 10 baby lambs born in the last week. This lamb was born to a first time mom and was a twin. Her sister didn't make it, but this one is still hanging in there. She is so tiny; her legs shake if she stands up too long. Her mom seems to be taking good care of her. The chickens even want to take a look at the tiny baby.

Poor baby is so small. She has a lot of growing to do before she starts playing with the other babies.

These lambs were born last week. Even though they are only a few days old, they are already running, bouncing and playing. This little girl is totally black; we've named her Bah Bah Black Sheep.

Here are more babies with their mommas. The moms are supposed to look that hairy. They are still losing their wool from last winter. Since the days have been getting hotter in the last couple weeks, the wool seems to be falling out even faster.

Can you find the chicken?

Yesterday I went out to water the plants. To my surprise, this chicken has decided to make her nest in the flowers. She is sitting on about six eggs. It's quite a strange place to choose for a nest!