A snowy, cold week in farm pictures! Such a beautiful, wintery week!

Such a cold, crunchy, snow filled beautiful week at the farm.  We had a foot of snow fall yesterday requiring 2 hours of shoveling to be able to feed and water the animals.  Then, ice on top. It's warming up this morning as I can tell by the avalanches of snow and ice falling off of our roof.  Enjoy!

The cold week in farm pictures!

This isn't really the cold week- the coldest ever weekend for us is happening now!  You'll have to wait until next time for that but I suspect there will be many pictures of animals sitting inside their houses!  

Love to get a good photo of my favorite rooster.  He's been with us about five years.  The best at taking care of his 5 hens.  Love this guy- always clucking and showing them food, making sure they're all accounted for in the evenings.  

We used nine of our eggs to make this breakfast casserole....maybe not the best picture but love the taste and the smell of my house while it's cooking in the morning!  You can find the recipe in this post: 

http://myfamilyfarmonline.blogspot.com/2015/02/easiest-and-best-ever-breakfast.html

Our lovely Blanca.


Buttercup saying hello to the piglets!



The story of the 8 little piglets!



Hello pig!



Yes, horses take naps!



Found this in my dogs water bowl!  Yikes.  Yes, I rescued him. Or her.

Quick!  What color egg will this hen lay?

And dogs visiting our Pet Lodge for the long weekend!  They look happy don't they?



Valentine's Day Cookies anyone?  These are super easy, super delicious and a great afternoon activity!  Learn how here:  http://myfamilyfarmonline.blogspot.com/2015/02/just-in-time-for-afternoon-fun.html

Stay warm everyone!

Daisy, one of our Haflingers

I think Buttercup's mom, Daisy, is such a pretty horse.  What do you think?

Above in front is Daisy and behind her you can see Duke.  Duke and Daisy are trained to pull carts and work together as a team.  Below, you can see Daisy on the left.  She's sticking out her tongue.  And baby Buttercup, Daisy's baby, is on the right.  Buttercup will be 2 in May, 2015.

And one last shot of pretty Daisy...

Duke and Daisy, our draft horses

Have I introduced you to Duke and Daisy, our Haflingers that we use as draft horses?

Duke and Daisy are a team and they are trained to pull a wagon or things like plows to help us do farm work.  Here is Duke pulling Frank in a cart.

Daisy is the mother of baby Buttercup.  We didn't know Daisy was pregnant when we bought her and brought her home about seven months before Buttercup gave a surprise appearance.  This is a picture of Buttercup on her birthday, May 5th, 2013.  Could she be any cuter?  What a wonderful surprise!

Just a week later, Buttercup finally got her name.  As we weren't expecting her, we didn't have any names picked out for our new little lady.  On May 10th, I walked out into the field to see how she was doing and there she was with her mom in a field filled with Buttercups.  Our little Buttercup!  What a nice addition she's been to our world!  (I had to give momma Daisy a dish of grain to get her to stand still.)

Love Is...

A momma hen with her chick,

New friends,

Sisters,

A Momma and her baby,

Families!

Buttercup!

Our little Buttercup is a pretty little thing, isn't she?

Breakfast time!

Gota get my breakfast!

Last week on the farm!

There is always so much happening on the farm.  Here are a few shots from last week!

Cherokee, 1 year, 4 months old Narragansett Tom Turkey

My little chipmunk, Seneca.

A pile of piglets.  They're Mulefoot Hogs about 7 weeks old.

A pile of ducklings!  Warming up after their swim.

Spiderweb!

Fall color hydrangeas!

The duckling with a mohawk.  I thought this would go away but it seems to be the first spot he has feathers growing in so maybe it will always be there!

Cute little duckling!

Julie and Buttercup!

Gandolf (aka: The Big G, Gandyman), our Great Pyrenees, checking what's on the other side of the fence.

Special thanks to Allison Jenkins whose talented eye caught some great photos!