Our Hen is Such a Good Mommy

One of the hens we got from Tractor Supply turned out to be an excellent mother. After she finished sitting and her and the babies jumped out of the nesting box, we moved them to a smaller box away from the other hens. And, we've been watching them grow and mimic their mommy. God's animals are amazing to watch!

The hen calls the chicks when it is time to eat. She lets them eat before she does. And, if something is too big, she breaks it up for them.

She is digging in the dirt, and they mimic her and dig their bottoms in too!

Here they are following mommy!

This cutie just needed to rest!

Building a New House For Pigs

 We started building a bigger house for the pigs today. I can't wait until it's finished. 

We Had 6 Chicks

Right after our White Leghorn hen went broody and hatched one single chick, one of the Tractor Supply hens went broody and hatched 6 chicks. They are so cute! One came out a grey color which I've never seen before so I'm excited to see what her color will turn out to be as an adult. It looks like she hatched some of the Barred Rock's eggs because we have 3 black chicks, 1 greyish colored, and 2 yellow.

One of the Barred Rock hens is acting like she might go broody next. Hopefully, one of the babies will be a rooster because we ended up putting mean rooster in the frying pan. He got so mean that we couldn't get eggs without him trying to attack. I made a new rule after that rooster experience.....any rooster that relentlessly tries to attack is going straight in the frying pan. I'm wanting to get a Buff Orpington rooster and see if they are better.

Here is the babies. Two of the black chicks were out with momma hen when I took this pix.

Lil' Pig is 5 Months

We decided to break out the scales and weigh Lil' Pig. He weighs 42 lbs! You can see Baby Pig's head for a comparison of sorts in the picture above. He turned 23 weeks yesterday...so just over 5 months. I seen other pictures and their Juliana pigs seem to be smaller at this age. But I've also seen pictures of Juliana pigs that look exactly like mine.  Honestly, it wouldn't matter to me if he got 300 lbs. as long as he remains the kind, gentle pig that he is. He is awesome!

This picture was taking shortly after bring Baby Pig home. Her skin was super dry. It's cleared up now.

Baby Pig is doing well too. We are going to name her Baby because we've called her Baby Pig so much that she thinks that's her name anyway....LoL Baby Pig is a female pot-belly, and I plan on her getting big because I saw her parents. I just weaned her off milk. She is more feisty than Lil' Pig was. She may be tiny, but she won't take crap from Lil' Pig.....like him stealing her food....LoL