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Glorious mornings

Posted by kenleighacres on February 25, 2012
Posted in: Ducks, Farm Life, Jacob Sheep, Lambing, Llama, Photography, sheep. Tagged: , , , , , , . 9 Comments

We have woken up to a couple glorious mornings and nothing makes me happier than to open the blinds and see the sun shining!

It makes the sheep happy too!

My goal was to get an updated picture of all the lambs, but they had other things on their mind.  These lambs were munching on the blackberry leaves.

This group of lambs was enjoying the grass with Magoo.

This lamb was being a funny guy 🙂

Luckily, I can always count on Maelstrom to pose for me, thanks little buddy.  Their horns are really starting to grow.  After a bit of work, I did finally get new pictures of all the lambs.  They can be seen on our website – www.kenleigh-acres.com

After accomplishing that goal, it was time to go for a little walk and enjoy the morning.  Azera was enjoying the grass while her lambs soaked up the warmth from the sunshine.

 

The chickens were scratching for goodies…

and having their morning dust baths.

My favorite little birds on the farm, the quail, were out and about and in the mood to have their picture taken…doesn’t happen very often.

I said ‘good morning’ to the pair of ducks living on our pond.

The pair of geese that have been hanging out here thought I got a little too close for comfort and off they went.

The boys were doing what they do best this time of year…hanging out.

I’m glad we all enjoyed it while it was here because it is now pouring and supposed to continue for the next couple of days.  Hopefully the rain with trigger the next ewe to have her lambs!

A small change…

Posted by kenleighacres on August 16, 2011
Posted in: Fall. Tagged: , , . 1 Comment

It isn’t very noticeable, but you can feel a little bit of Fall in the air.  There is a crispness in the morning and the shadows are getting longer.  With the small change, the quail have returned!  I have missed them while they were gone and am happy to welcome them back.  I love listening to them talk to each other and call out their warnings.

I woke up to this guy chattering away.  I grabbed my camera and headed out to see how close I could get.  I didn’t have high hopes because they are very wary and oh so quick.

Luck was on my side!  He would duck down behind the rock and I would quietly sneak up.

At this point I thought I was busted, but he stayed!

He had a little friend in the pile of rocks and they finally flew off together.

Along with the quail, we had a little shore bird visiting what is left of the pond.

It was digging and scooping little morsels out of the mud.

I am sad to see the days getting shorter, but the lighting has been absolutely lovely in the evenings.

Chickens, Ducks, and Quail – oh my!

Posted by kenleighacres on August 15, 2010
Posted in: Chickens, Ducks. Tagged: , , , , , . 3 Comments

Our baby chicks are now 4 months old. 

They don’t look like babies anymore!

We bought a variety of breeds – Lakenvelders, Silver Spangled Hamburgs, Blue Laced Red Wyandottes, and Cukoo Marans.  We decided to keep the Blue Laced Red Wyandottes (BLRW) and the Cukoo Marans, mainly because of temperment.  The Hamburgs and Lakenvelders were very flighty.  The BLRW and Marans fit in nicely with our little banty and Rhode Island Red.

I LOVE the BLRW!

The pattern on their feathers is so pretty.  They are docile and laid-back….

unfortunately, 3 of the 4 looked like this – yep roosters.  I knew there was a good chance I would get a couple roosters because they are only sold as straight run (not sexed).  I was really disappointed to see that 3 of them were roosters.  I decided to keep one of the roosters and my brother took the other two.  I should have had crowing try outs before I decided which one to keep – this guy sounds terrible!!!  I hope he gets better with practice 🙂

Too bad he can’t crow as good as he can dance.

The baby ducks are also growing up and starting to fly everywhere. 

They were all supposed to be mallards, but as you can see in this picture, they are not all the same size.  We have 3 GIANTS!  They are the same color, but have to be a cross between a mallard and a much bigger duck. 

They have the run of the property and since the pond has dried up, they have made themselves at home going wherever they choose.  If we are late bringing dinner, they come looking for us and almost came in the garage one night.  Ducks are so entertaining 🙂

This is one of my favorite summertime sights – little covey of quail and their babies.  This picture was taken from the floor of our garage – the door was open a couple inches and it was the perfect place to get close.  They are very flighty.

Dad was watching closely for any danger.    

Our Quail

Posted by kenleighacres on May 28, 2009
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I love the quail that call our farm home.  A family of quail is called a covey and we have several coveys that live here.  They are very elusive and dart into the briar patches when they see us coming and are very hard to photograph.  I was finally in the right place at the right time.

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This pair was eating the leftover duck food and instead of flying off they perched on this fence post.

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The male was being a little show off.

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The colors and patterns are so pretty.

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The little female was being shy.  I’m glad they let me take pictures of them so  I could share them with you!  Enjoy!