Newest Bantam chicks ~

 Belgian d'Uccles and 1 d'Anver. Just 5 in all again.

Since I had an issue with the d'Uccles and I had to cull 4 of my hens.
Set aside their eggs for the last week, so I stuffed the incubator full of eggs and will have to hand turn 5 to 6 times a day for 21 days.

My incubator is so small, it can only auto turn 7 eggs

at a time.
That way, I will hopefully have replacement stock.

Bantam chicks ~

First batch of bantam chicks are growing up.

They have their first feathers.

White Quail d'Anvers, a Blue Millie d'Uccle and a Silkie.

 

The newest chicks, two splash white d'Anvers, two d'Uccles and two Easter Eggers.

I do wish I had a bigger incubator.
Have another batch due to hatch in a few days.


One of my large Blue Wheaten Ameraucana's went broody, so I stuck some full sized eggs under her.
 Mostly to add Olive Eggers to my flock.

 

Dyfra

Dyfra is badly allergic to many of the bugs in this State, so this year, she is going to wear a full fly sheet, a mask and lower leg protectors.
Along with being covered in fly spray. Plus her allergy meds she is fed twice a day.

She had No issues in the Pacific NW.

Peach Tree~

At least one of the fruit trees are blooming 

and looks quite pretty.

Hoping to have some peaches this year.

New tiny Hen House~

 The small Hen house is slowly getting done.
One side is mostly finished so I moved some of my d'Anvers in there.
The other side is for my Blue Wheaten AM's, so we should get it finished, I hope anyway, by next Sunday.

Yup, lots of SNOW ~

 Okie dokie....

 this is officially the most snow I have seen since 

I moved here. 

You have to shovel to get any where.

Also very glad, DH and DS are home.... would of taken me half the day to feed and water everyone.

Icelandic's are super happy. LOL

 The snow drifts in the round pen, would be at least to my arm pits.

Very glad the wind scrubbed in front of the hay shed, other wise, that would of been a bear.

 Getting to Maggie was really hard, most places I walked, snow was over my boots. Maggie's gate, I couldn't get it open, but since it is a self gate, was able to bend it so I could squeeze in. She was ok.. still had plenty of food and water.

 Glad we have a good snow shovel... DS digging out a much needed path from the hay shed to the main horse pasture.
Thank you DS!

  The horses and animals packed the snow down around their shed. Less work there.

DH will try to get the long driveway opened up to the road.
The plows finally came through, and the snow is piled up at the end of the drive,... would say.. at least to my arm pits. Should be fun.

Wee bit of snow piled up, as DH tries to get in front of the garage doors cleared.

DH trying to get to the road.

Snow ~

 Mostly taken from inside, hard to see how deep. 

Depending on where the snow was blown around.... any where from 5" from where the wind has blown it away to nearly 16" as per my boots.
Some of the area's the wind hasn't gotten too is about 20"... which meant snow inside my boot.
:P

(now compared to Donner Lake, CA, NH, even some years in Oregon... this is nothing.)
Though I might revise that, if we get the another 12" of new snow today, the News Channels, are saying we should get in this area.

And a little later in the day, snow getting much heavier.

If this keeps up, this will be the most snow I have dealt with in this State.
Is over the tops of my farm boots.
That and the very high winds make it tough going.