Sid in the tree and little golden Henny in the hut
I once shared that for some reason “even” years are not my friend. It always seems during even years things seem to pop up more often than normal to give my world a little shake!
Shortly after the new year we lost our little Bantam rooster, Sid. One day he seemed to stop crowing but was eating and still enjoying his roaming time outside. The next day he was in rough shape and died a few hours later. Two days later his closest companion, also a bantam hen, Henny, who was born and raised on our farm for 8 years died during the night after showing no signs of a problem. UGH…I was prepared for the worst with something going through our flock and cleaned as much as possible in the winter. Luckily it’s been 3 weeks and the regular size hens are all healthy.
Two weeks ago one of the horses started showing signs of pain in his hooves. After a vet visit and X-rays he has a broken tip of his coffin bone in one of the hooves and he is foundering with a possible pituitary issue. He has special wooden shoes on and is taking all sorts of medication. He’s on rest but his brother comes and eats with him to keep him company.
The boy has been sick all week with a cold, sore throat and now cough but there have been some bright spots.
The ice pond finally has frozen and we have had many visitors and fun skating!
The boy finally learned how to blow a bubble and the Teen Queen’s basketball team is undefeated for the season and has won the Catholic Schools Varsity girls Championship!!
Here’s to more bright spots in 2016!!
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