Some Things I have Learned...

Since this life is new to me I thought I would add some of my newfound knowledge:

1.  Farms need cats.  This is not optional.  I opted out and now I have mice in the garage that occasionally get into the house and eat the fruit from the basket.  Usually one bite of something on the bottom of the basket.  This week, as a deterrent I bought cantaloupe.  Let's see them take a bite out of that!  BTW, we got a kitten last week.  She already killed a bird.

2.  The outdoor guardsman (aka Smokey the Pitbull) will bark to alert us of anything entering the yard/pens as well as anything leaving them, including foraging chickens and they forage a lot.

3.  A loud fan placed in your bedroom at night because the a/c went out will drown out the sound of the roosters in the morning. Yeah!  Slept all the way to 6:45!  Except when I woke up briefly at 5am because it was 84 degrees inside.  FYI, having a field of dirt next to your house requires changing your a/c filter more than once a month.

4.  (Adults only) Smaller breed duck males have a difficult time breeding with larger breed females.  But their little breeding conversation is cute.  Daisy looks all sheepish but she's not!

5.  Roosters will teach their young.  I watched as Culpepper (our "lead" rooster) stood at the corner of the brooder with all the chicks gathered round as he chatted away in chicken language.  I wondered if he was plotting something, you know, because he's evil.

6.  Culpepper is evil.  He may have to go.

7.  Scorpion stings hurt but it doesn't last long.

8.  Rabbits are not as difficult to catch as I imagined.  Especially when the dog scares them stiff, literally.

9.  Red bell peppers take a long time to turn red.  A really long time. Like, forever.  Seriously.

10.  Animals will sometimes escape a pen only to turn around and try to get back in.  Also, they won't remember how they got out.