Now here is something I did not know until this afternoon. Inside the chicken, eggs are always soft shelled. In fact, although there are nutritional and health problems which can cause an egg to remain soft after it is laid, all chicken eggs come out of the chicken in a soft state. It is the sudden temperature change and contact with atmosphere which cause the shell to become hard. Watch the following video, note how flexible the egg is as it is laid, how shinny it is, and how the color shifts within just a few seconds. Mother Nature is AMAZING!
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Ever since our chocolate lab became pregnant she has been an attention hog. When she is out and about, the goats and sheep still follow me around the fields but the jealousy is thick in the air. The only kisses I get are from the dog anymore. I want my unsolicited goat kisses back.
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Video – We put a camera on the ground between the pond and the pen. Each night before sun set or when a storm darkens the clouds, our flock of ducks heads to their night time home. The pond is maybe 100 yards away from the garage. The flock seems to know that predators come out more at night. That or they’ve figured out we put the vegetable and fruit scraps in there after a long day of canning. So, usually without any prompting, they come waddling home… quack quack waddle waddle quack quack
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Video – When we started free ranging our critters, we knew they would raid the garden occasionally. With the acceptation of the four-legged critters, they are more than welcome to do so. After all, the ducks and chickens might take a bit of our produce now and then, but they more than make up for it in pest control. What we didn’t expect was that the different critters would conduct cross species raids.
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