I'm an Iris fan() too! My older family members always called them flags. I bought some new ones last fall from Schneider's, am anxiously awaiting blooms.
Wow! looking more an more like a real home every time we see it! I bet that paint dried very quickly at those temps. You were hotter than we were! That Crele Marans is lovely. Were the chooks sweltering?
Totalcolor, I have never tried with goats but with calves we would get them nursing the warm milk from our fingers palm toward the roof of the mouth, then gently introduce the nipple on top of the finger while they are nursing, and slowly remove the finger. It would sometimes take a time or too...
Hi Chickielady! sounds like your painting job is getting done! You have to post pics so we can see the progress, I have been watching since you first started.
Hi there, that is a beautiful pup! Collie or Sheltie? We love our old 13 yr old Sheltie have had him since he was 8 weeks old. He loves our chickens when the are in the brooder, the first thing he does when coming back in the house is rush to check on them. Then he lays down, mostly at his age...