New Pup, Maybe Gretta

Our pups parents Rio, the red male and Emma, the black female.

Her Mom, Emma

Her Dad Rio, very big and sweet male.

Our pup visiting a neighbors property. Gretta at 4 months of age.

A full day at the vet. She has a high white blood cell count after blood was drawn. So Gretta will be on antibiotics for a while. We hope it is just stress and new home causing her high temp and loose stools.

She loves farm life and herding the poultry with me. She is very smart and active even in this heat. The German Shepherd breed is quite remarkable in that the training sticks. The pup still challenges, but she has an adult shepherd to guide her on farm life.

Best Hen

Osa and my best hen, Whitey, still looking good after several hatches.

Whitey snacking on Osa's chow. Whitey is an English Game hen and is the best broody hen I have. She has survived a lot of things and still keeps up the good work as a mom.

Puppy chow makes for a fat and chesty hen. She needs this fat as she goes into her next broody cycle.

Baby Turkeys

Watching me and my camera looking for dog food.

The only cream turkey I have left thanks to the fox.

Assessing the height of the swing and looking for bugs.

Cuteness in the garden.

I can't name these as they are not pets but future food. Even though they are dinner they are fun to watch as they grow up.

Hungry Turkey

Very hungry turkey waiting to get into the bucket.

Turkey pushes the chickens out of the way. My rooster watches this then fights back.

Americana hen faces off with my Jake. The hen wins this battle.

A hungry Jake attacks my baby chicks trying to eat them before breakfast.

Turkey victim, my baby Orpington,recovers after not being eaten. Since the drought is so bad in the Ozarks there are no bugs for my poultry to eat. So I have had to increase the corn and oats to feed them all. And turkeys eat a lot more than the ducks and chickens.

The Big 90

The cake made by the cooking staff at our local nursing home.

Jim loves nature.I think they did a great job making birds on this cake.

Lunch time the cake is served for all to share.

It was nice to be there for the Jolly's in this milestone birthday. This nursing home is truly the best I have ever been to. Everyone is happy, well fed and taken care of 24/7. The elderly residents get better here instead of worse. The staff is kind and caring and they know us by name. No wonder there is a waiting list to get in.