stacwase
11-18-2004, 06:43 AM
Hi everybody! I just thought I'd pop in and say "hello" and see how everybody was doing. Life here on the farm has been so unbelievably busy, I hardly ever get on the computer anymore!
Max is still doing great. Poor guy is upset, though, because I'm making him wear a hunter orange sweatshirt until hunting season is over. I'm not letting him run free, but I'm afraid he might get loose and be mistaken for a deer. We live next to hundreds of acres of federal forest. Usually that's good - but during deer season it's crawling with hunters.
Max has chickens now. I got them Oct. 4 when they were just a day old. They came in the mail - 25 little baby chickies in a tiny little box! I brought him with me to pick them up at the post office and he sniffed the cheeping box all the way home. He slept next to the brooder while they were inside, and now they're HIS chickens. His run is between the garage and the coop, and he can even go in the coop when he's on is line. He protects the chickens - he takes that job so seriously!
Anyways - here are some pictures. Sorry about the eyes - I need to reload my photo editing program.
Oh - I almost forgot to tell you! We got 4-wheelers!!! Max is in absolute hog heaven. I can't even tell you how much he loves them. He runs beside us (don't worry - he stays far enough away). Boy can that dog run. We went about 5 miles at 25 mph, and he kept up. On the way back, though, we had to slow down to 12 mph because he was exhausted. They're such an awesome way to get him his exercise!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/p626021a4da0583284b8eac4b99bc813e/f637fdc0.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/pd85084caef6cf4f932472849e6d4bea2/f637fdb8.jpg
"Good grief, mother - do you HAVE to humiliate me in front of all my friends?"
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/p564fbc78f9c57fab2637ef2d1888a26d/f637fdb3.jpg
Here he's checking out one of his little friends. I'll try to get a better picture some day.
I'm going to go read some posts and get updated on how everybody is doing now. Talk to you later!
Max is still doing great. Poor guy is upset, though, because I'm making him wear a hunter orange sweatshirt until hunting season is over. I'm not letting him run free, but I'm afraid he might get loose and be mistaken for a deer. We live next to hundreds of acres of federal forest. Usually that's good - but during deer season it's crawling with hunters.
Max has chickens now. I got them Oct. 4 when they were just a day old. They came in the mail - 25 little baby chickies in a tiny little box! I brought him with me to pick them up at the post office and he sniffed the cheeping box all the way home. He slept next to the brooder while they were inside, and now they're HIS chickens. His run is between the garage and the coop, and he can even go in the coop when he's on is line. He protects the chickens - he takes that job so seriously!
Anyways - here are some pictures. Sorry about the eyes - I need to reload my photo editing program.
Oh - I almost forgot to tell you! We got 4-wheelers!!! Max is in absolute hog heaven. I can't even tell you how much he loves them. He runs beside us (don't worry - he stays far enough away). Boy can that dog run. We went about 5 miles at 25 mph, and he kept up. On the way back, though, we had to slow down to 12 mph because he was exhausted. They're such an awesome way to get him his exercise!
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/p626021a4da0583284b8eac4b99bc813e/f637fdc0.jpg
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/pd85084caef6cf4f932472849e6d4bea2/f637fdb8.jpg
"Good grief, mother - do you HAVE to humiliate me in front of all my friends?"
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid147/p564fbc78f9c57fab2637ef2d1888a26d/f637fdb3.jpg
Here he's checking out one of his little friends. I'll try to get a better picture some day.
I'm going to go read some posts and get updated on how everybody is doing now. Talk to you later!