pigs

Yesterday we got 2 baby pigs.  I don't know if we've read Charlotte's web a few too many times or what, but the kids have been begging for a little Wilber.  These "babies" were not as little as they imagined!  I think Eliza imagined feeding them bottles and pushing them in her stroller. Their size didn't bother Kaleb though.  He spent all day with them, digging a pond for them, laying in the grass watching them - I don't know who was more excited: Daisey or Kaleb. ;-)  We needed to figure out how much to feed them and didn't think we could get them on a scale very easy, so Braydan solved that problem and weighed himself and then picked up a very disgruntled pig and figured out they weigh 44 lbs.

Jane had to plug her ears because of the loud squealing!

We also have bees!

We did have them way out in the field because we thought they'd be scary, but they aren't.  We can walk right up to them and around them and they don't mind.  Our turkeys are getting big!  They are so funny.  They adopted this poor orphan rooster (behind them).

The rooster's siblings got eaten by Daisey and other predators, so one day I found him moping in the dark chicken coop.  The next day he was still hunched down in the corner, not even getting up to eat or drink.  The next day, same thing.  I finally had the idea to put him in with the turkeys and bingo.  He has flourished!  He won't leave the turkeys' side.  They make an odd looking trio, but they are happy.

 Here is part of the pen Braydan built.  It still needs some work, but it does the job for the pigs and turkeys :-)

 It makes my heart so happy to see the kids running around in weird outfits, mud boots, and playing with the animals and exploring in the trees.