03/05/2026
The March winds have began & hopefully winter is on vacation now. All is as well as it can be here. Rebuilding is slow, but patience is a virtue I have to work on, & this is certainly teaching me ;)
The herd is doing well. We were concerned for Renegade loosing Goose, who had clung close to her, after losing his mares, Cracker & Pixie. But he has adjusted a lot quicker than I have. He likes Fancy, but she isn't impressed with his studly act at almost 30 years old. You'd think he'd give up the act after being gelded for 14 years. Not that boy. It is beautiful to watch him do his studly dance.
I currently am proving to be a redneck. I must be since I've had a rooster in my bathtub for over a week🤣 Humbly admit it's not the first time either. My husband truly was a patient man. His only request was I didn't bring the horses into heal them ;) Big Mac fell ill, we think from the hard freezes, though we did have heat lamps on the flock. Truly not weather Florida animals are accustomed to. He's a good boy & rather special to us. So he can have all the time he needs to mend & is doing better. The draw back to a rooster in your bathtub is once they begin to heal, they begin to crow again. 4 am & every hour on the hour till about 8 am. Yes, it's a good sign, Yes coffee begins a wee bit earlier these days 🤣 Big Mac is his name. His father was a Jersey Giant named Two Step & the best rooster I'd ever had in my life. Gentle with even toddler children. But watched his hens & called them to bugs. Yes, a mighty fine rooster Two Step was. Big Mac's mother was our famous Minnie pearl for her small hat on her head. She was a Sapphire Gem Olive Egger. What a mix eh? Big Mac was hatched having his father's heart & his mother's color & comb. Handsome he is
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