10
Jun
2021

January on the Farm

January brought snow off and on and we enjoyed playing in it, especially when we got a big snowstorm on January 1st.  We also had some gorgeous sunrises and sunsets, especially when they reflected off the snow.

We started the project of clearing out the brush in our garden area and that took over our Saturdays for a while (and continued into the next couple of months as well).  

We also added 4 more animals to our farm… chickens!  This put us at a total of 7 animals…but we were down to 6 by the last day of January when one of our chickens, LaRhea got sick and died, giving us the first experience of death on the farm.  

Anne of Green Gables Fika
Got chickens on January 16th and it started to feel like the beginning of a real farm.

Got our first egg on January 17th!

Our chicken’s egg (left) next to a large egg from the store (right)
cooking our first egg!
bird in the chicken coop

Wearing the farm dress that our friends gave to her.

some of the trees and brush that we had been clearing out of the garden area.
Aida and Sofia

On January 27th, we noticed that LaRhea wasn’t acting normal and her eyes were swollen shut.
Revolutionary War Fika

Evelyn gathered supplies from outside to make a fairy house for the fairies that she got for Christmas.
Trying to syringe feed LaRhea the chicken because she couldn’t see.
On January 31st, we found LaRhea dead in the nesting box. We had a funeral for her that afternoon.

 

End of January Egg Count: 12

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