Thursday, September 22, 2016

2 nice chicken eggs and 2 nice cream colored duck eggs today.  I suspect that I missed the one duck egg yesterday because she had it buried deep in the straw.  I Googled what color eggs that Indian Runner's have and what color Mallard's have.  Both have cream colored and also 2 other colors.  That being said, I still think it's the Indian Runner hen, Hailey Sue, because she's at least 2 months older than my Mallard ducklings.

At closing time Merlin was a huge help as always.  He ran circles around 2 Rogue Red's until they got the hint.  Welsh's went in last, as usual.  When I stuck my head in to say "goodnight" I saw a mouse run across the back wall.  The Welsh's saw it, too, but didn't chase it.  I wish a hen would have seen it, mostly likely she would have chased after it for a bedtime snack.  I'd rather see them in the coop than in the house.  But this is a farm, and if wishes were horses.....

I picked about a bushel more cucumbers today.  I looked at the butternut squash, too.  The vines are still alive and there's new growth, so I'm going to wait.  Some look ready, some don't.  I have green tomatoes galore on the old plants and the new.  Waiting for red.


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