Meet the family (or at least some of them)

What's in my cup:

Flying Geese Blend of Quilter's Coffee



Scripture of the post:

For Christ himself has brought peace to us. He united Jews and Gentiles into one people when, in his own body on the cross, he broke down the wall of hostility that separated us.

~Ephesians 2:14





Just thought I'd share some random cuteness today and introduce you to some of my pets!





This is Judah (on left) and Levi. They love to cuddle together.




Raven is my cross-breed hen. We hatched her 3 years ago from eggs I bought on eBay, of all places! She was the champion cross-breed at our county fair in 2008. Last year she took 5th. She's not my friendliest girl, but she doesn't attack either.




Lucy is on the left, and Ethel on the right. Ethel was Champion brown egg layer at the 2009 fair, and Lucy took 2nd place cross-breed. They are Golden Buff hens. Our fair doesn't recognize their breed, so I had to enter Lucy as a cross. They are both very friendly girls.



I no longer am able to let them free range, as in the fall we had a hawk flying about. So, for their safety, they are pinned. When they roamed, I had to be careful about how long I left the door open, because often they followed me inside and helped themselves to the cat food!




Here's what they reward me with all year long. I guess their breed is heavy, because cold weather doesn't affect their laying ability. As you can see, several eggs are almost too thick to fit in the carton. I even got a two yolker last Spring! I'll have to post the picture of it at some point. Raven has stopped laying since I pinned them. I'm sure it's because she was eating something in the "wild" that she needed to help her produce, and not because she's protesting the fact that she's pinned! She is a blue egg layer, though I think she only has a touch of Ameraucana in her, because the eggs are so light blue, that they are almost white. If you compare them to a white egg though, you can tell that they are a shade of blue.

That's all for today. I hopefully will have time later this weekend to post some recently completed projects.

Blessings~
Tiffany from MD