Daffodils peeking through the snowI'm slightly miffed because I just finished this entry, and Blogger somehow lost the entire thing, so now I must re-write it all!
Anyway, I took my camera out for a walk around the property to capture images of all things spring-like. We still have patches of snow here and there, but that doesn't stop my intrepid daffodils from peeking up through the frozen white stuff. I've said it many times before: daffodils are my favorite flower! I love the way they look, and I love the fact that they are harbingers of spring. You just can't look at a daffodil without thinking "SPRING!"
Fortunately we haven't had much flooding with all the rapidly melting snow. Our little front yard stream, barely visible in this photo, is behaving itself nicely...with daffodils looking on, of course.
Sunbathing BiddysA couple of the hens managed to escape the chicken run and find a suitable spot to dust bathe...in one of my strawberry patches, little stinkers! The Ameraucana hen on the right looks mildly perturbed at this paparazzi for snapping a photo of their private moment.
Venus lays an egg....finally! This was found in her outdoor "run" made from straw bales
Close-up of Venus's egg
And perhaps the biggest news so far this spring...Venus has begun to lay eggs!! As you may recall, Venus is my crippled Welsummer hen. She's been lame/crippled since she was about 2 months old, and just in the past week she's finally begun to lay. I've also noticed her scratching and pecking like a "real" chicken, somethinig I've never seen her do before, probably because she just couldn't use her feet/legs like that. She seems to be enjoying life now, and what better time to grab life by the horns than spring? Go Venus! Bring it on!
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