The Lundy 5

We found Walker Kitty in a box, which is completely expected of a cat. But did you expect a trampolining chicken?  :/  Walker Kitty found a discarded chicken wing.  And spent a few hours trying to reanimate it.   Beautiful sunset and moonrise this evening. And thanks to our awesome neighbors, we have a big tub of peaches! Tonight we made peach cobbler. Next up is peach butter and peach jelly! 

The newest chicks are doing well.  A bunch escaped once and Lizzy came running inside saying there were chicks everywhere!  I should have followed Matt and Lizzy outside to watch, because Matt pulled a good one.  He went inside the brooder to fill in the hole they'd dug and Lizzy was handing the chicks in to him.  As she turned around, he'd let another one out.  She couldn't believe how many were getting out!  :)  Chick Norris is always demanding getting attention and today he got Matt's water.  Matt tried to keep him out, but gave up.  Allen and the boys have been running to the lake to fish and run catfish lines.  Whitewater kayaks sure are convenient for the 4-wheeler.  I fed the chickens some homemade yogurt, and the cat who thinks she's a chicken of course.  The goats almost have the newly fenced section of the woods cleared already!  We need more fence. I guess Annie was really trying to get to t...

More of our sleepy cat .  We found Walker Kitty asleep on the foot pad of the 4-wheeler. Later on we found her asleep under the lawn mower blade.  We've learned to check any vehicle before starting. She fell asleep using a watermelon rind as a pillow.  No, I don't know why. Yes, I checked for breathing on this one. But she slept right through a chicken stealing it out from under her.  She took a nap for a few hours on these super comfy sharp rocks in a ditch.   She's not asleep in this one, but the location was hilarious.  I didn't get a good pic because it happened so fast. She was attacking the green beans through the deer net, climbing up it, and generally being a rotten cat.  Then she fell down from the top and wrapped herself up in the netting about a foot off the ground.  It played like a cartoon and we had a good laugh before unrolling her.

So our goat has a pet chicken.  Is that weird?  It feels weird.  But every night, one of "the insignificants" ends up in the goat pen instead of the chicken coop.  The first time, we found it on Annie's back.  She also uses it as a pillow.  And licks it.  Poor chicken.  Sometimes the chicken brings a friend.  Sometimes it's just a big slumber party. 

Our little baby bunny is doing well! We did name it Marcus Luttrell, aka The Lone Survivor, since it was. Updated 8/6: Eyes are open and he or she is hopping around like a pro!  So cute.  It's amazing how quickly they grow.  He or she is super active and adorable and should open his or her eyes very soon.  Marcus looks like its mama, but we're hoping it's not a demon bunny too!  It's getting fluffier! Remember, it was so not cute at first!  (Of course neither are human babies, but everyone's afraid to say so.)  :) 

Since it was a million degrees outside, we decided to put in a strawberry patch. We're out of room in the garden (which is moving next year) and we wanted a spot just for them that was more permanent.  The railroad ties we got from a neighbor were a great fit.  We leveled and built, then filled with our plentiful free natural fertilizer (ew) and our rock-free (thanks to a LOT of rock removing) topsoil.  (Rock-free in this case just means more dirt than rock. There are a LOT of rocks in this ground!) This chicken approved.  The very next day, the chickens ate our strawberries, so 1) we need to add netting over it and 2) we're eating more chicken this week!