Isn't it weird?

We (me and my family) have a forest near our house. We go there to pick berries and mushrooms. I pretty much know the outskirts of the forest, but deeper in - no. Listen -

One day, we were walking along the outskirts of the woods. It's a little noisy, because people live there. There is also a little stream running out of the trees. A little sunny, a bit shady, trees round - that's the habitat that forest animals like. We were entering the woods, (the entrance is near the stream, where the trees part) and a thing like a snake slithered from the bushes nearby, shot across our path and dived into the stream. Isn't that weird? And, to cap it all, the snake-like creature had tiny brown glistening scales like a lizard (and a very big one too)!?

We didn't know what the creature was, so we just carried on picking mushrooms. When I visited my grandpa, he told me it was a blindworm - a lizard without legs! Well I never... Have you seen something like that?

3 little duckies!

Hey ho! I've got 3 little ducks.

Actually, they aren't ducks, but duck-geese. And duck-geese grow up to be very big and they weigh minimum 5 kilograms. Yum!

Of course if you want you can keep them for their eggs.

Last time we had ducks, (the post My Animals!) the 2 white ducks were so fit, that they could fly! They would fly maximum 20 meters across the yard to meet each other. Once they flew over the fence and the neighbours had to catch them. Or once a duck nearly went on the road.

While the duck-geese can't fly. That's the good thing about them. But who has seen a 5 kilo duck fly?!

I'll be writing a new post soon!

Marching hen!

I present to you - Screaming Lady again! (Only she is doing something else this time!)

I was about to take a shot of her and I was just clicking on the 'Take a picture' button when my sister started to call her. Screaming Lady, when they call her, she runs. And that's what she did this time. That's why the shot came out so funny.

Just think - what would you do when you see a hen marching?! You just laugh! That's what I did.

Don't you guys think that a hen like Screaming Lady must be worth more than the price they sell hens at the market? I think that she's worth more than I paid for her. I bought her for the price of $8 (it's in Aussie dollars).

1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 4, ... It's the Marchin' Hen!

I think that's enough shock for poor Screaming Lady by getting on my blog. See ya!

Broiler - yum!

Hi, sorry that I haven't been writing posts so long but I've been very busy looking after my farm, and when I have the mind to write a post, I always remember I've got something else to do.

Today we're gonna talk about broilers - for those who don't know what a broiler is - I'm telling you guys it's a chicken, a really big chicken that is killed for meat. Broilers are like chickens that never grow into hens, or roosters, only they grow, grow but they only grow in size, not in look.

We had 10 broilers. I've heard that people say that broilers have to be kept all day in the shed where they sleep, but I let them out anyway. By the way, who would like to stay in the house all day?! Anyway, as I said, we had 10 broilers, and they were real scared when we brought them to our house. But as time passed, they grew more familiar with our yard, and of course, they grew bigger every day. When they were big enough, we slaughtered them. Some we had to kill earlier, because they were getting weak. But the meat was lovely!

Watch out for the next funny post  - Marching Hen! Bye!

My hen Screaming Lady!

Well guys, you've got some hen business in this post, I'm warning you! But read on.

People think hens are stupid, but I'm not sure that's true. You can just look at my hen, Screaming Lady.



I taught her to do tricks. The other hens are jealous that she gets all the best bits and they always follow my Screaming Lady around. That's a little weird, eh?

That's all. See ya!

So long Capek!

Hey guys! Today I'm gonna tell you something about Capek, my male goat.

Capek was very small when he came to us. He was a cute brownish-black goat. Of course, our female goat Balbis didn't want him to be in the same barn as her! She knew it wasn't her child, so she kept on butting him, and as a small goat would do, he cried. So when we returned, Capek was still crying and Balbis butting him.

Days after that one, Balbis got so used to Capek that when he was gone, like when he wasn't in her sight she would cry like: first: maaaaa! next: maaaaa! then: maaaaa! last: maaaaaaaa!

First she would butt him, and then want him to be near! Funny goat! After all, she cries about every thing!

When Capek was big enough, and started butting people, we slaughtered him. It was so sad, but the meat was yummy!

But we don't miss him much. We've got plenty more animals!

As soon as I can, I'll write a new post! So see ya for now!

My animals!

Hi guys! Today we're going to talk about my animals! I live on a small farm and I have lots of animals. So hop into the world of my animals today!

I have five ducks, to tell you to start off. They are nearly always hungry! They quack; Qua, qua, qua really loudly and I have to give them food or they will not finish their concert.

A mallard duck has a bluish-greenish-purplish rectangle (a mirror) on its left wing. When the sun's shining, the mirror is bright and flashy. Next one, a duck-goose is pure white with a black spot on its head. Of course the mallard with the mirror is a male, while the other one is a female. The other white ducks do not have as white feathers as the duck-goose, but they are sort of whitish.

They are really cheerful!

If you have a chance to see some ducks, look out for mine!

Also coming... My animals, part two!