by Becky Crabtree | Feb 25, 2017 | Farm Living
I’m sad to report that our pet alpaca passed away last week. The dreaded worm that attacks the nervous system, for which there is no cure, stuck our farm again. Meningeal worms are spread by deer. The deer aren’t harmed, they just carry the worms who...
by Becky Crabtree | Oct 4, 2016 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] July 4: Lindside, WV. On an evening when loud noises and firecrackers are the norm, a Lindside man added to the festivities by screaming and jumping across a field at twilight. Roger Crabtree, 63, intended to gather eggs from a hidden...
by Becky Crabtree | Mar 23, 2016 | Farm Living
This has been a busy week – eight lambs! Two ewes had four each, but one of the runts died and the other runt was rejected by her tired mama. Then another ewe delivered two but one died so she took the little rejected runt for her own (thank goodness!). There...
by Becky Crabtree | Mar 4, 2016 | Farm Living
Lindside WV: In preparation for the spring lambing season, a stall in the red barn was emptied of hay this afternoon. Then, the wooden pallets on the floor (that kept the hay off the ground) were being packed up, when an angry little animal surprised one and all....
by Becky Crabtree | Dec 19, 2015 | Farm Living
Christmas pictures that involve farm animals are not as easy as one might think! We had the wreath around the door of the coop but chickens would not come out! As Roger reminds me, “They ARE chicken.” Anyway, here are our girls in all their holiday...
by Becky Crabtree | Sep 12, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV. September 11, 2015…At 10:30 PM a live possum was discovered in the box trap just outside the chicken coop. During the weeks since the last chicken death, there have been no eggs gathered and tonight no birds had come home...
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside WV: Grandma’s Security camera captured an image Thursday (the night after the murder). It has been sent to a lab in Cordon Bleu, France for analysis, but sources at the security service believe it shows a possum or maybe a...
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV: One dead in apparent home invasion: The body of Buffina, a plump year old hen was found outstretched in the coop this morning around 6:30 AM. Associates of Grandma’s Security reported that they secured the front door of...
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
FarmFarm life is never dull. Sheep Bob has worms (whip worms and strongyles). He has been grumpy and disgustingly soiled lately. Giving him a shot tonight. Isabel (grand girl) and I had collected a fecal sample two weeks ago and searched it under her little microscope...
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Monroe County 4-H Camp, July 23: Chicken art created by Fluffy and Scratchy.
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Forest Hill, WV – July 22: After two days of a MoCo 4-H Camp class titled Chicken Whisperer in which campers learn therapy with chickens and activities with chickens, the leader of the class [me] was a broken woman. In...
by Becky Crabtree | Aug 15, 2015 | Farm Living
CNN [Chicken News Network] Lindside, WV — 6:30 AM NO FOWL PLAY in yesterday’s death! A cause of death has been determined: cardiac infarction due to stress from unknown sources. Extreme heat in the coop is a possibility as is change of schedule, bullying...
