When we came home the girls watched two I love Lucy episodes and cut out some Lucy paper dolls. They cleaned the pool and swam a little bit but it was a little cold. A is mowing currently.
A week or so ago one of our mother rabbits had babies a week, but she has lost two. There is one runt that is very little and may not make it. Every morning I give the big rabbits as much hay and clover from the goat field as they can eat, to offset feed costs until we can butcher the 15.
About 3 weeks ago the girls found a baby blue jay, laying on the ground, with no feathers and eyes closed. They took him into the garage and were able to feed him wet chicken feed and keep it alive. Yesterday was the big day. We had friends come over for the day to play with 10 baby kitties and to swim. G and her friend made whipped cream and shortcake and picked mulberries for desert. Yesterday evening then, we let Jay go. This morning we heard him screeching in the trees waiting for breakfast. Because he is a non-migratatory bird it was acceptable for us to hand feed him. Now we are trying to help him figure out how to exist on his own in the wild. But right now, he thinks we are his mamas.
I spent a great part of yesterday evening doing research on Z's diet. She has so many foods that she cannot eat because of a protein intolerance. At this point it is looking more and more like she can have no fruit and no vegetable. Possibly blueberries and cranberries and sweet potatoes are allowable. So hopefully dairy and eggs are okay for her . . .we have lots of those! Her allergy is called latex fruit syndrome or latex protein allergy. Anything that has a similar protein to latex causes problems. At this point, thankfully, she has more constipation issues than anaphalexis or throwing up!
I have been so excited, thinking we are close to potty training. Z never wears a diaper, and rarely do we have accidents. This morning she sure showed me! We were standing at the sink doing dishes and I realized it had been a while since she had sat on the potty. I took her off the chair and said" let's go potty. "She took me literally! As I walked to the bathroom she pottied all down my legs and her legs and the floor and did save a little for the toilet! Lol! This afternoon, after potting her, I double diapered her and laid her down. Quite some time later she was still in there fussing so I went to check on her. She had wet her diaper, and decided she didn't want it on. Now she's done this in the past, and I have been proud of her for knowing that her diaper was wet! However, this time she not only wet her diaper but took off all of her clothing and then pottied in the crib, on all of her blankets and silkies, through the mattress to the foam pad and it ran all over the floor as well. I guess she's not quite as far along as I had hoped!
This afternoon also showed the girls frantically looking for J, as it had rained all night and they were worried about him. We could not find him this morning and they were concerned. We walk on the trail for 20 minutes and when we came home they heard him screeching in the trees for food. They were very excited. He came to them and perched on their finger and they fed him. But that time the cats decided they saw a free meal. The girls were screaming and very distraught. We did manage to rescue Jay and put him back in the tree. For today...
This is the site of a true farm-girl in the making!! She loves her pink boots from Oma!
And the other pix is one of Jay, learning to fledge. Too bad its not as fun watching your children try to do the same. Somehow that is much more emotional!!
How fun to be a momma bird to a Jay!
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