Author Archives: Kelli Miller

Last week ice was forming on Sugar Creek. Being a spring-fed creek, it’s slow to happen. Some local history texts talk about a large spring on this farm, and tell that it was a stop for travelers to refresh themselves. … Continue reading →

This is one of our tomcats, Collie. (Named because he had the markings of a Border Collie when he was a kitten.) All three of our one-year-old tomcats like to hang out in the chicken coop. It’s relatively warm in … Continue reading →

Because Matt doesn’t think the cattle get enough airtime… I was actually taking pictures of the chickens hanging out with the calves, but this little panda-looking calf in the next picture is awful cute.

Muscovey ducklings – so pretty! Patti & Eric kindly gifted us with 14 partly-grown Moscovey ducklings and 3 adults (a male and 2 females) on Saturday. I shut the adults in our portable broiler chicken shed, so they wouldn’t try … Continue reading →

This post is part of Weekend Dog Blogging hosted by Sweetnicks. Check there for the roundup later tonight. We tried to include the dogs in the Christmas picture, but in the end this one didn’t make the cut. Ava’s ears … Continue reading →

Matt: So what would you like for Christmas? Kelli: World Peace, and a fiddle Matt: Matt: Matt: Matt: Sounds easy enough

As promised, more chicken pictures! Chickens on a roost. Like chicken-on-a-stick at the state fair, but without the deep fat frying. A Partridge Cochin with her head tucked beneath her wing. A big round ball of feathers, and such pretty … Continue reading →

So let’s step inside the coop. To one side of the room is the nest boxes, and the waters (sitting on heated bases right now). Also a black feed pan on the floor (in the lower right corner of the … Continue reading →

It seems like most days lately I go to sleep thinking about farm stuff and wake up thinking about farm stuff. And some nights I spend half the night thinking about farm stuff instead of sleeping. I think it’s just … Continue reading →

Here are some pictures I took of a totally anonymous baby. (Said for her father’s benefit.) Nobody can decide who she looks like, so I’ve taken to telling people that she looks like her auntie.Might as well, none of my … Continue reading →