Farmer Mary and her teens helped celebrate a birthday for twins this afternoon. The sun finally peeked through the clouds and the day turned out to be quite nice outdoors.
Friends of the birthday girls fed the animals and snuggled with baby goat BILLY.
One chicken decided to help herself to the animal feed in the green buckets.
Two week old baby bunnies got alot of loving and the mom bunnies got snacks.
LUCKY the llama and some of the goats accompanied us on the pasture walk.
We saw emu eggs and woodpecker nests. Then it was time for pinatas and “cake in a cup” and icecream.
Any month of the year Birthdays are best at winterpast Farm!
Papa peacock, JUSTIN, (far left), was up on the roof of Farmer Mary’s house teaching his son how to flirt with his tail feathers. The younger male, born this past June, won’t have his really fancy long feathers til he turns 3, but he is starting to practice lifting his tail high.
Mother and sister were not very impressed, but watched as the boys showed off.
The mature peacocks will eat out of your hand…bring bread, crackers, kale and cereal when you schedule your next visit to Winterpast Farm. The males are showing off their tails most days, getting ready for mating season in the spring. The mature males, JUSTIN and JOSEPH, have regrown their molted tails and they are gorgeous to see.
In the background of this pic you can see JUSTIN spreading his tail a few days ago. And in the next, see the incredible support feathers from the back.
Farmer Mary was invited to bring a few of her sweet animals to participate as ” mystery animals” at the Winter Carnival at Vandora Springs Elementary School in Garner.
BILLY, the almost two week old baby goat, was a huge hit! The Mayor of Garner went first, followed by teachers picked by the students.
The participants posed afterwards with BA BA black sheep, HENRY the fluffy bunny and BILLY.
Then, the students were allowed to line up and come on stage to pet the animals.
A few gave additional kisses; others petted.
Farmer Mary is happy to bring her animals to schools and other events.
STRIPEY pig is due to have piglets around February 28. Her tummy is growing daily and sways from side to side whenever STRIPEY walks. Pretty soon Farmer Mary will move her to the front yard and encourage her to nest in the garage.
This morning MOLLY the pregnant goat was moaning really loudly so Farmer Mary ran out with supplies and ipad for photos, but no baby news…she is just not very happy being cooped up in a maternity pen. However, Farmer Mary is giving her extra treats and attention and probably MOLLY will be glad to not have the entire barnyard of animals present at birthing. Especially this rainy week when all the animals are crowded into the barn most of the time. rain just beginning here…really the last thing we need after the snow melt, but Farmer Mary is trying hard to remember rain will also bring green pastures.
FARM OPEN Mon, Wed, Fri, and all day Saturday (closed for a birthday Sunday afternoon) but Farmer Mary wants to remind prospective visitors that sitting on a wet chair holding a wet bunny is NOT as fun as sitting on a dry chair holding a dry bunny, so you might think about visiting on a dry day!
This is STRIPEY pig enjoying some donations of food from a friend of the farm who juices and brings her leftovers to Winterpast Farm for animal feeding.
Poor Miss MOLLY in her maternity pen…see her big tummy!
Regular and brand new visitors to Winterpast Farm have been enjoying holding and petting the tiny new baby bunnies born last weekend. Here is an updated photo of three of them on Farmer Mary’s hands during a visit today.
Come see them soon! They will be opening their eyes in about a week.
Here is the big gray bunny and her babies, born the day after POLKA DOT had her babies.
