Frisky fowl

My friend Margaret says she has to get out her grandmother's fan to cool herself off while reading about our "frisky fowl"!

There is, after all, a whole lot of testosterone pulsating throughout the coop...

Errol Flynn really is the most laid-back rooster, but as a result he doesn't get as much action as the other roosters. I like to think he has manners, unlike the other two. His favourite hen is Penelope, but that doesn't stop him from approaching the older hens, who generally look upon him with disgust. Errol had the most spectacular comb and wattles of any of the chickens!


Beaker, by contrast, is an avian lounge lizard with the seduction skills of a serial killer. Tina Turner is looking suitably alarmed in this photo.


But really, you need cajones to take on a woman like THIS:

"I look harmless, but if you try to ride me like a filly, I'll knock your sorry rooster ass to the GROUND!"

Those Harco black Sex-Links hens, they don't mess around.

Charlotte, left, is admittedly my favourite and the most cuddly. I've never seen the boys approach her and I'm wondering if it's because they know she's mine mine mine (but not in THAT way!)

And here is the rooster trio of Lord Gaga, Beaker and Errol Flynn, with the delicate Georgiana snuggled up against them. Anastasia is in the background saying "La la la, I can't hear you!"

Let's leave the coop of iniquity and go for a walk around the farm...

The soybeans were harvested this week. I hear it's a good year for the farmers around here.

I love our beautiful barn! We have great plans for it. May it never be devoured by fire.

The fields, pre-harvest.

Soybeans (non-GMO, hooray) ready for harvest.

The last fall leaves on our lone sugar maple.

It has been a great year for mushrooms in our woodlot. I have never seen so many, and such a variety. Of course I will only eat the giant puffballs, since I know for certain they are not poisonous and have no lookalikes around here

I thought this splitting-apart 'shroom was pretty.

Beautiful fall skies. We may get wet snow tonight. Winter is nigh!

And the dogs are always happy with a walk!