Buff Cochin

Buff Cochin - These massive Asiatic fowl are covered with an extraordinary abundance of soft, fluffy, golden buff feathers from tip to toe. They were introduced from China in the mid 1800's, known as Shanghais, and created a sensation wherever shown. They are poor layers, but good setters and beautiful show birds.

- McMurray Hatchery

Buff Minorca

Buff Minorca - Like all of the Minorcas these have long, strong bodies well set up on firm muscular legs. The large red combs are very typical and in the hens will fall to one side almost covering one eye. The hens lay good sized white eggs and are nonsetters. Plumage is a rich golden buff color and shanks and toes are a pinkish white.

- McMurray Hatchery

White Leghorn

White Leghorn - Over 45 years of scientific breeding research have gone into the development of this layer through a blending of special strains of White Leghorns. These pullets weigh about 4 lbs. at maturity, start laying at 4 1/2 to 5 months, and will continue 10 to 12 weeks longer than most good layers. Livability and resistance to disease are very high, and the feed to egg conversion ratio is excellent, holding down the cost of egg production. When our local farmers ask us to recommend the pullet that will lay the most eggs of top grade and size, of uniform shape, good shell, and highest interior quality, and do it on the least feed and in smallest amount of space, we suggest the Pearl.

- McMurray Hatchery

Dark Brahma Bantam

Dark Brahma Bantam - Large gentle chickens like the Light Brahmas. Striking plumage color in black and silvery white for males and beautiful silver penciled steel gray for females. Developed from Asiatic fowl brought to New England by China clipper ships in the last century.

-McMurray Hatchery

New Feathered Girls

Here are the new girls.......

Chipmunk Capture and Release

The second entry on this blog contained a story about a chipmunk. That was August, 2008. Ten months later, Parke caught the little thing, and we released it up the road, into the woods. Here is the "Capture" pic and "Release" video.

Cat Sitting Chloe

From Sat, May 9 till Sat, May 16, we are cat sitting a 15 year old cat who just had 9 teeth removed. Our friends are on vacation. We have Chloe, their Siamese. Everything is going smoothly. No fights between our cats and her. At first she picked the sofa as her spot. Then the chair. In less than 24 hours she was everywhere. It's her house as much as the others'. She fits right in. Buttons is the most curious. The other five cats totally ignore her. She is very talkative. If I call her name, she comes to me. Very affectionate.