Amelia's Menagerie

     Well, it has finally happened. Fall has arrived, today, to be exact. Fall is probably my favorite time of year, and also the chickens', too. The colorful leaves, the pumpkins, the large quantity of eggs... The list goes on. I'm sorry I haven't been blogging as much lately, school has been really busy. The main problem with the chickens and fall is, wait for it, Hawks. We can't have free ranging in the fall because we would loose probably about half of our flock. Other than that, though, the chickens love fall. We have some squash and potatoes in the garden that will be ready soon, and our late planted tomatoes are FINALLY getting ripe. Emily, our newest rooster (I know what you are thinking, "His name's Emily?!?"), crowed yesterday for the very first time, even though it sounded like a cat dying, it was the best first crow I have ever heard. He is finally in with the flock and already trying to "help" some poor hens lay eggs by "talking...

      Here is something I have seen a lot of places, like https://www.youtube.com/user/blimeycow and http://howheluvsus.blogspot.com/, so I thought you guys would like this. Amelia's Menagerie presents: You might be home schooled... If you have more than 20 pets If you just tried to figure out if your cows and chickens count as pets (they do) If your hair goes down to your waist, on the rare occasion it is not in a braid If several of your friends have 10 or more siblings If you want to home school your own kids If you are constantly quoting LOTR, the hobbit, the princess bride, etc. If you attend a ball instead of prom If you get asked what grade you are in, and you can't quite remember If science class is building an incubator If you argue with your friends about who is the best doctor from Doctor Who (It's Matt Smith, Kira) If you have helped bottle feed your calf or your friend's calf If you bike to your friend's house on lunch break If you thin...

15 Things About Me      So, I've seen this on a lot of my friends blog's, and decided I would give it a try. Here goes! I am home-schooled, and plan to home-school my own kids. We have ducks and chickens, which I plan to post pictures of and write about in the near future. I love planting flowers, buying cut flowers, or really anything that has to do with flowers I am gluten free, and have been dairy free before. I am a christian, and most of my friends that have blogs go to my church. I am an avid capture the flag player, and even go so far as to wear camo paint. I do mime as well as many of my friends. Soon I will be taking guitar lessons. I have been to 2 balls and got to wear fantabulous dresses both times. I love watching clean vines. I have ridden a cow and also recently gotten to bottle feed some calves. My favorite book is the graphic novel of "The Last Unicorn". I know about 50 words in german, and I know several german phrases. I am attemp...