Lee Drennen’s Hobby Farm & Garden

[Mini Me]

It's a regular symphony when the Crickets and the Bullfrogs in my pond chime in!! :tongue-out3:
Rick H.

[JR]

Glad to see so many wildlife supporters on here. The farm looks great Lee, certainly a lot of work ,but so rewarding .
Just ordered our 2nd bag of 20kg wheat free bird seed, the gang are about to start on the 2nd 5kg of dried meal worms.
Black birds,Starlings, Blue Tits , Gold Finches,Sparrows ,Pigeons oop: Turtle, Doves , Robin and a Wren . Most days we have sight of the Red Kite, flies in a regular path about the same time of day over the estate. In the winter we some times catch sight of the Canada Geese as they fly over from the lake and head to the fields for the night .We do like Tim see the remains of a kill from out local Sparrow Hawk, of course it goes very quiet bird wise for some time afterwards.
Don't mention the Herron, he'll sit in the garden or stand on the neighbors roof and looks at the pond, luckily it's netted, one once had 5 of our fish but not going to happen this time.

[Tim Marlow]

It's a regular symphony when the Crickets and the Bullfrogs in my pond chime in!! :tongue-out3:
Rick H.

Please tell me they say “Bud Wies Er”......

[Tim Marlow]

Glad to see so many wildlife supporters on here. The farm looks great Lee, certainly a lot of work ,but so rewarding .
Just ordered our 2nd bag of 20kg wheat free bird seed, the gang are about to start on the 2nd 5kg of dried meal worms.
Black birds,Starlings, Blue Tits , Gold Finches,Sparrows ,Pigeons oop: Turtle, Doves , Robin and a Wren . Most days we have sight of the Red Kite, flies in a regular path about the same time of day over the estate. In the winter we some times catch sight of the Canada Geese as they fly over from the lake and head to the fields for the night .We do like Tim see the remains of a kill from out local Sparrow Hawk, of course it goes very quiet bird wise for some time afterwards.
Don't mention the Herron, he'll sit in the garden or stand on the neighbors roof and looks at the pond, luckily it's netted, one once had 5 of our fish but not going to happen this time.

if you get Turtle Doves John you are extremely privileged. Fantastic birds. They are very rare these days. I’m not aware of anywhere within a thirty mile radius of my current home that gets them! Used to go to Martin Down near Salisbury to see them. I did see nine Cranes flying over the Somerset levels last week though.....

[Lee Drennen]

if you get Turtle Doves John you are extremely privileged. Fantastic birds. They are very rare these days. I’m not aware of anywhere within a thirty mile radius of my current home that gets them! Used to go to Martin Down near Salisbury to see them. I did see nine Cranes flying over the Somerset levels last week though.....

I have lots of Doves here in one of the pics I posted on Bird Watching Thread you can see them. I’ll try to catch more of them and post them over there.

[Mini Me]

Tim I don't know about the Bullfrogs but I caught the Crickets singing... Coors-lite... Coors-lite...Coors-lite!!
Rick H. :tongue-out3:

[GerryW]

The tiller reminds me of my father, he had one, then the engine wore out - so he replaced it with a 7hp one - that was a beast to use! (Standard engine was 3.5 hp!)

[Lee Drennen]

Took a few pics of the chickens the other day these are now a year old. This morning before it rained I got some of the garden in. Planted some Zucchini squash and Onions I raised in the house. The Radishes, Spinach and Lettuce were from seed packs. The ground here is still surprisingly cold don’t know how good they will do.

[GerryW]

Hopefully they'll germinate - surprising how seeds 'know' when they can grow.
Chooks look good :thumb2:
Not keen on zucchinis, but love onions.

[Tim Marlow]

Good looking chicks there Lee. One of ours looks to be on the last journey. She has got very lethargic and is not eating much :loudly-crying: It’s a pity, we got her over sour crop a couple of months ago, but ex battery hens are usually worn out early from overlaying. At least her last six months were happy.

[Lee Drennen]

Good looking chicks there Lee. One of ours looks to be on the last journey. She has got very lethargic and is not eating much :loudly-crying: It’s a pity, we got her over sour crop a couple of months ago, but ex battery hens are usually worn out early from overlaying. At least her last six months were happy.

I hate to here that Tim. Some how we get attached to the simplest animals like a chicken I could never eat one of my chickens unless I was starving and had no food. I hatched out one baby chick in March its feet were curled in and deformed and I should’ve just killed it right then and went on but I took scotch tape and stuck to the bottoms of its feet after I straightening them out now it’s doing well still has a little trouble walking I’ll get a pic of it tomorrow

[Lee Drennen]

Today was another busy Saturday after I planted in the Garden it started raining really bad and it stopped the rest of the day so I got a few things done. Put a different chicken feeder in the little barn and lay down some Pine shavings and tools a few pics. Cleaned behind the little barn also. I’ll post a pic later.

[Mini Me]

Chicks are very durable Lee. I got one for a present at Easter time when I was 7yrs. old. Had it on the handle bars of my tricycle and was riding around on the driveway........yep, he fell off and I ran over him with the back wheel....thought I killed him! My Mom wrapped him up in a cotton cloth and placed him near the hot water heater.....about an hour later he started Peeping and was fine. He grew up to be a great big white rooster and had a very long and happy life. Never did keep me from liking "fried" chicken though. :smiling3: Rick H.

[Lee Drennen]

Hopefully they'll germinate - surprising how seeds 'know' when they can grow.
Chooks look good :thumb2:
Not keen on zucchinis, but love onions.

Me too Gerry I think they will as long as I don’t have no thunderstorms or hard rains in the next few days that will beat them in the ground or wash them away

[Lee Drennen]

Chicks are very durable Lee. I got one for a present at Easter time when I was 7yrs. old. Had it on the handle bars of my tricycle and was riding around on the driveway........yep, he fell off and I ran over him with the back wheel....thought I killed him! My Mom wrapped him up in a cotton cloth and placed him near the hot water heater.....about an hour later he started Peeping and was fine. He grew up to be a great big white rooster and had a very long and happy life. Never did keep me from liking "fried" chicken though. :smiling3: Rick H.

Rick yeah I know they’re pretty durable I get baby chicks at least every year been doing that for about 24 years now seen lots of things with baby chicks main thing is keep them warm and fed good with medicated chick starter and fresh water at all times. But I do get nervous hatching my own chicks out those first 10 hours to me is very crucial and very nerve-racking I’m so afraid I’m gonna lose one but I haven’t yet. Did you live on farm when you was young?