Chic-a-dee-dee

We have some chicks! It has definetley been a learning experience, unfortunetley,we didn't do it quite right. We only have about a 50% hatch rate since we didn't set the eggs in the incubator correctley. You are supposed to set the eggs in with the pointy end down so the air sack can develop in the fat end. Since we put them in pointy side up (like you see them in a crate when you buy them) the chicks don't know where to come out. They end up trying to get out the middle of the egg (where the membrane is) which is mostly unsuccessful. So far we have 20 chicks and hopefully a few more on the way. All the dogs are very interested!

Teddie

Since I was given this puppy by Shabon's uncle Eddie I thought it would be nice to name him after his uncle. So I thought about it and the more I looked at him, he looks like a little teddy bear. So I named him Teddie...still has eddie in it! Thanks for all your suggestion's though! Here are some new pics...he's getting cuter every day.

New puppy!!!

I was surpised yesterday with a new puppy from Shabon's uncle Eddie! He is a little yorkie who is 11 weeks old and so cute. I haven't figured out his name yet...i'm thinking scruffy or peanut. What do you think? I'll take new suggestion's too!

Nicholas Levi Kirkes

We went to visit Shabon's little brothers grave to put some flower's down for memorial day since we won't be back out that way on the 25th.

Auction

This morning we went to check out the auction that takes place every saturday. There were 2 auctioneers and were so cool to listen to! I've never heard them up close before...it's really hard to understand them. One of the auctioneers is a guy that we bought 4 dozen hatching eggs (chicken's and turkey's) from out at his farm. He has every animal you could expect to see on a farm. So here in about 21 days we will be the proud parents of 48 chicks...fresh farm eggs here we come! Here is a picture of the aution in action and the 4 baby bunnies we got for Shabon's nephew, Cameron.

The Land Rush of 1889 was the first land run into the Unassigned Lands and included all or part of the modern day Canadian, Cleveland, Kingfisher, Logan, Oklahoma, and Payne counties of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. [1] The land run started at high noon on April 22, 1889, with an estimated 50,000 people lined up for their piece of the available two million acres (8,000 km²).[2]
The Unassigned Lands were considered some of the best unoccupied public land in the United States. The Indian Appropriations Bill of 1889 was passed and signed into law with an amendment by Illinois Representative William McKendree Springer, that authorized President Benjamin Harrison to open the two million acres (8,000 km²) for settlement. Due to the Homestead Act of 1862, signed by President Abraham Lincoln, legal settlers could claim lots up to 160 acres (0.65 km2) in size. Provided a settler lived on the land and improved it, the settler could then receive the title to the land.[2]
A number of the individuals who participated in the run entered early and hid out until the legal time of entry to lay quick claim to some of the most choice homesteads. These people came to be identified as "sooners." This led to hundreds of legal contests that arose and were decided first at local land offices and eventually by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Arguments included what constituted the "legal time of entry."[3]

here is the enterance...

Blogging!

Since I've moved away from home for the first time, i've decided to start this blog so everyone can see where I live and follow my life with me. Moving to Oklahoma will open my eyes to a whole different world. I'm excited for this next chapter in my life and to be sharing it with my love, Shabon. I hope you will enjoy keeping up with me and all the new experiences I come across.