If you read here very often… you know that we now have chickens.

So today, we visited some friends who own a farm… not only to share the evening and have dinner… but also for Farming 101.

Boy oh boy did I learn a lot.

First of all… they live on Sweet Potato Ridge Road.  Now if you own a farm… it had BETTER be on a road with a good farming name.  Such as this one.  Living on Highway Road, or Busy Street…. would not be as good.

Next.  Some Chickens are religious.  They showed me this particular batch and called them Friars.  Who knew chickens could be members of  this religious order of men…. which includes the four mendicant orders (Augustinians, Carmelites, Dominicans, and Franciscans).  In other words… they are Monk Chickens, I guess.  Like Monk Fish?  I am not sure.  But they definitely called them Friars.

There was a lot more.  Special Gardens. Our friend says they grow pickles.  I am assuming for Vlassic, or Clausen.  Vegetables galore.  Big Dogs.  Funny Cats.  Ducks, Rabbits, Chickens, Cows, and a Miniature Horse.  I sure did meet a whole bunch of animals today.

I have a lot more to see and learn about this farming deal.  I never knew that gathering chicken eggs could be so much fun…. but that you are not really supposed to drop the gathered eggs on the ground after you have all of them …. as they say… in one basket.

One of these days…  I will learn all there is to know about farming.  And I’ll be able to tell you things… like which came first?  The chicken or the egg?     But until then…

…..  this one I don’t know if I get.  A baby cow nursing on a miniature horse.  I was relieved to find out this was NOT a boy horse… because that would have been totally embarrassing.  None the less, it was still pretty embarrassing.

I guess when it came to giving milk…. maybe the Calf’s own mother was….  an Udder Failure.