Happy chickens, pregnant goats, a stray cat

Miss Molly Malone, in with the boys, is definitely pregnant.

The 5 new black chickens we added back on January 1 are fitting in just fine. I think today was the first day they followed the others, through the snow, back to the house. Until now they have mostly stayed closer to the coop, with the youngsters.

The youngsters are still a bit miffed by being bumped back to the bottom of the pecking order. Little Roo has not crowed since we moved him in with Big Roo. And the poor big guy is suffering again with the cold. I don't see any more frostbite on his comb, but I think he is having problems again with his feet. :(

We have several pregnant goats who will probably start giving us some kids very soon. The youngest ones were separated from the males months ago, but maybe not soon enough. Some of them, including Little Tara, are looking quite large!

In the past few weeks we have had a stray cat, probably from the horse farm across the road, coming here looking for us. He or she has been at the front door begging for food (or warmth) several times, even once made it through the dog fence and came up on the porch to the back door. Luckily the dogs didn't notice.

So we borrowed a trap to try to catch it and have it neutered, but haven't seen it since then. I think it knows what we are up to! I don't mind having a "barn cat" around here to help with the rodents, but I don't want a whole cat colony like across the street. Anyone who makes it across the road can stay, as long as they don't make any more.