Howdy from Sand Flat Farm! Ya know when you live in the country how your house always seems attract stray animals or drop-offs? We had our stray chicken back at Christmas & New Year's if you'll remember. I've missed that chicken come running up to me when I'd come home to the farm. Something got her - probably an owl or hawk. And since we don't have any immediate neighbors around & she couldn't have traveled through the acres of hay by herself, I've got a feelin' that somebody dropped this little baby off at our farmhouse...
Yep, we now have a farm kitty. I found her Monday. When I got to the farm, she came running out from under the porch, crying her eyeballs out - she's teeny-tiny, can't be more'n 5-6 weeks old. Skinny-skinny, and it made her eyes look HUGE. (just look at the picture - looks like "space kitty") Well, you know what happened. Soft hearted me (I LOVE animals of all kinds) fed her and gave her water. She ate till she had a big fat tummy and plopped herself back under the porch. She's still a little scared, but she wants to eat more than she's scared.
I did manage to scoop her up and turn her upside down to see what she was - pretty sure it's a girl - we'll know more in a few days maybe. But her bobo is all black fuzz and it's hard to see right now. Plus, she was panicked and trying to get away. She's coming around now, tho, and letting us hold her. I guess she's decided that we're not the mean people that dropped her off and we do have good catfood. I hope she'll stay under the porch and out sight of the owl that lives in the sycamore tree until she gets a little bigger! Now, I'd almost like to have two kitties so they can keep each other company. Will check into that more...
Who knows? Maybe she'll be able to earn her keep by catchin' gophers and moles??? And the rat that's made a home in the garden shed...
Oh, oh, get this! Yesterday, I picked cucumbers again - about 2 dozen more. Did you know crows like cucumbers? Perhaps they were just jabbing holes in them for fun and to irritate me. I thought crows were just carion eating critters. Well, I had to throw away about 10 of the cukes that had crow beak stab holes in 'em. I knew it was crows cuz there was crow tracks all around my cucumber vines. They also managed to scoot an already-exposed potato the rest of the way out of the ground and peck on it, too! What are they doing? Playing soccer? We've got alot of crows. I even have a big plastic owl on a pole above my garden. Lotta good it's doin! Guess I could set out there with a shotgun or my .22 and take pot shots at 'em, but that wouldn't work for long. Kill one, two more come back. Dadgummit! I'm gonna get me some aluminum pie pans and hang 'em all around my cukes. Hope that helps!!! Daddy runs a radio 24/7 by his garden and his pecan trees to keep crows away. I don't have electricity to my shed yet, unless I run a 200 ft extension cord out there so I can't really do that. Got any ideas??
Ok, sorry for the interruption - back to the topic at hand. I'm open to suggestions for a name for the kitty - I'm partial to pet names myself - none of the Chloe or Zoe stuff. (My daughter's dog's name is Bella). Adam wants me to name her some cute little Spanish name. If you have a cute name for this little black and white kitty, send me your suggestions! Whichever one wins gets a prize!!! Don't know what it'll be yet, but a prize just the same!!! Start thinkin'!
