Ch Belglen Runa of Greenstone- OFA Rate is "Good" !

Hello Folks

Here is Greenstone Cool Hand Luke aka Olof, out for a run outside, goodness the snow will just not stop.. another half foot in the past two days..

Well, Runa has finished her heat, and so we are expecting the litter to be born around Feb 20th.. will keep you posted on how the Ultrasound goes! in a months time. Runa's formal adult OFA has come in and she is OFA Good!!! This is wonderful news, Now both of her living siblings have been tested and the whole litter is OFA Good, as is both of her Parents and all her Grandparents are tested in Iceland, Three are Fri-A and one is C. In the coming litter, it is a overwhelmingly postive mating in terms of clean Hips.

Well, I am so looking forward to the holidays, even though its just Jason and Myself, it looks like it will be a very good holiday none the less and we are planning our normal special treats for the barn critters, I make everyone treats and on Christmas morning, everyone gets health special visits, apples slices are the goats favorites, Sweet feed is the sheeps favorites, Sunflower seeds are the birds and rabbits favorites, Cats and dogs get fresh turkey in a nice warm broth..

I hope that the critters enjoy their treats as much as I enjoy getting the buckets and different treats together.

Have made my own homemade bird food this year for the wild birds and they seem to be loving it, all the recipes came from Mother Earth Magazine, but if you want to try one for Christmas, here is my birds favorite.

* 1 pound lard* 16-20 oz. crunchy peanut butter* 3/4-1 cup raisins* 3/4-1 cup black oil sunflower or mixed birdseed* 6 cups cornmeal* 5 cups all-purpose flourMelt lard in microwave. Pour into a really large mixing bowl, stir in other ingredients in order above. Pour mix into cake pan, cool and cut into blocks to fit your feeder.

Freeze in zip-lock bags.

Yields 6 blocks roughly 4" square and 1-1/2" thick from a 9x12 cake pan, and these fit perfectly into our suet 'cages'.

http://www.a-home-for-wild-birds.com/bird-food-recipes.html

This is a great site as well for information on how to make homemade bird food, just rememeber that the birds that stayed because of your food, need you to feed them all winter and well into the spring, so keep those feeders full and before you know it, you will be having to buy bird books to figure out who all is visiting your feeder, and if you are like me, it will become a high point of the day, watching the birds off and on thoughtout the day.

Duke got into something that upset his tummy yesterday so have been keeping a very close eye on him yesterday, but he seems fine by today.. was very unhappy that I brought out the pink.. but afterwards so much better and will watch him very carefully today.

Well, had better get busy on my daily chores, have a great day.. Don't forget I am still looking forward to those bed hog or christmas photos of any Greenstone dogs!! so crack out those Camera's over the next few days..

Barks