Men and Women are NOT Equal

I know I got your attention with that statement!

Men and Women are not equal just as apples and oranges are not equal.  The two can't be compared, they are just too different.  Neither one is better than the other but they're not equal to one another either. Why is it that men are confident being men and yet most women are not confident in their womanhood.  Women shouldn't want to be like men in order to feel confident in themselves.  We should be proud that our Heavenly Father made us women.  He made us different than men and that's okay, that's the way He meant it to be

Feminism was created by Satan to cause women to forget that God made us for a purpose.  Our Heavenly Father fashioned us different from men for a reason.  We are the counterpart to men, we complete them.  Our strengths make up for their weaknesses just as their strengths make up for our weaknesses.  Men and women are like puzzle pieces, they look different but they go together to make one big picture.  That is what marriage is, a man and woman coming together to form one unit, just as the Scriptures say in Mark 10, "But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.  For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife; And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh."

Women should be celebrating Womanhood, not trying to hide it or turn it into something else.  I'm glad that the world has apples AND oranges.

Chickens Get Their Nesting Box

The chicken coop isn't finished yet but our Orpingtons have started to lay eggs so I put the nesting box that my husband made into the stall where the chickens are temporarily.

Isn't that a fantastic nesting box!

Bat Rescues

This little baby bat slipped through a tiny crack in our attic access panel and was found at the base of our stairs.  In the picture, the bat is clinging to my thumb, that's how small it is.  I picked it up very carefully with thick leather gloves (don't try this at home!).  I put the little guy into a shoe box while I got a ladder and opened the panel.  Let me just tell you, it is NASTY up there!  There is spray insulation with spider webs, bugs, piles of guano and at least two dozen bats.  I found a couple babies huddled together near the opening so I got the baby out of the box and placed it with the other two.  I made sure to replace the panel so that there were no cracks for them to slip out.

This is a full grown bat that was at the base of a tree one morning.  I put the thick leather gloves on again and picked it up.  I examined it to make sure it wasn't injured and then placed it as high up the trunk of the tree as I could reach.  It hung out there all day and then the next day it was gone.  I'm hoping that it flew off in the night and went back home (into my attic, lol). 

We plan to close up the attic this Fall when all of the baby bats are able to fly.  The proper way to do it, I've heard, is to wait until evening, when they have all flown out and then seal up any areas where they are getting in.  I really don't like going up the tiny hole into the scary attic but it will have to be done so my husband and I will do it.  I'm sure that'll be in a blog!

Copper Helps Build a Rabbit Hutch

My Dad and I were building a rabbit hutch when my buckling, Copper, decided to test it out.  I figure, if it's strong enough for a 45 pound goat, then it'll work for our Holland Lop! LOL

Peep Peep's First Swim

For Peep Peep's story, click here.

Peep Peep Doesn't Like Water!

For Peep Peep's story, click here.

Peep Peep Makes it Through the Night

For Peep Peep's Story, click here.

Peep Peep in the Egg

For Peep Peep's story, click here.

Baby Duck Rescue

These are the mother ducks sitting on their nest.  Only 6 of the eggs hatched and they left the rest of them to take the hatchlings to the water.  The eggs were cold when we checked the nest.

We did, however, find this egg with a small hole in it and when I checked it the chick inside was still alive.  For a video of the duckling in the egg click here.

I gave the egg to my daughter to keep warm and we watched the baby duckling emerge.

Here's the duckling right after he came out of the egg.  We dried him off and let him stretch himself out.  In this picture he's still egg-shaped.

He had a rough start to life, abandoned by his mother, difficulty getting out of his shell and then he had splayed legs (where his legs went out to the side and he couldn't stand up). For a video of the baby duckling after his first night click here.

After a few weeks under the heat lamp and daily sessions of physical therapy in a little pool the duckling is as good as new.  He doesn't recognize his family so he will be staying with us as he continues to grow and get stronger every day.  My daughter has adopted him and called him Peep Peep.  

For a video of our Peep Peep following his 'Momma', my daughter, click here.

For a video of Peep Peep's first time in water, click here.

For a video of Peep Peep's first swim, click here.

Baby Duck Following 'Momma'

For Peep Peep's Story, click here.