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Well Rounded Rider
@wellroundedrider.bsky.social
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Big dreams and small dollars

Animal lover, outdoor enthusiast, lover of books, music, cooking, gardening and all things quirky

Just doing my best to navigate life
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Live-Action Porch Goose

The imperfect security system. They honk, hiss and bite at intruders and leave poopy traps everywhere

#geese #hobbyfarm #smallfarmlife
A grey goose with orange bill and feet perches on the edge of a porch
June 26, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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Tater Kittens sharing a braincell

#catsofbluesky #kittensofbluesky #kittens #barncats #orangecats
June 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Tater has "Paint me like one of your French girls" vibes

#orangecat #catsofbluesky #kittens #kittensofbluesky #barncats
An orange kitten with white legs, belly and face is stretched out on a sherpa pet bed. His eyes are closed and he appears to be smiling
June 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Ethel has decided she would also like to be a mama

The answer is "No", but she keeps trying

#hen #backyardchickens #broody #smallfarm
A blue laced Wyandotte hen makes herself extra wide and flat in a nesting box. She is broody and wants to sit on eggs to hatch out chicks
June 11, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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And then there were two!

They are definitely sired by our little Bantam Silkie Roo. They have extra toes and already have feathers on their feet and legs!

#chicks #backyardchickens #chickensofbluesky
A cream crested legbar hen with dark upright tail feathers,, light beige and brown saddle and wing feathers and cream feathers with black barring on her neck oversees two tiny chicks. One chick has beige and brown coloring like a chipmunk and the other is a smoky greyish brown. A chick feeder with yellow base can be seen in the foreheound
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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The first of Edna's clutch hatched. The mail order chicks arrive tomorrow morning...I was eggspecting the home-grown kids to hatch out in a couple more days. This one's early or my math is bad. It's so stinking cute

#chicks #backyardchickens #chickensofbluesky #smallfarmlife
A small blacking greyish fluffy ping pong ball with a beak and glossy black eyes held in a soft fist. A hen's ruffled tail can be seen behind the human wrist and to the right there is an open chicken nest with 5 eggs A small greysish brown fluffy ping pong ball with a beak and glossy black eyes held lightly in a human fist. Behind the fist a beige and brown speckled hen can be seen with ruffled feathers
May 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Tater

#caturday #kittens #barncats #catsofbluesky
A small orange kitten with white on his face, chest and legs sits on a bed of hay. His eyes are still baby blue
May 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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The edge of the storm
A clearly defined dark line of clouds bumping up against a light blue sky A panoramic view of the sky and fields. A dark mass of clouds appears to be overtaking a lighter brighter sky
May 15, 2025 at 1:50 PM
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A tired goose is a good goose

Francis had a busy day

#goose #gander #smallfarmlife #smalldinosaur
Francis the French Toulouse Gander imitates a flamingo resting his eyes while balancing on one leg. He had a particularly busy day helping supervise random chores because his lady friend refused to get out of bed. He maintained a polite demeanor the entire time... apparently being nice is exhausting
May 13, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Still broody

3 of the 5 eggs she is sitting on are showing signs of life

#chicken #hen #backyardchickens #broody
A speckled hen with feathers in varying colors of beige, brown and cream sits in a fluffy nest An egg sitting atop a flashlight. Veins and a dark spot can be seen through the shell An egg sitting atop a flashlight. Faint veins can be seen through the shell
May 11, 2025 at 3:05 AM
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Sunset through the Sand Cherry
A Sand Cherry covered in pink blooms. A sunset is peeking through the branches
May 9, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Another kitten pic, because reasons

From left to right:
Tater, Shoestring, Curly

#kittens #kitty #cats #catsofbluesky #tatercats
Three kittens in various shades of orange peek out from a wood pallet
May 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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The potato kittens got their first playday in the barn.

Shoestring, the runt, decided to visit the milk bar in a very unusual way...

...all my animals are weird

#kitten #kitty #catsofbluesky #barncats #cats
A momma cat and 4 orange kittens on a floor full of hay. 3 of the kittens are playing on a pallet behind the momma cat who is laying on her side. A small orange kitten is draped across her back and side and is nursing in a very peculiar way...
May 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
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Still broody

I may need to candle her eggs soon to see if they're even viable

#chicken #hen #broody #backyardchickens
A grumpy hen in shades of cream, white, grey and tan...her wattle is flopped and her eyes are obscured by her fluffy head feathers. She is backed into the corner of a nesting box, nestled into a fluffed up pad
May 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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The thanks I get for refilling the bowl of goose pellets

Don't get a goose

#goose #gander #goosebumps #smallfarmlife
A forearm with a vampire-bite-like bruise appearing on the tender flesh. This fuckin hurts
May 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Plum Blossoms

The little orchard smells like heaven. Only one plum remains, so there is rarely ever fruit, but it's always the first to flower and bring the better scent of Spring

#orchard #blossom #smallfarmlife
A branch covered in white flowers, the sunlight shining from behind
May 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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The final moments at the end of a long day of Yard Waste Clean Up
A fire burning in the center of a significant amount of ash. The fire is dancing through a wispy pile of vines. Shadows of trees can be seen in the background
May 5, 2025 at 5:23 AM
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Still broody...

I do not need more chickens
I do not need more chickens
I do not need more chickens

...I gave her some eggs back

Whoops!

#hen #chickens #backyardchickens #broody
A cream crested legbar hen with her feathers all ruffled and a disgruntled posture. She is sitting in a nesting box and wants to be left alone so she can raise some babies
May 4, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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We all have that one friend...

#horse #awkward #smallfarmlife
A silver colored horse with a white face and one blue eye and one brown eye reaches her nose towards the camera while a brown horse with black hair and a white stripe on her face has ears tilted back looking annoyed
May 2, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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This Edna. Edna is a cream crested legbar chicken. Edna is feeling broody

We added legbars to the flock for 4 specific reasons, in order:

1. Good layers
2. Predator savvy/prefer to range
3. Rarely to never broody
4. Blue eggs!

I always get the weird ones

#chicken #backyardchickens #hen #broody
A cream colored chicken with very ruffled tail feathers sitting in a nesting box. Her neck feathers a fluffed up and she looks irritated at being bothered
May 1, 2025 at 1:18 AM
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Sometimes you are a runt, and your eyes are crusted shut 'cause you're working through some things, and your real mom is outside taking some "me time" and you just need to feel comforted so you settle for taking a nap in a human's palm

This is Shoestring

#kitten #runt #catsofbluesky
A 4 week old kitten snoozes in a person's palm
April 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Pecker damage

...in the North Pasture

#woodpecker #smallfarm #trees
A dead tree drilled full of holes by some a-hole pecker heads. The sun is blasting down between a crotch in the trunk Image of a "Northern Fucker" taken from the "Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America." Likely the A-Hole responsible for at least some of the pecker damage around the farm Informative page from "The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America" describing the Northern Flicker "The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America," an indispensable resource for identifying all the A-Hole birds in your neighborhood
April 29, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Late afternoon cock and a honk

#rooster #gander #backyardpoultry #smallfarmlife
A barred rock rooster with two hens. They stand on a dirt floor inside an old pole barn. Late afternoon light from an open door filters through the rooster's tail feathers A French Toulouse Gander looking mighty fine, respectable and friendly. Inside he identifies as a Velociraptor. He stands on a very wet gravel driveway studded with weeds and green grass and trees beginning to bud are visible in the background
April 28, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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When you fall asleep at the milk bar

#kittens #kitties #cat #catsofbluesky
A momma kitty with 5 baby oranges kittens of various shades all snuggled in a box. 4 babies are asleep with their faces in her belly and the 5th has his sleepy face turned towards the camera
April 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Collette has gone broody. She is convinced she needs to sit her nest for the majority of the day

I am 90% sure there is nothing in the nest but am 50/50 considering putting some chicken eggs in there...

#goose #smallfarmlife #hobbyfarm
A large plastic dog crate with a goose and nest inside. The nest is old hay and the bedding surrounding the dog crate is old hay.
April 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM