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Just thought I'd bring everyone up to date on what is going on...
We are working on extending the yellow brick road/path around the yard, but in the meantime it is just a dug out muddy path. Since it is muddy we now have to go back to washing the dogs feet when we let them in at night!
The five porch kittens are being caught, one by one, and neutered or spayed, vaccinated and checked all over for their overall health. Mama Joleen is not coming up on the porch as frequently and we are worried she might be pregnant! We just have one of the kittens left to "fix", and that is Tiger. We are making another attempt tonight!
The dogs are fine, the indoor cats are fine...
The chickens have had some change in their numbers. We traded in a couple of the teenaged roosters for 3 more red girls: Ruby (she is DEEPLY red), and then 2 more pale orange ones.
We moved Dot and sister Domino over to the enclosure with Napoleon Dynamite, Josephine and Elba. Josephine and Elba were the recipients of Napoleon's "affection" and we decided to share the wealth and give them a break. We'll see how the 2 new girls do. We moved them last night and this morning when they came out of the nightly sleep coma they were not too pleased with their new living arrangement! We'll see how they do over the next few days! We are hoping that having the two new/young girls over there will inspire Josephine and Elba to lay eggs again. Who knows...maybe they are past egg laying age and are done?
Sadly, our beloved baby Grace, who was growing up to be a baby Huey in comparison to her foster mother, died yesterday in the egglaying crate after having laid her one and only egg. We are guessing that she got her head caught in the handles of the crate and panicked.
A wise and kind woman with chickens told us that it is best to think of our chickens as a unit, not as individuals. That has helped me in my grieving over the losses of the chickens. Chickens are actually much more fragile than I ever knew. I have never lost an animal because it caught its head in something, but I guess that could happen with any animal.
Rest in peace, Grace. Say hi to the other animals for us.
We are going to go ahead and let a few eggs accumulate. I am hoping that either Goldie or Mama Roux will sit on the eggs, but I don't know if they are feeling "broody" enough to sit on the eggs. We'll see! I will let you know what happens!
We are working on extending the yellow brick road/path around the yard, but in the meantime it is just a dug out muddy path. Since it is muddy we now have to go back to washing the dogs feet when we let them in at night!
The five porch kittens are being caught, one by one, and neutered or spayed, vaccinated and checked all over for their overall health. Mama Joleen is not coming up on the porch as frequently and we are worried she might be pregnant! We just have one of the kittens left to "fix", and that is Tiger. We are making another attempt tonight!
The dogs are fine, the indoor cats are fine...
The chickens have had some change in their numbers. We traded in a couple of the teenaged roosters for 3 more red girls: Ruby (she is DEEPLY red), and then 2 more pale orange ones.
We moved Dot and sister Domino over to the enclosure with Napoleon Dynamite, Josephine and Elba. Josephine and Elba were the recipients of Napoleon's "affection" and we decided to share the wealth and give them a break. We'll see how the 2 new girls do. We moved them last night and this morning when they came out of the nightly sleep coma they were not too pleased with their new living arrangement! We'll see how they do over the next few days! We are hoping that having the two new/young girls over there will inspire Josephine and Elba to lay eggs again. Who knows...maybe they are past egg laying age and are done?
Sadly, our beloved baby Grace, who was growing up to be a baby Huey in comparison to her foster mother, died yesterday in the egglaying crate after having laid her one and only egg. We are guessing that she got her head caught in the handles of the crate and panicked.
A wise and kind woman with chickens told us that it is best to think of our chickens as a unit, not as individuals. That has helped me in my grieving over the losses of the chickens. Chickens are actually much more fragile than I ever knew. I have never lost an animal because it caught its head in something, but I guess that could happen with any animal.
Rest in peace, Grace. Say hi to the other animals for us.
We are going to go ahead and let a few eggs accumulate. I am hoping that either Goldie or Mama Roux will sit on the eggs, but I don't know if they are feeling "broody" enough to sit on the eggs. We'll see! I will let you know what happens!
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