Since I was painting I didn't collect eggs today until late afternoon and I found a surprise. Seven eggs!

Six eggs were laid in the top nest boxes. Three eggs in the left nest, one in the middle and two in the right side nest. I guess that makes the left side nest the most popular with the hens.

There was one egg in the middle nest box area next to the white crate. I also disturbed a Wyandotte who was bedding down early for the night.

There were also a few early to bed hens in the coop already up on the roosts. I love how the hens quietly cluck at me when I go in the coop and they are sleepy.

I like to think they go to bed early so they can pick out their favorite roosting spot.







See, seven eggs.
And some of my favorite things.
I love those old amber desert plates.






And here is the scary paint job.
I was running out of the tan paint and since it is water base I added a bit of water and just barely managed to put a thin coat on the front of the cabinets. I'll put on a second coat when I get another can of paint.

The shelves are painted and are drying outside on the porch. Tomorrow the plan is to only put back stuff on the shelves that we use everyday or at least once a week. I'm aiming to try and eliminate cabinet clutter. No more storing stuff on the shelves.

Peek at the Past

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(August 15, 2009)

[7 eggs today]

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Back From The Vet

Poor little squint eyed Morgan back from the vet and recovering from the drugs she was given. First to knock her out so they could probe the wound and stitch it up and then the drugs they gave her to recover. Tom took Morgan to the vets this morning and they were gone from around 10:00 to 1:30. That was a pretty quick turn around. In the past she has had to stay overnight for treatments that involve stitching. The gauze is pink with little purple hearts. There is tape over the gauze to make the bandage more secure. She doesn't have to wear a collar unless she starts trying to take the bandage off, but so far she is not messing with it. She has to take pills twice a day and will need to return to the vets for bandage changing and eventually stitch removal. Morgan is sleeping now.

Since the chickens have to stay in their pen while Morgan recovers, I worried about the chickens getting too much sun. I remembered there was an old tarp out in the woods covering a pile of leaves. (my idea of composting) I snatched it and used some bungie cords to hook it over the fence to give the girls some shade in the afternoon. The trees shade the pen earlier in the day. This isn't pretty, but it does the job and keeps the hens cool. I don't know how long I can stand to look at this old tarp. I think I will ask Tom to pick up a green one.

See. Happy chickens.

Well, not really, they want out!

I finished painting this back wall and hung the chicken plaque that my brother and sister-in-law gave me when they were here for a visit. I spent today painting the ceiling and another wall in the kitchen. Then I cut sheet rock to finish a doorway. I found a container of multi-purpose joint compound, but it was thin and watery. I'm letting it sit out open tonight and I'm hoping it will thicken up. If not, I'll ask Tom to go pick up some more tomorrow. I need some metal strips too for the corners.

[11 eggs today]

plus one broken egg = 12

I picked it up and it broke.

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Apricot Seashell

The Apricot Seashell is on the right of the beam and the orange I'm covering up is on the left. There is so much dark brown in the house that I was looking for something to brighten the place up and decided to try orange. It does seem to liven the brown up and make for a more cheerful aura.

There were lots of cobwebs up there. I tend not to notice the webs because I don't look up and check. They are good for catching spiders, so they do serve a purpose.

The apricot toned it down a bit, just enough I think, it is brighter in real life. The original orange was a tad too much. I am going to keep one wall in the original orange as an accent wall at Kristine's request. It was too hot to continue to paint today, so I took the day off and watched some more Sherlock Holmes shows. YouTube is pretty neat.

Morgan doesn't like it when she can't be next to the chickens. I won't let her in the pen, so when the chickens go in to eat, she waits not too patiently for them to leave the pen and join her in the woods. Morgan is so cute.

[4 eggs so far today]

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