Pumpkin?

I went to check on the hens before I left for the dentist to see how they were adjusting to the new ground cover in the pen. Wow! No muddy feet. Pretty neat. But they were unhappy and wanted out even though it was raining off and on. I told them they were good girls and I'd let them out when I got back, but they weren't impressed. The molting Light Brahma is in the upper right corner. Poor thing. She doesn't look any better.

On the way home I took this photo of the clouds moving through the canyons.

Pumpkin? The hens are not too sure what to do with the pumpkin I got them. They would peck at it and then go away and then try again, but they finally gave up. After they left, I poked some holes in the pumpkin so they would get a clue about it being a food item.
The hens were more interested in being outside than playing around with the pumpkin. Pumpkin was left all alone. Morgan was glad to get out of the house. She doesn't like it when we leave either.

[5 eggs today]

Very glad to find eggs today.

They were clean!

I usually find muddy eggs when it rains.

Smiles

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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.

Smiles

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Feeling Better!

I didn't want to over do my first day of feeling Ok

so I started out collecting eggs.

Then I went out to get my gloves

and found that I had left them under a leak in the shed

so I put them in the sun to dry.

I took a photo because

they are the neatest gloves.

Knit on top so my hands don't get sweaty

and laytex or something on the palms and fingers.

Picked up mostly dry leaves

and put them in the pen

because the pen was getting too muddy.

Then I went over and raked up some

leaves and twigs and stuff

off of the driveway.

Checked back with the chickens

and filled the feeders and cleaned the nest boxes.

Morgan wants her chickens out of the coop

because she wants them all together.

But there are some late layers.

This little girl is telling me to go away.

And these three girls all want to lay their egg

in the same nest area.

Go figure?

There are lots of places for them to lay

but there seem to be favorite spots

that they compete over.

Silly chickens.

Smiles