Hello my friends!
More news!
First of all, the weather is great here on the Wet Coast of Canada. All our igloos have melted but we are not homeless as we head to the shores of the lakes and oceans and build sand castles to live in. The sun is shining brightly and the days are warm enough for shorts and tank tops. Also a good time to moult if you must! This weekend is going to be super!
Other news, Bo is broody again and I have gotten her 12 eggs to start with. Barred rocks, Light Sussex', Ameracauna, Ameracuana X silkie and Caramel Queens. You'll be happy to know I am hatching them out for 2 other people and not keeping all this joy and poop for myself! They should hatch the end of the month I hope.... I'll be happy if 6-8 hatch.
I think I have decided to home Josie and Sophie with one set of the chicks to a neighbor and Mitzi and Lizzy to my boss's MIL with the rest of the future chicks. Josie is a love, Sophie is... well Sophie. Mitzi and Lizzy are as wild as their Mama now!
Speaking of M and L, Mama had them roosting up with the ladies this morning! They go all over the yard, garden and green house with her now. They are great little fliers. Since I can't get near them their personalities have not been made known to me. I had to catch Lizzy yesterday and she is a screamer! Mitzi decided to save herself from me and ran! I guess it comes down to everyone saves themselves with this crew. I think I saw her trip Lizzy as she ran so Lizzy would be the one eaten by the big bad lady. What stories Mama must be telling them... I don't even eat chicken!!
Anyway, she has hurt my feeling. My one and only feeling I have time to spare these days.
I was planning on getting some Frizzle eggs too! I have no idea what kind of a frizzle they are as the woman went into the hospital and I and Bo could wait no longer. She was/ is going to give me a Black breasted red old English game bantam too! He is 2 weeks old and I am hoping she can keep him awhile longer as I don't have time to have "another" separate crate to deal with.
The good news is DH has started on the coop add on!!!!! It will only be twice the size but the yard is having another yard built on it and it will be another 22x30 ft.! I plan to make a garden out of it for probably only the first year until it is as dead as their current yard.... Yellow Forsythia, bay laurel, A weeping pussy willow, a hazelnut tree and maybe an ornamental cherry tree. A butterfly bush and some... I forget what they are called but they are invasive, long stemmed with tiny rows of red or orange flowers going up to the tip. I must have bushes and stuff for chickies to hide under as this yard will not be netted over. The broody house yard will stay netted tho. Now the fence is only going to be 4 ft high but I plan to put some uprights on the posts and put netting up to 8 ft to stop the adventure seeking Giselle from escape.
I want to paint the uprights and trim purple, the coop lilac and the door, and trim? yellow. I don't know!
I already have a patio set out there and I am considering brick work under it as we sink into the lawn during the rainy seasons. Yes seasonS. (It makes it hard sometimes to find snow and ice for those igloos...) Bay laurel around the outside of the fence, forsythia and those little red flower things I mentioned, on the inside. Bushes and trees in strategic locations. I bought the fencing, 2x4in 14 gauge 4 ft high by 100ft today. $92. Good thing I have that second job that pays silly money!!!
As soon as the fence goes in and the old one comes out, DH can continue to build away. To bad he framed the coop in but the broody cage is in the middle of it still.... 3x3x3 hahahaha I guess he didn't think.
Mind you I kinda still need it in there for Bo. Once all that is done I can close off the green house to birds and start my gardening. Right now it looks like the hens had a pillow fight in there today!
I will be glad when all is complete and there is enough feeders and waters to go around with the various feeds in them, the mud has dried and new grass comes in and I can sit and enjoy it all. What am I saying?! Then there will be planting, watering, pruning and still 2 jobs to do. I think I shall have to give up reading and cooking and maybe sleep. Sorry DH....
