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ValerieJ said:
The excitement here was a fire across the river from us tonight. That's scary in this dry heat we are having. It is a no burn season, so I was concerned. But the volunteer fire department got there and put it out before it got out of hand. They are still there cleaning up. I hear chain saws and the water truck. Can't see what they are doing.
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Glad they caught it early. It can get out of control so quickly.
 
Progress on the new cockerel, Cooper. He has spent two nights in the big coop with the flock, so that is a settled deal. This morning he was in the outdoor enclosure of the coop with Pippi and some of the girls crowing away. Pippi was crowing at the other end. They weren't fighting! In fact, they have never fought.

Pippi chased him a lot the first day, to show him who is the boss of this flock. The second day not so much. And today not at all. They are learning to co-exist peacefully. Still Cooper keeps his distance. We have 4 separate areas of the outdoor free range area and Cooper stays in a different area than Pippi.

So far he hasn't been able to mate with any of the girls, but that is just fine. He is too young and hormonal for that. I think Pippi is a good deterrent and will keep him at bay until he is older.

This is all great news to me. Remember we started out with a new little cockerel who jumped a 6 foot fence and slept in the forest the first night. He's not even thinking about flying the coop anymore.
 

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