My DD and my mother have both been having some medical issues ( my little girl will be A ok, my mom I not so sure about) and it has been taking up a great deal of any and all downtime lately. I am so grateful for the synopsis as I feel I can still participate here.
On a cheerful note, today I got to spend a whole hour outside doing some chicken sitting.

It was gloomy but warm enough to be quite pleasant. Here are some pictures from my time with them today:
Avalon
Biscotti: she is still growing out her tail feathers from her very late molt but wow she got a lot more splash in her feathers!
Myths super fluffy butt!
Flour fully refeathered and looking gorgeous!
Snicker and Doodle:
The queen of Butler Hollow Coop Brownie, showing off her sheen.
Flour and Sugar with two pristine white butts
Lore watching over the flock
Story and Myth and Kimber
Lots of fluff butts and two cats who wisely decided to find somewhere else to be. (Myth and Avalon are absolute terrors to the cats and will peck and chase them off if they come too close, meanwhile the two boys just keep their eyes on them but otherwise leave them be. I do remember worrying about the cats being a threat to the chickens

now I worry about the chickens hurting the cats!