fuzzi's Chicken Journal

[fuzzi]

Clumps of weeds with roots and dirt:

Martha:

 

[fuzzi]

Today was mild, overcast, and just a slight breeze. A friend came over in the morning and bought our truck, but after lunch I headed outside to do some yard work.

I mowed the ditch, and had a bag of shredded leaves that I put in the coop. Martha hopped into the middle of the pile, and it was deep enough that I couldn't see her legs.

Then I shook out the mower bag and it startled all the flock, they fluttered away from me in all directions. One of the Dominiques landed in the rubber water pan, up to her belly, she looked like a duck. She also looked startled, frozen in place, so I went over to assist. As I reached for her she found her courage and jumped out of the pan. I laughed.

I removed the waterers to clean them.

Water and white vinegar and a toothbrush did the job well.

Much better!

I had gathered one egg around 10am, and noticed that Hannah was in the left-hand box. When I went back about an hour later I gathered Hannah's egg, marked it. Later, while I was working in the gardens I heard a cacophony coming from the coop. It was Martha singing about her egg. I gathered it, marked it as hers.

Three eggs again, yippee!

 

[fuzzi]

Clockwise from the bottom: Hannah's, unknown, Martha's. The eggs all look the same, so I suspect that the unknown egg is Rahab's. They're all Speckled Sussex.

 

[kcan2]

Somehow I have missed the fact for 2 years that BYC's favorite Grape Giver has a special flock thread like this, plus a chicken named Rahab

Good job cleaning those waterers! Something I also did the day before yesterday, to which I would add that there's nothing quite like scraping cemented chicken poop off a waterer lid in the kitchen sink because...winter! Sorry for the kitchen sink and all of the sanitation rules voided for a worthy cause

 

[kcan2]

I still have 3 of her sisters Dixie, Dot and Dahlia. Their birthday is this month and they are now 10 years old!

Yesterday Dixie laid a pretty blue egg!!!!
Perfect shell, too!!!

Happy birthday to your 3 amazing ladies! And congratulations to Dixie - what a gal!

 

[fuzzi]

Somehow I have missed the fact for 2 years that BYC's favorite Grape Giver has a special flock thread like this, plus a chicken named Rahab

Good job cleaning those waterers! Something I also did the day before yesterday, to which I would add that there's nothing quite like scraping cemented chicken poop off a waterer lid in the kitchen sink because...winter! Sorry for the kitchen sink and all of the sanitation rules voided for a worthy cause

Aw, thank you for coming by and visiting my thread!


It's definitely Spring here.

 

[fuzzi]

It's hard to believe that it's been a year since ten chipmunk chicks became part of my life.

March 2, 2023

 

[kcan2]

Aw, thank you for coming by and visiting my thread!


It's definitely Spring here.
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Wow, so happy to see those little flowers! Thank you for sharing spring

 

[NanaK]

Happy birthday to your 3 amazing ladies! And congratulations to Dixie - what a gal!

The ladies and I say thank you very much!

 

[fuzzi]

Three more eggs today... I'm hoping that the pattern continues.

I believe the darker eggs are from the Dominiques.