Hector's World: Adventures and Mayhem at Mountain View Poultry (or Sequel to The Evolution of Atlas

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Goober...

At this moment, he holds the title around here.

Jill's side is healing, the big scab is about to fall off as the skin heals and pushes it off. I have fixed up an old saddle by adding some faux leather material to the flank flaps to give them weight so they don't fly up so easily and can protect her better. I saw him do the extreme run-and-assault thing to Athena yesterday just like he does Jill. Thankfully, at this time, she is fully feathered so I hope she won't be injured. That boy needs more girls. I just hope he won't pick on one or two and leave the rest alone.

Now, I need to name his new little daughters. I used to have a Maddie, one of my hatchery stock BR hens years ago who went with her sister Margaret to live with Mace, Dutch''s brother, at a friend's place. She took Mace with two or three girls. He lived a long life with her, died about two years ago at a ripe old age. But, since Maddie didn't live out her life here and is not on my RIP list of birds, I could reuse the name. We used to call her Nurse Maddie because when we had to do something like bumblefoot surgery on a bird, she would supervise the entire time. It's just easier to call them by names, and trust me, they know them, even my dumb-as-rocks Aubrey knows his.
 
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Chicken chores almost done for today. I still need to wash up one water bucket, and a feeder, so I can cage a rooster. He's got his hens bare backed too, so I'll put him in the big cage for now, until they feather back in.
 
The passel of 5+ week old chicks today.

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They look really good.

Thanks. The little heathens are eating me out of house and home, though. They go out in their little pen most of the day when it's not raining and they get clover and yogurt and when someone walks toward the pen, they all run to the fence to see what they might get and will follow you around the edge as you walk. The little boys try to climb to get to me. Wish I had a huge mixed group I could just release them into and keep them all, but I would have to have so many big hens for them, there's no way.

How are you feeling, Cheryl? Does the heat bother you much?
 
They are getting big aren't they. I finally got my batch of chicks today, had my hatching hatch last few days too, so I got myself some chicks now too.

We are gonna get high 80's here in the next few days, with that stinky humidity, not looking forward to it.
 
They are getting big aren't they. I finally got my batch of chicks today, had my hatching hatch last few days too, so I got myself some chicks now too.

We are gonna get high 80's here in the next few days, with that stinky humidity, not looking forward to it.
I know you told us, but I can't remember what you got.
 

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