Chicken girl, I do hope your nail injury is not too serious or have any lasting damage! I haven't had a tetanus shot in over ten years myself. Gramma, I hope you're feeling a tad better. Glass hen, the same to you. It must be difficult to make yourself rest and recuperate when you're accustomed to always be doing stuff. Now, on the other hand, if you're as lazy as I am.... Well that's another story. I haven't been getting the amount of sleep I'm used to, since my husband went away. No more daytime naps for me. And I get much more done, but I'm aching and sore and ready to conk out by 9 pm. My joints have been aching for the last year or so, and it's gotten progressively worse. I'm afraid to go to the doc about it. Lord knows what she's gonna tell me.
So my coop was finished ish ( no paint yet) yesterday. Tonight is the chicks first night in it. They were none too pleased when I shoved them in. Every time I put another one in , the previous ones tried to hop out. When I checked on them after dark, the fools were roosting against the hardware cloth on the top of the wall, where the pallet ends and the wire begins. So I'm going to find poop on the wall I bet. Oh well. And it's windy out tonight. I blocked the wind from the lower part, and they choose to sleep on the upper part. Last night I came home too late to put straw and such in the coop, after dropping my aunt and uncle off, and hadnt put them in their cages since I left the house too early to put them to bed. So when I turned on the back lights, I saw only the two Buckeyes in the enclosed garden bed where they spend their days. I had a moment where I thought I lost the three dominiques, but on further searching, I found two in the shed with the two adult red stars, and the other one roosting under the wide awning attached to the house, with the rooster sitting below keeping her company, I suppose. Usually he's the first one in the shed at bedtime.
