Coop Changes
Barbara was angry! Her tail feathers (both of them) stood on end. Wendy and the Wyandottes had returned to the Big Girls Coop. Barbara had just gotten the social structure all worked out nicely, with herself as Queen, when the Chickendads brought the four Wyandotte girls back to the laying coop. She proceeded to peck each of them sharply on the head to insure her status as Queen Barbara, but the Wyandotte girls had gotten a bit conceited about having their private honeymoon suites and were not particularly intimidated by Barbaras efforts. Their problem was among themselves. The two splash girls had been separated from the two blue girls and had formed new cliques. There was quite a bit of squabbling until the girls settled back in. Walter just watched from afar, smart Man Chicken that he is, and let the Chickie Girls settle their differences. Walter was not one to mess in his own nest.
The Chickendads were busy all week sorting out babies and deciding which ones could go to new homes on Saturday at the Swap Meet. It was especially tiring because during the week the weather was so hot that they were refilling waterers constantly. Once they had the last one filled, they had to start over again. All the chickens were panting and holding their wings out trying to stay cool. The Chickendads let the bantams out to find their own cool spots. Unfortunately, they found the nicest spot was near the deck under the tree where Mrs. Chickendad had planted lots of expensive new perennials. The Chickies saved her the trouble and dug them out so as to have a nice cool dirt spa. Mrs. Chickendad tried to chase them out of the flowerless beds with a squirt from the garden hose, but some of them were so warm they just stood there in the shower.
Today the Chickendads and Chickenboy loaded up about 50 chickens and took them for a ride to the Swap Meet. They saw lots of Chickenpeople there and many stopped by, laughing at the funny looking frizzle babies and taking them and most of the others home. The Chickendads are hoping their feed bill will go down as a result of the decrease in chicken population. The chickens have been eating more and better while the Chickendads have been eating less and worse. Perhaps now that the Wyandotte girls are back in the laying coop, there will be more eggs in the fridge for people to eat. Barbara is still doing her part, laying a huge brown egg nearly every day and complaining bitterly about it.
