The Front Porch Swing

[Beekissed]

Happy Happy Birthday, Bee !!!!

Ty!!!

Keep up this birthday stuff and you'll be rocking and crispier-ing right with me. Happy birthday, Bee!

TY!!!

To quote Jeanne Robertson, "I can lie in bed at night and hear myself wrinkling...."

 

[BCMaraniac]

Hi BC... Yes, I had a BA roo that suffered some frostbite but he came out of it really well. Bee suggested I try putting some CO on his comb after the frostbite and so I slathered it on there 3 or 4 times and he didn't lose hardly anything from his comb. He lost the very tips on two of his points but not even enough to notice.

OK...I remember somebody say that their rooster looked like he had a Mohawk now....because both of my Bresse do.

It didn't affect their fertility, though. They have babies in the brooder.

 

[zinia8]

Happy Birthday Bee !!!!

 

[Beekissed]

TY!!!!

 

[theawesomechick]

Happy Birthday and Earth day, everybody! How fitting that Bee should be born on Earth day!

 

[Beekissed]

I've always thought so too! And here in WV, for the longest time, my birthday always heralded the first day of Turkey Season....so that's appropriate too.

 

[rrrmamma]

Don't get Windows 8. It is horrible!

I agree! I can't figure out how to post pictures and go crazy with every new thing I try. Hate it, hate it, hate it!!!!

 

[rrrmamma]

Happy Birthday Bee, Glad you could spend some time with your boys. Give Eli a poke from us. We really would like to meet him. I know he is working hard. Doug is looking forward to sharing his experience and knowledge with him. I'm looking forward to feeding him! He can't possibly beat the kids I fed when my son was growing up.

 

[Beekissed]

Happy Birthday Bee, Glad you could spend some time with your boys. Give Eli a poke from us. We really would like to meet him. I know he is working hard. Doug is looking forward to sharing his experience and knowledge with him. I'm looking forward to feeding him! He can't possibly beat the kids I fed when my son was growing up.

He was just talking about that this weekend...he can't wait and he's so happy to have found this opportunity! He's waiting to get processed through this new job and find out what days he will have off on a weekly basis~if any~so that he can coordinate with Doug on days for learning. It's one of those hurry up and wait deals but he's chompin' at the bit to get to learn this information and work with your husband.

He's been so at peace since hearing about all this....I was worried about him for awhile because he seemed depressed about his life and job. I think he's thanking God more and thinking of God more since this job and an offer for an apprenticeship happened all at once and out of the blue. And for that, I thank God.....and I thank you and Doug, of course, for being an instrument of God.

You'll like Eli...he's a big ol' sweety and he's funny. Just a big boy in a man's body, always looking for fun and joy in a situation.

 

[Blooie]

Haven't been on much today. We finally figured out how to secure the run door with hardware cloth, so we were working on that and now that the girls (and Charlie) are used to going in and out via the chicken tunnel we closed off the top of it. Even the combination of chicken wire topped with hardware cloth seemed to easily defeated. Ken put a heavy cover on it, secured it with screws, and the chickens acted like it had always been like that - no problem with something new at all.

Then I had a town council meeting tonight, so we ran down to Powell, had a pizza, came home and I got ready to go. But I have to tell you something really exciting(well, maybe just exciting to me) that happened while we were working on the run. The pop door was open so the girls (and Charlie) could continue going in and out of the coop, and they behaved very well. Some came over a few times to check out what we were doing, but they didn't get in the way at all. We were "sewing" the hardware cloth to the fencing, passing the wire back and forth to get it really nice and tight. I was sitting on a little 3 legged stool inside the run and Ken was on a step stool outside.

Ken cleared his throat and said, "Diane, you have a chicken eyeing your backside." Oh,oh.....has Jane the Evil returned to renew her attack? I asked him, with a bit of panic in my voice, "Uh, what color is it?"
He replied very quietly, "It's red and white."
Oh, good - that narrows it down to 4! Suddenly she emerged from behind me to stand between me and the fence, eyed me for a minute, then jumped up on my knee! No kidding! None of the chickens has ever approached me before - it's always been me grabbing them! I put my hand under her - I was going to gently "help" her off me, but she settled down as if she was going to roost there for the afternoon! I told Ken to get his phone and snap a picture, especially since it was Rose - one of the original nasty three! By the time he got his phone out of his pocket she was no longer on my knee, had moved to my hand and she was walking up my arm! She lost her balance once and I got a wing in the face, but she recovered and situated herself quite comfortably on my shoulder for just a few seconds before she flew off. It was really something! Imagine that! Rose, asking for forgiveness! And she got it, too!

I know that those of you with lots more chicken experience are probably thinking, "Yeah, and so?" but to me this really was a big deal! I see pictures on BYC all the time of chickens who want to sit on peoples' laps, who watch TV, and who interact with their caretakers quite often. But I've been working my butt off for these girls (and Charlie) since mid-February, before I even picked up the package of chicks at the post office, and this was the first time any of them ever instigated any contact. And it wasn't just that once! After she figured out that she got a few pets, she became a regular knee sitter until we were finished!