The Quotidian Chicken

[Pigeony]

Olga

 

[Wynter Willow]

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Olga

I love the names, Olga and Helga!

 

[Pigeony]

Hilda is still doing well! She is acting completely normal, eating well, and generally comfortable. You never would guess this bird had a near-death experience just a few short days ago. Temperatures are going down a bit in the near term, so hopefully the chickens will get a bit of a break, but it certainly would help if we got some rain.

 

[Pigeony]

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Hilda is still doing well! She is acting completely normal, eating well, and generally comfortable. You never would guess this bird had a near-death experience just a few short days ago. Temperatures are going down a bit in the near term, so hopefully the chickens will get a bit of a break, but it certainly would help if we got some rain.

Just as a fun addendum:
This is Hilda, she was Helga's mother- Helga is her only hatchling and Olga was born from a different bird. Hilda was one of the few chickens who moved cities with me, and was close to being one of my original chickens. I didn't use to live in a place that kept roosters, so Hilda never had the opportunity to have babies as a young bird and by the time I was able to have roosters, she was an infrequent layer. Hilda died earlier this summer, so Helga is particularly special to me, she carries on her mother's spirit.

Bonus picture of Helga and Olga as younger pullets:

 

[Pigeony]

 

[CombNWattles]

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Olga

I have an Olga!

 

[Pigeony]

I have an Olga!
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Those are quite the floofy pantaloons your Olga has!

 

[Pigeony]

Some flock pictures from this morning:

An Aloha pullet

My head rooster being perfect, as always

Dorothy, oldest chicken in residence- who resembles a disheveled turkey more than a chicken at this point. I love her anyway even though she stopped laying eggs before she was even 2. Never been healthy a day in her life, but somehow has outlived everybody.

 

[Pigeony]

On a positive note, the last two nights we've gotten rain! Finally gave the chickens a break from the extreme temperatures, and dropped our average highs 10-15 degrees. The chickens are frolicking in all the moist soil they now have access to and appreciating that it's below 100 degrees for at least a short time. Hilda is still doing well and hasn't needed me to intervene since her heatstroke episode.