FRUSTRATION

I am feeling frustration from many angles at the moment.

Can't get the van to work, and grandpa can't come to fix it at the moment.

Gotta get to Pullman today or tomorrow for my friend's wedding this weekend but without the convenience of a second car it becomes a big production...grrrr.

Our dog Jayda bit Cora on the face. Apparently she didn't like Cora biting her on the neck....it wasn't unprovoked, but it's still not acceptable. Not sure what to do on that one.

On top of it all, I think I am just tired and that makes everything else seem worse. Not much patience...cranky mommy...need solutions...Cora needs me. Gotta go.

ATTACK!

Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit. Perhaps it wasn't a full on attack, but it could have escalated quickly! I'm talking about my encounter with the roosters this morning.

I went outside to water and check on the chickens. I remembered that Greg had unscrewed the hose from their automatic water bowl to water our budding sunflowers yesterday (lame that we only have one functional hose!). When I got out there I saw that their bowl was dry (oooh, bad mama) and they were waiting for me so I went into the coop to reattach the hose. Maybe it was my styling $5 WalMart garden shoes, or maybe they were just really pissed that I had let them run dry, either way I was surrounded by chickens. One of the roosters (the head honcho I'm

assuming) was particularly peeved. He kept pecking at my feet (again, maybe my shoes were just too appealing). I tried to nudge him away a couple of times, but this just seemed to aggravate him further. Every step I took, he was right there with me, watching me with those beady little eyes, and pecking at me. The other roosters were right behind him.....what? Waiting their turn at me? So I "nudged" him a little harder...okay maybe you could consider it a kick, but it was gentle as far as kicking goes! Anyway, it was just hard enough to get him out of my way so I could get the heck out of there!!

Needless to say, the roosters have GOT to go! Anyone in the market for some home-grown chicken?

Sweet girl

Today Cora was sitting on my lap and said "I like my mommy a lot."

That's good to know...I kinda like her too!

Twinkle Star

I've been hoping to catch this on video for a while now...it makes my heart smile!

By the way, one of the roosters crowed for the first time yesterday...tomorrow I have a friend coming to "adopt" them. Hope they taste good!

Love your chickens!

Rooster overload!

I'm no expert on the sex of chickens, but I've read enough to convince myself that we have 3 roosters in our flock. AAARRRGGGHHH! When I bought the chicks, it was supposed to be 90% chance that they were female. Well, I bought six, one died, and assuming that it was a hen would put our percentage at 50%! Not ideal. So now the question is what to do with 3 roosters? I'm almost completely sure that I will not be able to butcher them, pluck them and skin them, so I'm thinking of putting them on craigslist! They are about 3 1/2 months now and beginning to get aggressive toward each other, and toward me. Seriously, the other day I reached down and one of them bit me HARD!! 

A couple of weeks ago I went into the farm supply to buy feed

 and they had some new baby chicks. They were so 

cute, plus I was feeling bummed about only having 2 hens left, so...you guessed it...two new baby chicks came home with us! They are a different breed than our Rhode Island Reds. I believe they are Barred Plymouth Rock. So cute. 

I got some good shots of the flock and some 

of the new babies with Cora. I can't believe how big the first batch has gotten! We also built a new coop for them which I will post pictures of later.

Enjoy!

 

One of the girls darting into the hen house!