Well, our four crowing roosters went to live with their new family today [2 black australorps and 2 cuckoo marans]. A couple that I know from an online poultry forum came to visit us and took them home with them, along with a couple of our black australorp pullets. They were the *nicest* people. I am finding that "poultry folks" seem to be universally a very nice bunch, and we really enjoyed meeting this couple today.
I am sure our whole neighborhood will breathe a sigh of relief now. LOL!
So, we are down to "only" 13 hens and then 10 new chicks. Which is a low number for us these days. :)
My chicken fever is catching - my sister has decided she wants to have some chickens too now. She and her roommate are working on building a coop at this very moment and I am helping her pick the kind of chickens she wants. She's thinking she'll start with 3. [Yeah, we started with 6 and you see how that worked out!]. Chickens really are addictive!
The lady and man who came to visit us today to adopt the roosters were amazed at how tame the chickens were and how well our kids handled them. The kids really enjoyed showing off all their different chickens and telling them about them. Our visitors were both so kind and listened patiently to everything the kids had to say about their chickens - which was quite a lot LOL!
Oh, and for anyone who was wondering about our dog - he has made a full recovery and is doing great now! We did have to take him back to the vet again last Monday, and all in all he cost us $350 [YIKES!] just to take care of this face/eye scratching thing, but he's doing really well now and seems very happy to be back to normal!
I felt much better today - for the past 3 days I've felt terrible because of the side effects of the steroid shots for the baby's lungs on Wed and Thurs - they didn't disclose the side effects beforehand, but I found out that taking those steroid shots makes you feel really, really icky. :) Today I finally felt like myself again, and it was so nice! ;)
All in all, a good day! I hope you are having a wonderful weekend as well!
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I' so glad you all are enjoying your chickens! It's such a good opportunity for the kids in so many ways!
Glad those shots are out of the way. John was recently on high-dose steriods for a knee problem. He was a major toad for a few days. hehe.
Today after church we were invited to see some baby chicks, including a baby peacock! Ground/Flightless baby birds are cute, the man of the house said. And, he was right! The sweet lil peacock was a cute as can be.
I really wish we could do the same...
The steriods were to get Gamma Ray ready just in case of an early delivery?
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