Peace Like a River - Look what I found!

2006-Aug-29

Look what I found!

I'm back to (temporarily) being an excited first-time chicken owner. My uneducated, best guess is that the death of the chicken was from first-time egg laying internal injuries. The others are doing fine, so I'm happy. Josephine is healing up real good. She's been loose from morning until dark, so the other two won't peck at her wound. So, I didn't think she had started laying yet, but I had been on the lookout for stray eggs just in case. Well, this evening I went outside and looked in one of her favorite spots, a nice shady, secluded corner of the house, and what did I find?? Three green eggs! She's been stockpiling behind my back!!

I swear I checked that spot the other day... I could see her getting away with one or two from today or the day before, but wouldn't three eggs be from three different days? I know checked over the weekend and there was nothing there! Hmmm... it's a mystery, but an exciting one!

The bad chicken news is that we sold our house, and I so far I can't find anyone to take them. We will probaby be in a rental for 6 months to a year, so I'd like to just "loan" them until we find a permanent place. I was hoping my parents would be willing to take them, but my dad said no chickens (for certain readers, I'd like to point out that he built the best chicken tractor ever and he's the world's greatest dad and if the chickens live over there, the grandkids will, of course, have to come visit much more often, since they'll need to see their beloved chickens that they don't want to give to some stranger, plus we'll be a lot closer, etc... etc... [insert sad puppy dog eyes and bat eyelashes]) Seriously, I'm just kidding!!

(I love you, dad!!)

But I really don't know what I'm going to do with them. LOL

P.S. If anybody in western Washington would like to borrow three sweet, friendly chickens for awhile, I have some that need temporary foster homes!