Saturday Work

Brian was away last week and we kept quite busy. We had a little birthday party for Dan at my folks on Monday, Mom and Dad came over on Tuesday and watched the Littles for me while I took Bessie to piano and then she and Gabe and I went and did some shopping. Wednesday we had friends over for a play date. This family also has several adopted children. Thursday we went to a friends house for a visit. It was fun and the kids had a great time.

We do not usually spend so much time on the go, but it was good with Brian away.

Saturday morning we headed out to the post office and the library. After lunch, Bri started working on the chicken coop. During the winter, it is almost impossible to clean as the manure freezes to the floor. The spring cleanup is the worst of the year. He also had some minor construction to do for the new chicks. The little "apartment" that we had before made it too dark for the bantams, so he took it out in the fall. He needed to put in a new place for chicks. We keep them separate from the main flock until the are big enough to hold their own as the other hens will hassle them for a few days until the peaking order is re-established.

Bri mucking out the hen house

I really enjoy my little chickens (bantams). They lay small eggs but they seem to have so much more personality than the big hens.

Betsy is Gabe's favorite

We also have guinea hens. This birds do a great job of keeping down the tick population. We only three this spring, but we are hopefully that the female will hatch out a clutch this year.