New homes for everyone

The six Black Star hens we've had for a year went to live with my friend last Friday. She was happy to take them and have the immediate eggs. Her chicks are not laying yet. They are only about twelve weeks old. 

Sunday afternoon she called me and said one of my hens was acting like she was choking. My friend did everything she could but the hen was found dead this morning when she went out to check on the animals. It was probably the stress of transferring them to her house. A fellow who works with Gary says the symptoms are consistent to the ones she observed. The hen was acting like she was having trouble breathing. It is always hard to lose an animal, even a chicken. 

They will go home and bury her tonight. Rest in peace little one. Thanks for the good eggs and the companionship. 

Four leaf clover

The year is almost half over and we are supposed to be finished with all cold weather. The weather forecast is calling for a frost on Monday, May 13th. We just cut our first broccoli from the plants Gary put out. The onions and garlic is growing well. I still haven't planted the Cherokee tears. The ground has been too wet. We had three to four inches of rain two weeks ago and another one to two since then. Today was gorgeous. Cool and sunny.

Four leaf clovers make us think of luck. Lucky to be in good health. Lucky to have our loved ones. So many things that happen are just luck. I copied this one from off the Internet. Let the hope of good things come to you!

Pullets

Our pullets are really getting bigger and are out growing the big brooder that Gary built for me.
I decided to re home our six black star hens and keep the ten new pullets. When we got the chicks, I read that you can lose forty to fifty percent due toe the fact that they are so delicate. I bought more than I needed to compensate for the possible losses. They ALL survived. I am glad they did. I was dreading finding and dead babies. Now that they are 9 weeks old it is time to get them out to the coop. Alyce Dobbins, the founder of UCAN ( urban chicken advocates of Nashville) is helping me find a family that would like to take them. Re homing the girls will mean not having to modify our existing coop ( which I love).
As a result of moving the pullets out to the coop, I will be able to move my potters wheel back into use. I am committed to getting back on the wheel and getting better at my art. We'll see!