Monthly ArchiveApril 2008
Epe & ErkkilaDotOrg & IG & Projects & chickens & dogs & guinea fowl & home & horrible 30 Apr 2008 09:02 pm
chicken, icken
Coop II work continues. I feel queasy thinking about all the inside work that has to be done before we can get chickens in (insulation, wallboard, plastic sheeting, nestboxes, chicken dooors…) We’re hoping for more Ameraucanas and some pied Guineas this year.
Icky starts chemotherapy this week. He’ll be on Chlorambucil and Prednisone.
ErkkilaDotOrg & Pee & Projects & chickens 18 Apr 2008 04:50 am
Coop II the wrath of coop
New coop project is finally of the ground. Had the neighbor from San Diego up to do the foundation and brick work. (Yes he’s a neighbor and yes he lives in San Diego… <(^.^)> )
Pictures so far are here:
http://erkkila.org/gallery2/v/Projects/ChickenCoop2/
Make sure you check out the cement truck :)
-pee
Epe & ErkkilaDotOrg & chickens & wtf 03 Apr 2008 11:12 pm
nuuhh nuhhh nuhhh…Another one bites the dust
Paul found Leo dead in the silkie pen this morning. Oddly enough, he had seemed fine. Hopefully whatever it was isn’t contagious.
Leo was named after ‘Big Leo’, the character from The Freshman. Leo. Big Leo. They’re synonymous (”That’s right!”). Love that movie.
Please don’t feel sorry for us. If he attacked my legs one more time this summer Paul might’ve decided to help him on his way to the big chicken coop in the sky anyway. so in a way, this was easier on everyone. Sumo, our remaining silkie rooster, seems ecstatic…he’s left with 3 hens all to himself, including Squeak. When Paul went into the barn, the three silkies were STANDING on the corpse but Squeak was nowhere to be seen (top was purposely left off last night, so Squeak could roam the barn)…she didn’t return until we removed him.