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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hi folks,<br>
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Wow, how did the weekend fly by so fast? It seemed like I was really
busy and got a lot done at the house, but had a lot more still to do
and had to come back to work instead. Oh well, it's not like housework
will disappear on its own, is it? It started out to be a wild night
last night, too. We had another mama hen and 9 baby chicks show up, so
that gave us 2 mama hens and 20 babies! We moved the first batch into
a bigger pen on the ground and put the new smaller ones who looked like
they had just hatched within the last couple of days into the smaller
pen that's up off the ground. About 10:30 I heard one of the hens
squawking for all she was worth and I grabbed the flashlight and ran
outside to see what was going on. Chickens may make a lot of noise in
the daytime, but they don't squawk at night for no reason, and sure
enough there was a raccoon that had actually gotten into the pen with
the batch of chickens on the ground and was running around dragging the
mother hen around by a mouthful of her feathers. He let her go when I
showed up and I raised the lid to the pen and he ran for it. I
couldn't believe he had gotten in there since the lid had a latch on
it, but it was off to one side and he managed to force the other side
up enough to squeeze his very determined and hungry self in for a try
at a chicken dinner. I put a bungee cord on the other side after that,
made sure the latch was fastened and went in the house thinking all
would be fine. Wrong. After about 10 minutes, I heard another squawk
and went running again, to see the rotten raccoon back with his paw
stuck through the chicken wire trying his luck that way. He did manage
to kill one of the babies that time, but didn't get to eat it, and
again he had to run for it. This time we put the little family in the
henhouse with our other big chickens, and things settled down for the
night. I wonder if that raccoon was trying to tell me I didn't have
any cat food out, so he'd have to try and snack on something else?
Yes, I still like raccoons, I just don't like them to eat my chickens!<br>
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Our menu for today includes:<br>
Spaghetti with meatballs<br>
Garlic bread<br>
Navy beans<br>
Corn bread<br>
Steamed red potatoes<br>
Broccoli with cheese sauce<br>
Hot dogs<br>
French fries<br>
Baked beans<br>
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And for dessert have a summertime favorite, Ice Cream and Toppings.</font><font
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Have a great day,<br>
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Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> <br>
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