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<font face="Comic Sans MS">Hi folks,<br>
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Well, we've officially gone out of the chicken business at my house, at
least until we get a better henhouse and maybe a good critter-proof pen
for them. We wanted to have chickens to keep down the bug population
(mostly ticks), but all that's happening is that something, (raccoons
and who knows what), is keeping down our chicken population. The
little hen I rescued yesterday morning was evidently my last one. I
left her in a pet carrier all day yesterday, then took her to a
friend's house yesterday evening to live with her chickens. She has a
really good setup with chain link fences that keep all the critters
away from her chickens, ducks, etc. so the poor little traumatized hen
ought to be safe there. Of course when we put her down in amongst her
new flock, the fighting started. One of the resident chickens came up
and pecked at her and the fight was on. She'd had a bad day after
all, getting rudely jarred awake at 6:00 or so in the morning by
something biting into her trying to drag her off for breakfast, then
being dropped in the wet grass, and scared half to death by her
rescuer, grabbed up again, put into a cat carrier and left for the day
with 5 little dogs all coming around sniffing and peeking in at you,
and probably barking, so she wasn't about to put up with any bullying
from some little upstart hen half her size! Of course, she had to take
on several of them before they figured they'd better leave her alone.
No wonder she was grouchy! <br>
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The weather looks a little iffy outside today, like it might rain or it
might not. I'm definitely relieved that the heat wave seems to be gone
for the year. I hope it doesn't rain this weekend, as we have a family
reunion to go to and it's an outdoor thing. <br>
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</font><font face="Comic Sans MS" size="+2">Our menu for today includes:<br>
Roast beef<br>
Mashed potatoes and gravy<br>
Baked beans<br>
Corn<br>
Pasta bar<br>
Tuna salad<br>
Potato chips<br>
Pickles<br>
Hot rolls<br>
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And for dessert have some yummy Apple or Cherry Cobbler.<br>
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Have a great day,<br>
<br>
Rhoda <span class="moz-smiley-s1"><span> :-) </span></span> </font><br>
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