Chicken report

I thought you guys would like to know, the chickens are re-homed. We took them out to the farm yesterday morning.

We had one casualty. One of the chickens came out of the basket and breathed her last. The guy we gave them to tried to revive her but she just didn't come back. We suspect that one she was one that was trying to escape and got jammed up against the side of the basket by the others, with her head thru the holes. Or else she had a heart attack from the stress. Chickens are sort of wimpy that way. The rest were just fine and were scratching around in the dirt and eating last summer's grass when we left. We used one of those large rectangular plastic clothes baskets slid into a garbage bag. It's not as bad as it sounds. They all fit just fine and the black garbage bag settled them down really well...chickens go sort of limp and sleep when in the dark and that bag made it dark in the basket. Not to mention keeping them from pooping all over my car backseat. Andy's truck went in the shop on Friday morning and that was the only way we had to get them there.

Oh my, I wish you could see the wonderful place they are living! Gene (the farmer) built a gorgeous coop with a run-out and he can drag it around with his tractor to put them on fresh grass when they need new ground. I know they'll have a great home...Gene was even trying to give that poor dead chicken mouth-to-mouth...and I know he loves animals! His son has some of the most beautiful chickens...lots of roosters and some wonderful breeds. The chickens he had before are on one side of the coop and mine are separate on the other side...so they won't get beat up or anything. It's the perfect set-up! I couldn't be happier, altho Andy and I sure miss them.

If I get a chance, I didn't think of it while we were there, I'll run by there one of these days and take a photo of their new home. They are only a couple miles down the road from us. I will probably be going by there after work some days just to see them from the road...LOL I don't want to give Gene the idea that he's got my chickens and now he's taken me to raise!!