Work and Play Make for Long Days

Finally, after many years, I started the long process of repainting  the chicken coop.

First, scraping off the old paint.  I used Dad's power washer until it broke down, then I scraped the rest. 

We got 3 gophers this week.  We fed the first one to the cats.

 Czech Days ----. Before heading to Tabor Dad had to get his Mountain Dew at the Double "T"  truck stop.

Ready for the parade!

We handed out American flags.

Fred wearing a WWII helmet.

A Plumpish Poultry Problem ~ Needing a JIllian Michaels for Chickens

The broilers discovered their weed habitat.

One broiler is so fat that its leg sticks out and it must scoot around in circles.

Grandma ordered a food ration because my broilers were fatter than hers....

BUT, the broilers did not like their diet.

They cheated by biting a hole in the feed bag.

The Rhode Island Reds get cooped up inside, but they have plenty of space to fly around.  I often greet them in the morning, "And how are the murderers doing?" Grandma calls them the cannibals because they pecked up the broilers twice, drawing blood both times.

The old hens got locked up this week because they got caught dust bathing in the new lawn.

I chased them all inside before Dad got home.

We also set up gopher traps in the cornfield.  Nothing caught, yet.

The barn swallows' eggs hatched this week.  They love using chicken feathers for their nest!

 

First Week of June

This week Dad planted grass in our front yard.

Of course there had to be some antics by the "boys" before the job got started.

The broilers got out of the cardboard box and into the coop.  They again got pecked at by the Rhode Island Reds.  I gave up having them in the box and let them have the front area of the coop.

  

These are the first chickens I have had who are not afraid to go outside.  

In past years I would push them out the door and then lock it to keep them outside.

Dad's WC52 military vehicle is getting loaded up to get tuned up for Czech Days!

Took a picture looking northwest of our house ~ thought it was a beautiful sunset.