Eggs (week ending 6/11): 49*Once again the beginning of work on the Chicken Tractor was put off, this time because of outside forces. My Mother is living with us now, and she had a bad week - by the time Saturday came around, I couldn't see straight.
Eggs (year to date): 1001
*Includes 4 Bantie eggs
Nevertheless, with the help of an extra pair of hands in the form of a family friend who likes to come and soak up all the farm ambiance without the actual responsibilities of keeping goats and chickens, I did manage to get through the chores and got the nursery knocked down. Collected a number of quite good photographs (because I wasn't running the camera) of the Class of 2005, and now have some materials I can use to start on the Chicken Genetics page. Also tried to identify as many potential roosters as possible and put blue nylon cable ties on their legs to ID them for the culling to come.
Earlier in the week I did manage to get some lumber sorted for most of the frame of the Tractor. I keep changing my mind about different aspects of it, what I want to do with it and all, but eventually all of that is going to get worked out. Hey, it's a big square frame of wood for the most part covered in chicken wire. It's not rocket science. How bad can it be? The big goat gate had to be tougher. It's just a matter of time and will.
Also triaged out the two Easter Egger roos. I put them in a dog cage outside the coop. They've become rather mean spirited lately, and were coming into the coop as we were releasing the Class of 2005 to attack them. Now I know this happens in chickendom, but the EE's were going above and beyond the call of duty. There's a difference between asserting your superiority and the kind of bullying that these birds were doing. I've long heard that EE roos were mean, and these two were no exception (except I'm wondering once more if they're both roos - only one is crowing and trying to jump hens - the other is a little lacking in tail feather development, but has all of the other obnoxious qualities of a roo - never mind, better the dinner table with them).
