Wild Winds Homestead : The FEVER

Sunday, September 9, 2012

The FEVER

My husband has caught the FEVER! There is a junk/car collecting fever that runs in my family. Some of it useful and some of it not. My Grandpa Hall collecting things. He had two refrigerators in his back yard filled with sorted nuts and bolts. People who knew him stopped by his house before the hardware store. My father is a car collector, "I need this engine... But no it does not fit in the car that needs an engine, but it was a good deal." My brothers have similar car collecting habits. My husband will be purchasing a Merkur on Monday minus the top end of the engine! Glad he has a hobby car! He washed and waxed it before he put a cover on it and put it in the garage!

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Our late chickens

Lucy the Red Star, died of natural cause of old age. We will miss her. She had the best personality!

Roni the Rhode Island Red-She was eaten, she would not stop eating eggs, we tried many things to stop her but in the end she was eating 3 eggs a day so we ate her.

Sophie the Red Star- She was egg bound, we tried to save her in vain.

Phil the Faverolle-Her death is still a mystery.

Blackbird the Black Australorp-She was injured and then several other chicken pecked out her flesh around the injury. We separated her and she eventually healed but did not walk very good. She spent most of her time just sitting in the lay box. She was put out of her misery.

Pickles the Barred Rock-She seemed to have some kind of a stroke, she stood for many hours in the same place and stared off into space. She would not eat and only drank for my husband. After a week she was kindly put out of her misery.

Willow, the Leghorn, is no more, she got in the dog pen and was played with to death.

Chicken who stopped by

Mabel the Mottled Java- She came to us from a neighbor, she would allow their other chicken in the coop. She was at the bottom of our pecking order until the new chickens arrived. She would hop the 3 foot fence and not allow the new chickens to eat their own food. She moved to the Jenie Hansen coop in West Haven! She does well there.

Ruby and Rhoda the Rhode Island Reds- Bought from a neighbor. They pecked the flesh out of Blackbird and were aggressive with several of the other hens. They found a new home with a daughter's friend. They do better there at the bottom of the pecking order.