You may know we have yet another broody hen. This time it’s Billie Idyll. What a surprise! I let her set, and she still has three eggs under her. It’s about hatching time, so I knew the babies couldn’t hatch in the nest boxes. They’d fall.
Our dog crate that we use for babies is not quite right for them, because they could slip through some holes. Last time, we used cardboard to try to keep them safe, but only one made it to adulthood. And he was a rooster. Bruce didn’t like that.
So today, the renovation team renovated the chick nursery. They did a great job. They used hardware cloth to seal all the cracks, cleaned it up really well, then built Billie a nest box.
When they were done, I put Billie and the eggs in the nursery. Whoa, you should have heard her yelling! She wanted back in her nest box! She squawked and squawked. I showed her the eggs, but she didn’t care. Squawk!
It took a couple of hours, but finally she figured out that her eggs were there. I hope they will hatch. Certainly they didn’t get too cool. It’s hot again!
Chicks are due in the next couple of days. I’m hoping they’ll make it at least a few days. And maybe there will be a hen? I’ll just keep trying. I do enjoy the chickens and their fancy new house. And of course, I love the doggies.
The Hermits' Rest 
So cute 🐤💛
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Thanks!
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I saw this and thought of you and Lee.
😉😅 All you needed was Styrofoam and wooden pallets, you could have done the whole thing yourselves. 🤣
I hope this works: https://fb.watch/d_xyRV1oh-/
Hope you are surviving the heat and the politics. From the outside the state looks like it’s going insane.
Trisha
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It feels insane from the inside. We are two countries living as one. It didn’t work well for Yugoslavia or India.
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And I’m glad they didn’t see that pool before we built ours.
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