Green Rascal Design

The chicken house got washed out today. Since it is Friday, I figured that would be a good chore. The fluffies needed attention, and their house was really dirty. We never really thought about how much crap would get stuck in the cracks when we built it. Of course when we built the fluffy house it was a rush job since they were quickly outgrowing their box, so we didn't get to do much thoughtful design work before screwing it together. But now it is all clean and wet, and when it dries out I'm sure the fluffs are going to be much happier. Right now they're kind of upset because, well, they're chickens. They get scared easily by the hose.

It was nice to do something good for the fluffies since they lost one of their brothers the other day. Not that they liked him at all, but it's the thought that counts I think. It's been kinda quiet around here with only one rooster rascal around.

Garlic is a fine rascal. He's very good to the hens, and he likes being held. He is, however, getting plucked. We didn't know what was going on for a long time, but recently we saw little Sugar go right up to Garlic and yank a feather out. Now that we know what's wrong with Garlic, we have ordered some medicine to cover his wounds and make it hard for the hens to continue plucking his tail. I'd hate to lose Garlic because of some disease we could've treated. Thank goodness it's just hen-pecking.