Iowa Blues

No, I am not sick of Iowa.  What this post is about is our 25 new Iowa Blue Chickens that arrived by mail today.  The place we got them from originally didn't have any available at the moment.  We got a call Monday saying that the place did have some available but we had to call by Tuesday noon.  We called Tuesday morning, they were shipped Wednesday and they arrived today (Thursday).  They were shipped from Texas.  What also makes this interesting is that they all arrived alive which isn't necessarily the norm.  We got a call around 7:10 am to come pick them up from the post office.  When we got there we noticed a sign saying that they didn't open until 8:30.  We knocked on the door to their backroom anyway and were quickly answered.  It might have been because the postal workers didn't want to listen to their shrill cheeping for another hour.  Anyway, they are home now and hopefully they will continue to survive.

Chicken Woes

So for those who didn't know, my family got some chickens over a month a go.  At first we didn't have a pen for them and one of the chickens escaped and got eaten.  One other got smothered in her sleep by a bigger chicken.  So we built them a pen.  We let them out all day.  Everything was fine. For about a week.  Then a cat got in and ate four of them.  So again we started only letting them out when we were watching.  Yesterday, Dad spent all day enlarging the pen and electrifying the top so when cats would climb, them would get zapped.  We get home from church and there is a cat in the pen over the body of a dead chicken.  Back to the drawing board.  We can't put a top on top of the cage unfortunately...

Boring

The problem with blogs is that you have to have something to blog about. I have nothing. I lead a very boring life. I planted some flowers today. We'll see if any actually come up. Happy Easter

Is Anyone Out There?

I haven't posted in years. Literally years. I had forgotten my password and had to get a new one. A lot has happened. I graduated high school, got an AA from NCC, and in the fall will start attending NWICC. I am still a gymnastics coach but now I coach team. My specialty is bars. Our first meet of the season will be in 2 weeks. Sound the dramatic music now. I have decided to keep this post short.