Relaxin' Saturday

It has been a peaceful day today. It has rained here and there but not too bad. Pup's daughters are here again this weekend, which is great. They swam some today and last night and helped with the chickens.

Havoc came up after a morning run completely soaked. I'm not sure if he went swimming in the creek or chasing something through the damp woods.

The chickens are doing great. We put them in the tractors this morning. They totally enjoyed a day of eating grass and bugs along with some melon rinds and other various scraps we threw in there. 

 I picked a small strawberry from one of our bushes and tossed it in. The chase that followed was exciting and comical! The first one grabs it. Another runs by full speed, grabs the berry without even a pause and keeps running. Two more suddenly greet her and grab the berry from her. Small skirmish and one runs off to be confronted by the first one. I'm not sure who ended up actually eating it but I enjoyed the antics worthy of a Tom and Jerry cartoon.

Roo, on the other hand, does not like us taking HIS girls out of the coop nor does he like the tractors. He fusses and crows repeatedly. Just to make sure we remember that he is a rooster and we better bring his girls back soon. 

Once we bring them back he chases and scolds the girls for even thinking about leaving his coop. He pounces on them and pins them to the ground either raping them or practicing raping them...I'm not sure which. I'm not sure I WANT to know which! 

At any rate there is no doubt who the boss of the coop is! 

All the girls back in the coop. Eating some cracked corn and scraps. I have been giving them all sorts of scraps. Onion peels, the tops/seeds of peppers, banana peels,grapes that had browned a little, crushed egg shells, stale popcorn, stale bread etc. They love melon rinds! What a great way to get rid of them! 

I still love the color and markings of the Americaunas.

Topper & Cinder spent most of the day on the screened porch because of the rain. Topper watches out to the deck in hopes for the rain to stop so he can go hang out on the deck rails.  

During one of the breaks in rain, Cinder checks out the chickens in the tractor. 

Pupp and his girls have gone fishing. I hope they have fun and catch some fish!

Lauren & Gavin made it home safely. So glad the trip was uneventful and they are home safe! Also that I don't have to attend to Loki anymore! YAY! No offense Lauren, I love your cat but he is an asshole. Just sayin.