Christmas

Well, once again, there's not much to report. The chickens are laying about 6 eggs a day. We're going to order 25 more layers to come in February. I'm still deciding which breeds to order... still loving the Australorp, but am a sucker for some of the stranger looking varieties.

We have foster kitties from the shelter right now. They are about 3 years old. They came to the shelter as strays, but they think they were owned together, and may possibly be brothers. They're the same age and both front declawed. Rhett is a black and grey tabby and Ashford is a red tabby. Rhett almost died... he was so skinny you could feel UNDER his ribs, like they were wings. He had horrible sores all over from fleas. He didn't eat for a week and I had to take him to the shelter for them to hook him up to an IV. They gave him B12 injections and iron supplements, and I was forcing baby food in him with a syringe. He also had some kind of virus/infection so bad that the mucus was coming out of his mouth because his nose was so blocked. Very gross.

They have both made dramatic recoveries and are eating, drinking, playing, and being great cats. They're scheduled to go back to the shelter Jan 3rd to go into the colony, where we're hoping they'll adjust nicely while they wait for someone to fall in love with them.




And Merry Christmas from the fam!