Jul. 11th, 2010

trystinn: (Eggs)
Morning began at 5:30am when Big Blue decided to settle the debate once and forever by crowing his little heart out! Granted, it was rough and immature as crowing goes, but it was definitely a decent proto-crow. I immediately ran outside (yes, in my jammies) and closed the shed coop door to muffle the noise, then an hour later let the poor guy out. Frankly, with the door shut, I don't think either of our neighbors could hear them - both houses have the bedrooms on the far side of their homes and I couldn't hear anything at the front of mine. I'll double check with them in a few days to see if they are bothered by him, cross your fingers for us.

Granted, we had a pretty good confirmation that Big Blue was indeed a roo as he's been chasing the hens all over the yard. Very amusing that!

Then, around 7:30 or thereabouts, the Rhodies decided it was time to lay their eggs and began the fairly loud "Laying Eggs Song" which sounds like "chucka-chucka-hurk-bwock!" and goes on until they lay - in some cases upwards of 20 minutes. So I ran outside in my PJs again and shut the door!

Around 9:00 things had settled down out there, so I ran outside (still in PJs) mind you, and let the girls out. After laying, they always want food - so I threw out their regular breakfast, plus leftover popcorn which is always a huge hit. Scarlett and Ruby dashed after me as I went up on the porch to feed the dogs, they are incredibly addicted to cat and dog food!

At this point, I'm wide awake so I made coffee and settled in for the morning by checking email, etc. Jason got up around 11am, I haven't managed to talk Josh into getting up, but he's due a long sleep in.

I'm considering some variant of the Tryst Inn for a farm name as I think it might be fun to make labels for the egg crates, etc. which would necessitate an accompanying graphic of sorts. I was thinking something kind of Weeble-like, similar to the Kawaii style icon I used above, chickens and ducks, maybe even bunnies and bassets. Anyone with ideas?

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