Storms

It has not rained here in a while. The storm came out of no where tonight. There is lots of thunder and lightning. I have been out twice to check on Louie. He is not liking the storms with the sounds. Poor little guy is scared. I am glad they have shelter. I hope they do not get too wet in the shelter, Ronnie had to take off some of the shelter because it was too hot in there. I had to run out in the rain twice to take care of the fan. I thought it might sprinkle, but no, it was a big thunderstorm. 

That Was A Close One

I had already lost Raven and one of the turkens is not well. I round the corner to feed the chickens like usual and Tina Turken is overheating. She is already in the stage of unable to stand up. I drop everything I am doing and turn the water hose on her. I get her good and drenched. I picked her up and held her for a little bit because I really did not think she was going to make it, so I wanted her last moments to be filled with love. I put her back down in the water and continued to get the water good into the feathers and on her neck and all over her. I was just trying to cool her off. Her skin was so red. I knew she was too hot. She did start to cool off. I knew she was cooling off because her skin color started changing. She finally got tired of me messing with her, so she was strong enough and got up and walked away. I was so happy to see that. She was still weak, but she made it to the sheep and goat pen. She sat back down. I came back by a little while later and put more water on her. Then she went over into another corner. I moved her to a cooler place. I then decided to go ahead and put her in with Prada and. Louie in front of the fan. That did the trick. Tina cooled off quickly after that and got up and started moving around. Louie was happy to see her. I am so glad she is okay. That would have been devastating for so many reasons. Louie had to make sure she was okay, too. She will be staying with the goats at least the rest of the evening. She may stay there the next few days because of the fan situation. I do not want to do that again. She might hate that though. We will see. 

The Coop Turken

The one turken I have been concerned about is hanging in there. I did pour some water out on the ground for them. They all went for that water to sit in and cool off. It is a hot one. The one I am concerned about is still having the same symptoms, but maybe if she cools down she will be feeling better. I gave them fresh cold water, so that should help. I am ready for summer to be over already. This is awful. They are hanging in though. 

Raven

We lost Raven today. I found her overheating in the shop. I got her out of there as fast as I could to try to save her by cooling her down, but I was too late. She died while I was trying to cool her off. I hate this part. Today was a hot day. Not as hot as some of the days I have seen, but it was a hot one. I am so sad about it. We have lost a lot of chickens this year, most from the coyote, but some from other things. It hurts every time. 

Road Runner

There has been a road runner hanging around. I have seen it several times lately. Today it saw me and started running off. I guess I scared it off and it ran up the tree. I have never seen one in the tree, but it sure stayed there so I would leave it alone. I saw it come down later and look back to see where I was. I had to laugh at that. 

Never Know

You never know what is going to happen around here. As I was going down to feed the pigs, I saw out of the corner of my eye, something crawling out of the hay bale. Well, it was a hen. I was not surprised, but it goes to show, there is never a dull moment around here. 

Fireworks

I did hang out outside waiting for the fireworks. I am not a big fireworks fan for multiple reasons that I will not get into right now. I did finally get to see a few from the town I live in. Happy Birthday, America.