May 31

It was a beautiful morning. However, I looked outside and Waldo did not look right. I ran out the back door and yelled Waldo and he looked at me like I had lost my mind. He was fine. 

Then I see Athena carrying something in her mouth and my heart sunk. I thought it was one of the chicks. I ran back outside. It was not a chick, but it was a bird. I got Athena to let go of the bird. I’m not sure how far the bird got. It did run away but Athena was looking for it. 

I saw Chloe and the chicks so I went to check on the babies to see if that one I was worried about had made it and it had. The chick is still slower than the others but hanging in there. 

The same thing was going on when I got home, but again, the chick is still hanging in there. It is smaller the other chicks I noticed this evening as I was feeding them. The other 13 seem to be thriving. 

Athena was stalking the chicks, so I had to run her off. She was not happy with me, but I did not care. 

Mattie is eating the chicken food. I did keep some of the duck food that was donated, but he will not touch that. 

Ronnie did some weed eating the other day and ruined Edith’s laying spot. She is now laying on the hay bales. I’m not surprised. 

Rena is getting around so much better. I’m impressed with how well she is doing. I’m so happy about it. 

There has definitely been some rain lately, so things are green and gorgeous. We do not see that out here too often. 

Edith and Suzie Q ended up in the shop tonight, but surprisingly, they left the shop. It shocked me actually. They both like to live in there. 

Looks like Jeb got into a fight with a cactus. He did not appreciate me trying to pull out the spikes. 

I had wondered if Willow was still nursing. I know she needs to, but every time I saw her try to nurse, Noma would kick her away. I did see her nurse tonight. 

There looked like a storm coming in. It got cooler fast. The goats went in the shelter and the chickens were roosting. 

Onyx had an interesting sleeping spot today. She was under the steps with a dog on each side. It was funny to see, she was not bothered at all. 

Yeller walked out to me in the pasture, so I gave him some love. He then hid himself in the grass. 

Noma is having a hard time with flies. I sprayed her down again today. She was not happy and it was an ordeal. 

We have some leaves on a zucchini plant that looks like an elephant ear. It’s huge. 

We got 16 eggs today. That’s a bunch. 

Ronnie put out a new bale of hay for Mattie and the cows. That is always an ordeal. A funny one, but an ordeal. 

Word of the day is ordeal. 1 Peter 4:12