Egg-Citement!

I got FIVE eggs yesterday!  Things are picking up around here!  It's been two, one day surprise and get four.  But yesterday was good.  Molting must be about done, yay!

I went out last night to check on the girls and close their pop door so they wouldn't have too much of a breeze in our 17 degree weather and make sure Sassy was inside.  She tries to sleep on the ladder outside a couple nights a week but I don't let her.  I looked through windows and saw that Diller has a naked back.  Hmmm, someone must be pulling feathers from her.  Today will bring a chicken apron to cover that spot.  Too bad I didn't remember it sooner  :)  I think I'll put one on Sylvie because she's still thin on feathers and it should help keep her warm.  I really wish I could make one of those sweaters, will have to look into it. :)  Aha!  I found a pattern for a sweater out of fleece, guess what I'll be doing today along with finishing sewing binding onto a quilt, decorating for Christmas outside, and more!

http://barnyardsandbackyards.org/2011/02/03/chicken-sweaters/

Tomorrow we are visiting my friend Sandy and I will take pictures of her coop.  She just made her chickens an Arizona room.  Us Rednecks in AZ call a room with a view that stays warm an Arizona Room.  She made it out of clear corrugated panels so they would have a warm place out of the wind.  I kind of did that.  I have pieces of plywood on two sides to block the wind, one section has the clear so the lawn sprinkler doesn't hit those in the coop, and we put a pile of leaves in yesterday. 

Also tomorrow, my friend Debbie has two bales of straw for me to pick up.  They do a fall scene in their front yard every year and she's donating the bales of hay to me for my chickens.  I think I'll donate an 18 pack to her and do a trade!