End Note Which is a Fresh Note to The Shadow

Two new girls are with Sunny now. They are Buff Orpington's, pullets. The kids and I went to "pullet days" over at Pistil's Nursery here in Portland. Fantastic place. They ooh'ed and ah'ed over the girls who were available for sale and I grilled a chicken farmer named Joy with all my questions. Why did my girl die? What can I do next time? What can I do about my crazy angry girl Sunny who scares me to death?

In the time it took for the kids to pick two new chickens, Joy gave me the inside story on how to dominate Sunny (rather than being dominated by her) and how to add vinegar to the water, as well as a sulfur type antibiotic and to accept that this a fact of life--chickens die and when they are in a hole, they have been sick for a while. Nothing we can do. It happens.

Fair enough.

My next post will be: How to Dominate Your Chicken.