A sad day

Hello,

Just wanted to give an update on the little chicken that was struggling.  We saw it in the morning two days ago, and it was barely moving.  We discussed whether we should put it out of its struggle then, but decided to wait and see.  It must have died not too long after that, because when we went back to take care of the animals in the evening it was quite cool (though it occurs to me such a small body would cool off pretty quickly) and stiff.  So I took it to a different part of the property and buried, and Annie cleaned out the cage they were in in case it was some sort of infection.

Now we seem to be having some eye problems in our chicks.  Of the three blue-laced red wyandottes (spelling?) one is not opening its eyes at all, one is opening only one eye, and one has both eyes still going fine.  We aren't sure what the problem is, watery would also be a way to describe their eyes when they're open, but that seems to be a symptom of about every chicken disease known to man.  So for the time being we're back to wait and see (post as a comment any suggestions if you know something about this, please).

In happier news, yesterday Annie and I - with help from a friend brewed our first ever batch of all grain beer (as opposed to using some grain extract).  It is a pumpking beer, that should be ready in plenty of time for halloween.  We also had some play rehearsal - including some of us getting to choreograph our fight scenes - which was really cool.  All in all, it was an excellent "day off."

peace to all

Jeff