Aggravatarianationismalist

So this page decided that it was going to take some of the interesting things people said about the tornado story, and delete them. Consequently, we're not talking. I was upset.

In other news, Ronny shot off his cannon again. This time, we loaded it with a softball. It was fun.

What wasn't quite as fun was that, the next morning, the neighbor found the softball in his yard. Which doesn't seem like a big deal until you realize that he lives two ridges, one field, and over a mile away from where we shot the cannon. Which wasn't pointed at optimum range height, and was only loaded with a cup of black powder, instead of the 2 pounds it can handle. Oh, cripes. I would have been really angry if I'd've been that neighbor.

We also hatched 9 baby chicks about the time I got home from florida. They were adorable, as small fluffy things generally are, but they were getting noisy and smelly and taking up too much room. Interestingly enough, we had a hen also hatch babies at the same time, and we're keeping her in an old playhouse that's now a chicken nursery. Someone got the bright idea of putting ours in with hers.

I'll admit, I wasn't too thrilled about it. I thought she'd peck them to death.

We hauled them out there anyway and tossed a couple chicks into the building. She fluffed up in her corner, but all of her babies ran out in front of her to get a good look at us. They're passing curious, for wild critters. Anyway, ours looked at her, and then one of them took off, straight across the hay, and burrowed in with her babies, right under her. I don't normally say this, but it was absolutely precious. She craned her neck and looked very confused and uncertain, but she didn't object too much. So we turned them all loose, and...with a little coaxing, the mama has 17 babies she calls her own.

It's sort of funny at night, though, because there isn't room enough under her for all of them. They sort of go in and out of her feathers, like penguins fighting to be at the center of the huddle in the Arctic. But they look safe and happy. Success!