Another Sick Day For Me.....

I mentioned that I was sick yesterday...malaise unrecognized.  It wasn't the flu but it seemed like a bad allergy attack somehow.  Except for one thing....I hadn't even been outside.  But, guess what I discovered?  My darling Chewlee was covered in the pollen from the trees.  She spread it on her face, hands, arms just for fun!  And she wondered why I was cranky.  She is so lucky that she isn't allergic to such things but to deliberately spread it on her face!!!  Silly kid.  But she didn't know how badly it made me feel.  I even barfed and she thought that was *gross*.  

She had a ball gathering up the different weeds to feed to the chickens.  What we have noticed is that they aren't eating as much of their seed as they normally do.  They love the greens and the corn.  

Today one of the hens dug herself a pit.  Just to loosen the dirt so that she could take a dirt shower.  That's what finally motivated the Beast to go out and get some sand for them.  They do that to kill off mites and any ticks that might get under their feathers.  The sand, which is really glass, actually kills them by piercing their bodies.  The dirt wouldn't really do much for them except get them dirty....LOL.  Several of the hens were really curious about the sand but they finally got *into* it and were having themselves a real salon day.  Even the rooster made use of it.  There are times they remind me of a bunch of little kids.

There was another egg today.  How Chewlee missed it, I have no idea.  I am beginning to believe that they are laying them in the afternoon.  There are days we check and there's no new eggs.  But later in the day, when we go in to clean off the shelf, we will find one.  I really would have thought that they would lay the eggs during the night but I guess they prefer sleep to pooping out an egg....LOL.

Johnnycakes came to pick her up around 2:30pm or so and, within about two hours (after I vacuumed my computer room), I actually started feeling human again.  I even ate.  Okay, so it was only oatmeal but I feel so much better now.  I wish I had been more myself when Chewlee was here but she managed to have fun without being on the computer.  I told you I was cranky.  At least Chewlee cleaned off the pollen.  She even came in and asked me if her face was still yellow.  She can be truly funny at times.  

She dressed up in one of my silk robes and had my glitter wrap around her neck.  She was also wearing a pair of my high heels.  The Beast took a picture of her (she wanted one made up for her).  But she forgot it in her haste to leave.  She needed to shower and get into clean clothes.  She did enjoy watching the chickens go nuts after the greens she picked for them.

Well, time for me to shower and get ready for a (hopefully) normal night's sleep.  I'm a bit worried about Bratfink.  She hasn't posted anything on her blog or on FB for several days now.  I just hope she isn't ill.  If she is too ill to post, that's a bad sign.  We almost lost her to sepsis about two years ago.  She has a tendency to just *tough things out* to her detriment at times.  I worry about her a lot.  

Love you all.  Be good.  Be safe.  Be happy.  Spread your smile everywhere.  It might just brighten up the day for someone that needs it.  ***Hugs***