The day after the first chicken attack Nathan was given 17 chickens that were no longer in their prime egg laying stages. After gathering what we thought were all 17 of them into the coop, we realize we kept coming up one short when counting them. One managed to escape and found a spot in the bushes to hide. Turns out, he wasn't as hidden as he thought. We got a call the following evening from our neighbors, the owners of the husky, asking if we happened to have chickens. Whether or not he found it already dead or killed it herself, the husky brought this dead chicken home.
Now we have ten new baby chicks. Or at least we had ten. Nathan is sure he bought ten and claims to have even counted ten of them when he put them in the garage, but now we count nine! Sounds like strike three! Is it common for people to have such bad luck with their chickens or is this the "Delimont Luck" I've heard so much about? While Keeton is in town for the weekend, Nathan has decided to use the opportunity of having help in killing and cleaning most of the adult chickens that were given to us. I can't help but think it was these chickens that killed our little survivor so I believe I might even help in picking these guys off. Looks like we'll be having chicken for dinner tonight!!
I don't have recent pictures, but our ducks have really grown! We have finally given all but one a name. Daniel and Denton's ducks are mostly black so Daniel decided to name his Blacky and Denton has gone with One. Guess Denton has decided to keep it simple. The way our luck goes with animals anyways, it probably won't be long before he has a Two and Three! At least this way he is able to keep track of our failure rate. =) We have named Addi's duck Bella, mine Sami, and Nathan is calling his Stew because he plans on making duck stew with his. I've tried duck in the past and didn't care for it so this will be one meal Nathan and I won't be sharing. Guess I'll be having chicken that night...
Counting chickens hasn't been the only thing keeping us busy this week. We took Addi to the doctor on Monday for what turned out to be an ear infection. Our little lady was miserable for several days fighting a fever of 103. We were told to watch Addison closely since she still has salmonella. One of the bigger things to keep an eye on was her developing a temperature. So of course we freaked out when she woke up was a temp of 102.7. We hate her having an ear infection, but we're thankful there's something to link the fever to other than salmonella. However, we're not totally convienced it's just from the ear infection. Since the doctor couldn't rule out salmonella playing a role in it either, she has decided to look into getting Addison a referral to see an Infectious Disease Specialist. Not sure when this will happen, but it will be nice to finally talk to someone who knows more about it. For now, we are waiting to test her again and go from there depending on the results. It sounds though like she may always be a carrier of salmonella.
Daniel is now suffering from allergies. The poor kid can't open his eyes in the morning without a warm wet washcloth. Nathan, who also has allergies, is all to familiar with this. I've been one of the lucky ones and have never had these issues. Better knock on wood...
Denny Benny seems to be the only healthy one of the bunch. But because our kids are little dopers, he fakes a cough or a similar symptom of Daniel's when he sees everyone else getting medicine. Even Addi gets excited when she sees the tylenol bottle.
For now, all the excitement in the Delimont household has settled down a bit. We're looking forward to Nathan's sister, Diana, and her family coming for a visit later in May. Will be the first time for all the cousins to meet!
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