Monsters in my Tub

Just when you think everything is fine

Monsters invade your tub !

Everyone is on alert.

They all run to one side of the tub

and more often than not, hide beneath each other

until they are just a mass of yellow fluff.

 Spring was wet and cold with flooding 

even closing down interstate highways.

Summer only a season on the calender, 

wet then dry but cooler than normal.

Then the wall of heat hit setting records.

The heat index was something like 104.

It was so hot we lost two of the youngest coop members,

one a rooster and the other a pretty buff.

Fortunately I could save Miss Puffy cheeks and two siblings.

The older hens were fine but these younger one

were not ready to take on the full grown hens, 

in fact the group right before this didn't fully integrate

but they have no choice now, they are fully grown.

 These girls had to come into the house to cool off.

 They can't go in with Bird, they would peck his/her only eye.

So our choice was  to put them into the tub with the babies 

for a couple of days.  Monsters to the little babies!

I will say these older birds have been very patient

although they give the little ones a peck now and again,

nothing dangerous, just warning pecks.

About half of the babies will  be gone

by Monday-  going to my husband's boss to boost his layers.

Miss Puffy Cheeks,  sitting in the tub above,

 still remembers to fly onto the edge of the tub

so  I'll take her out to sit on my lap.  She's 

the sweetest ever and I'd love to have her be Bird's companion

but I am too worried about his eye.  

Maybe I could sew a patch for him/her.

I'd have to come up with a good pirate chicken name!