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Omelette’s Got No Toe

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I noticed our chicken Omelette had a missing toe the other day -or at least half of it was missing. It was bleeding and she was limping a little. She is the really sketchy chicken. We got her as an adult chicken and so she wasn’t hand-raised like all the other ones. Plus Leghorns are known for being a little more skittish than some of the other breeds. Because of this, I couldn’t treat it or wash it out or anything. Anyhow, I managed to snap a few photos of her foot with the missing toe. I think her toenails must just be too long and she got it snagged on something. It looks like she is doing ok now though even without any of our help…


Close up of the missing toe (click for a larger view)

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Rainy Day Animals

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The weather has been really WET here lately. And that’s unusual. We even got a little snow but it didn’t stick. I was surprised to see the chickens out cavorting in the rain instead of huddled in their coop like I wanted to be (in my bed, that is). But I did snap a few funny pictures of the wet menagerie. I was worried about the chickens being all wet, but from everything I’ve read, they are fine as long as they can get out of it if they want to.


Omelet and Greenfoot


Line ‘O Animals


Plus Schnoodle-doo

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Silly Schnoodle and Chickens Too

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Our dog Schnoodle is so old she doesn’t know what’s up. She can barely see, has very few teeth, can’t hear unless we clap and is slowing down a bit. But she does love to eat and her nose knows. However, she doesn’t rightly know what’s going on right on her back. So we played a little game of feed the chickens from the back of Schnoodle. It was pretty funny. Have a look. As for Kitty, he’s too sophisticated to join in on the fun. 🙂

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New Cat in the Neighborhood

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We have another cat in the neighborhood. Our Greeley backyard is kind of like Puerto Rico -like the Kruses :-)- with all the stray cats that come around. This one has come by more than a few times so he gets a name. In true unoriginal fashion we called him as we saw him (or is it her??): Patch. But that sounded too common so I used the Igpay Atinlay form of the name: Atchpay. We think it’s a “he” because we have had the occasional unfortunate fragrance that only comes from male cats. And Kitty does not seem to want to share his territory.


Atchpay at our back porch.

I have pet him and briefly picked him up but not held him. He is really cute with little white sock feet. We could have called him “Socks” -or rather, Ocksay.

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