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This bocklog serves as a diary of the two newest members of our family, Ramona and Penny, our hilarious hens (raised and gifted to us by Karen and Rick). Our website isn’t really copacetic with this new theme, but we can change that. We’ll post pics of the ladies soon! So, this is our version of Ramona and Penny’s story in which we'll attempt to transcribe the moods and opinions of our fine feathered friends. Hopefully it will also provide some good ‘ol fashioned entertainment for all you chicken lover’s out there and if ya peck your way through the details you might even find some tasty tid-bits of abel and my adventures here in Oakland. From the farm to the city! Last week the chicken express rolled into Oakland with our cluckers in the back. The ladies were pretty subdued and gracious about the ordeal, that is until they reached Santa Rosa and realized, wait a minute, we’re not in Potter Valley anymore!” I think at first they, especially Penny who seems to be a bit smarter and a whole lot more vocal, were thinking “hey, cluck this!” But city life has its perks too, and I think the ladies are gradually warming up to their new urban-ish digs. The first night of their arrival was Sunday Oct. 18, just a little over a week ago. Abel and I worked into the dark that night to ready the chicken run and spiffy up the coop for their first night in their new home. Last minute home improvements included the ramp and the roost, and oooh were they pleased about those additions. Funny thing is their ramp is pretty slippery so they both go sliding down each morning, arms a flailing in the air. It’s a hilarious sight! Two long mirrors run along the wall inside their run so the ladies feel like they are not alone in there. In fact, Ramona gets a little feisty with her reflection in the mirror because she thinks it is another hen, a Ramona imposter. Ahh, chicken brains! The first morning the ladies slept in and we were a little worried that it was too dark beneath the redwood tree. But by day 2 they were strutting around the run by the time I set off for work. I’m enjoying our light conversations in the morning as I set off for work; although as we learned this weekend, the real lively chatter begins just shortly after I leave (the chickens woke the entire house up this past Saturday. Granted we were sleeping in longer than usual because we stayed up late playing poker). This weekend Abel and I fashioned the ladies a window so more light filters into the coop and stirs them at a normal hour and fashioned up their watering fountain. So all is swell on the home front. The ladies are such a great addition to the McKinley Foundation (our humble abode and the beautiful people who dwell here). I will be sending regular updates on the clucker’s lives and ours, so stay tuned. Love y’all, Sorrel
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