The other day Ev’s uncle (on Mom’s side) brought over a gift: A rooster.

My god, I thought, just what we need. Another fricken rooster to wake me up in the morning and annoy me during the day! So, in comes the rooster. The biggest rooster I’ve seen yet! This thing is huge.

I admit, he is a beautiful bird (for a chicken), but I was dreading his massive cock-a-doodle-do. Well, guess what? He can’t crow loudly! I guess that during the cross-breading they bred out loud crowing. He still says cock-a-doodle-do, but it’s in this very whispery “voice”. It sounds like a rooster crowing from 2 blocks away.

Finally, a rooster I like! Now if we can get rid of all the loud/ugly ones, and replace them with more of him, then we’d be set. Here’s hoping!

Also, there are even more baby chicks. Since we’ve been here there’s been at least 40 chicks born. Most of the babies that were here during Mike and Erika’s visit are already adults now. Moe, Larry, and Curly, who were newborns in December are now huge full-size adults. Plus, we have more eggs than we know what to do with. Every week Ev’s mom collects at least two dozen eggs. They are smaller than those you get in the store, but the shells are much much thicker and much fresher. You can taste the difference–much more “eggy”.