In an extreme reader's digest version recap:
I have some new residents in the scratch shack. We said a farewell to Ina and Raffi after they proved themselves unwilling to be hospitable to Gesine's babies. So out with them and in with Lucy and Mabs. Only Lucy was really a Ricky... so now we have Olive. Everyone gets along- and all is well. The drama seemed to mess with everyones laying cycles, and between that and Gesine and Claire being broody every other week- we were getting an egg (ONE!) every other day from Paula. Now we are back to two or three a day, and the other 4 girls are coming up on laying age quicker than I can imagine! Pepper, a light brahma, is a BEAST. She easily outweighs everyone and is still growing. Her BFF, Pickle, the lone silkie from Gesine's hatch is looking like a permanent addition since we are almost sure she is a girl (as sure as you can be with a silkie) and the two newest gals have officially outgrown my "old ladies" Paula and Gesine. So there. Consider yourself filled in. In case you were interested ;)
