kirkcudbright | of mice and hen (revisited)

If you've been following Francie's LJ, you might know that we bought our first chicken on Saturday, at the Boston Poultry Show. The few birds that were being offered for sale were either single roosters or pairs (rooster + hen). We can't have roosters, so we were looking for hens or pullets (young hens). We got this completely sweet Belgian D'Anvers. We took turns holding her before buying, and she practically fell asleep on Kylie.

In the rodent dept, we haven't caught a number 6, but the bait disappeared from the trap. I set it to be as sensitive as I could make it. We'll see. In the meantime, one of the two remaining pet mice seems to have an aggressive cancer. We had an almond-sized tumor removed from her butt a couple weeks ago, and it appears to be growing back already. Again, we'll see.