Snow Is In The Air

Let It Snow!!! Ah, the first forecast for some snow, and rain! It's that time of year. It was in the lows 60's today, so I did a few things outside quickly when I got home- swept the back patio, checked the chickens, etc. Poor Ellie has been droopy the last 2 days, so I brought her in. Her she is in her (blurry pic) basket, on the kitchen counter-

She doesn't seem to be egg-bound, maybe just constipated. I gave her some cooked oatmeal and she ate some and drank quite a bit of water. A good sign I hope. I put her back in the coop at dark. The heat lamp's on, she should be fine, I hope. I lost 2 of my hens, 6 weeks apart in the spring (hence the 2 new ones). About killed me! That was tough losing 2 babies I hand raised out of 3...

Here's A Harvest Tradition Of Grandma's-  

She always had a big bowl of nuts out with a cracker this time of year. Here's my .50 cent bowl from a flea market, and my old nut cracker-

And some fall berries from my shrub, whose name I can't remember right now. It's the first year we got LOTS of beautiful orangy/red/green berries.