Lucy Cheers Tomoe Up

Tomoe has been down with a "broken" back for the past few days. Yesterday was the worst so far and she could not even get up to go to the bathroom by herself. The neighbors stop by to bring food because, apparently, men don't know how to cook in this village.

Since she was not able to enjoy the new chickens (other than savor the endless stream of eggs), I brought Lucy into the house to visit. I think Lucy enjoys being outside a bit more though.

We're getting six eggs a day now, and it feels great to have something to give to neighbors that drop by to visit Tomoe on her death-bed, or when I have to borrow a tool from someone, or when the local tofu maker gives us a huge bag of soy pulp to feed the chickens. They will also come in handy when I go appologize to one of the neighbors today because the chickens escaped into her garden. Luckily no damage was done other than a broken nozawana stalk.

They're getting much smarter (or rather braver). I think I will have to get around to building the real fence, rather than this makeshift net that has worked pretty well for the past few days. No telling when they learn to fly!