Why do Chickens Need to Eat Ice Chips?

July 18th, 2006

I mentioned before in a previous post that South Dakota was going through a drought.  The other day they got up to 120 degrees!  I guess I’ll stop complaining that Seattle has not been up to 80 degrees since June and enjoy our “cool” 75 degree weather.

My Mom’s funny though, she calls the yard her blond lawn now – everything is dying, except for the cactus like desert plants and sticker bushes, which have now decided to take over – the dogs are full of them!  She also told me that it’s so dry that the Fire Trucks have to get their water out of the Lagoon!  For those of you who don’t know, the Lagoon is where the town wastewater sits and ferments until it is processed and clean enough to be drained into other places (not usually fire trucks though).  It really is sad, it’s been about 8 years since they’ve had any water.  If you’re a prayer, please pray for rain in South Dakota.

She also told me that the farmers have started to feed their chickens ice chips.  I thought this was to keep them cool, but then she told me it was to keep them from laying BOILED EGGS!  HAA Haaaaa Haa!  That one is not true, of course, but it shows that at least people can keep their sense of humor in hard times.

 If this keeps up, I’ll have to send her some Accents for her Garden, since there won’t be much else there.  A birdfeeder might be nice. . .

Take care, hope you’re all enjoying summer wherever you are.

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