The Chicken Whisperer

As I had mentioned in an earlier post, 'The Girls' now have a second addition on their brooder box, but what I forgot to mention was that they also moved from the sun-porch in our house into my husband's studio/workshop.

Our house now seems so quite, no little peeps to welcome you into the house anymore :(
But they really needed expanded accommodations and the best option was to move them to my husband's shop.

Side note here: Our property actually used to be an egg farm.
(I guess all things do come full circle!)
My husband's studio is really the former chicken coop.  A little ironic don't you think?

The Girls having dinner

So, last night I went out to my husband's studio to let him know dinner was ready.  The door to the studio was open and I stopped and stood in the doorway and watched my husband 'talking' to 'The Girls'.  He didn't know I was there watching and what I saw really touched me.

There is a quote that goes something like this 'You can tell someone's character by the way they treat another from whom they have nothing to gain.' (If anyone knows the correct quote or who it is by, please let me know.) This is one of the reasons I married my husband in the first place.  His kindness to others from whom he has nothing to gain.
Anyway, as I stood in the doorway, I watched him as he fixed their feeder and soothingly spoke to 'The Girls' about if they liked their new feeder stand and how they would be safe and not to worry about anything.
(Inset 'Aaaaw' here).
As a side note, this is the same man that told me not to give my chickens names because I would become too attached to them.  Uh huh....

The best part was he was trying to get them to settle down for the night and go to sleep.  He claims that a few nights ago he made soft scratching sounds on the floor of the brooder box and they all laid down at once.  I personally did not witness this happen that night, so was hoping to catch 'The Chicken Whisperer' in action again.  He was repeating the same actions, but 'The Girls' did not seem to be under his spell this time.
I started to chuckle and that is when he looked up and noticed me watching him.  He seemed a bit sheepish to know I had been watching him, but I wasn't one bit surprised by what I saw.
I look forward to the next time I catch 'The Chicken Whisperer' in action.

Because my husband may not like that I just exposed his soft underbelly to the world, I also want you to know that he is a tough guy and a man's man as well.  He is a great carpenter and painter and has lots of tools and guy stuff.  (Did I make you sound tough enough Honey?)

Speaking of painting...we painted the free coop we got on Craig's list.  My husband went to the local big box store to get paint to give our coop a fresh coat.  He got a great bargain on some really expensive outdoor paint at $5.00 a gallon.  We had discussed painting it the same color red which was on it when we got it, but what he brought home was not what I was expecting. Hey, a bargain is bargain, no matter the color!
Check out our new "Blueberry Coop' below.

The Blueberry Coop

I'm thinking about 'mango' colored trim and some hot chili pepper lights to jazz it up a bit.
I am open to more suggestions...anyone?