Are they hens or roosters?
As some of you know, life in Mexico becomes what you make it. We have raised chickens for the past three years. We have learned things along the way and we are still learning. We had a few new chickens hatch about 4 months ago. Three to be exact. We raise them until we figure out whether or not they are chickens or roosters. If they are roosters, they will eventually start fighting for control of the little flock. So with these new chicks started to grow, I was convinced that two were roosters. Jessie was not convinced though. So what did I do? I took them to a vet who said yes they are hens. He never really looked at them very closely. That was about a month ago now. I was still not totally for sure about it. I even at times would have conversations with Jessie about how I thought they were roosters. She would lovingly laugh at me and say that I was wrong and that they were hens. During the night on Saturday, I thought I heard two different rooster crows from our chicken area. I mention it to Jessie, which she then stated that I was probably not hearing things right and that I was probably still sleeping when I heard it. (For those of you who have never heard any of our stories about me sleep walking, ask Jessie to tell you one day. You are in for a good laugh.) I didn't think anything of it after that. On Sunday evening, when I was at La Roca, I got a call from Jessie. She then described for me what had occurred that evening. She heard some hens clucking in the chicken coop. They are usually quiet unless something has made them upset or they are waiting for the space to open up for them to lay an egg. She went to check on them. She then saw one hen being chased by the two chickens followed by our one main rooster. She then saw the two younger chickens trying to mount the hen. She separated them from rest of the other chickens. These two new chickens then proceeded to crow. They are not hens for sure. They are two roosters who didn't fight each other because they are brothers. We will be eating some chicken in the next couple of days unless we can find someone who wants a rooster. Not a huge need for them unless you want to use them for fighting. So if you want a rooster, I have two that you can have. It might be a bit of a challenge getting them though. We still have things to learn about raising chickens.
Things have settled down a bit now that carnival is done. It was a choir cleaning up La Roca. At the beginning of carnival they shot of a bunch of confetti that has littered a two block radius of the bull ring (our house was included in that.) We started the English classes back up again as well as different bible studies. I think every year around this time, you feel a sense of needing to dig in. I guess what I am trying to say is just seeing some real work done. It is kind of like seeing the ground tilled up ready for the seed. In the coming weeks we have some events that will be happening. One of which is possibly having a baptism. I am in the process of doing a study with Alonzo who is very anxious to make that step of faith. I think there is at least three other people who are interested in getting baptized as well. I will be meeting these people one-on-one to really confirm if they understand what it means and how it can effect their lives. We are excited about the possibilities of these young believers taking this step of faith in obedience.
Things have settled down a bit now that carnival is done. It was a choir cleaning up La Roca. At the beginning of carnival they shot of a bunch of confetti that has littered a two block radius of the bull ring (our house was included in that.) We started the English classes back up again as well as different bible studies. I think every year around this time, you feel a sense of needing to dig in. I guess what I am trying to say is just seeing some real work done. It is kind of like seeing the ground tilled up ready for the seed. In the coming weeks we have some events that will be happening. One of which is possibly having a baptism. I am in the process of doing a study with Alonzo who is very anxious to make that step of faith. I think there is at least three other people who are interested in getting baptized as well. I will be meeting these people one-on-one to really confirm if they understand what it means and how it can effect their lives. We are excited about the possibilities of these young believers taking this step of faith in obedience.
