I May Have Been Wrong

I may have been mistaken about a sudden surge in Spring Chinook entering the Cowlitz River. I heard a rumor last night that a fresh spurt of smelt had entered the river and were upstream as far as Rocky Point. This would account for the seals/sea lions in that stretch of the river. It would also account for the increased seagull feeding activity at Carnival Market. The report for last weeks' fish return to the Barrier Dam on the Cowlitz states that NO salmon were counted, not even one. This news is all just fine & dandy with me because although the water level has dropped, the Cowlitz still is off-color downstream of the mouth of the Toutle and I don't like fishing above the mouth of the Toutle, plain & simple.
    On a different note, I got my last baby chickies yesterday. I got 7 new babies. When these are all raised, I will have 27 chickens. It looks like 3 or 4 will be Roosters. If they will get along, I would like to keep the 3 nicest Roosters, so that the eggs laid by the hens will be fertile and therefore can be hatched. The mix of chickens that I now have will be laying medium brown, dark brown, very dark brown, medium brown with dark brown specks, and olive green eggs. I am thinking that I might have to get a few Americauna chickens that lay blue eggs and light green eggs, just so that the eggs that I share with people look real cool!
   Late next week the pork should be ready to be picked up. I am looking forward to trying some.