Thanks everyone for the advice re the fox/coyote I saw this morning. I never thought about the fact he is stalking us to learn our routines. He never made another appearance today and I plan to take the .22 with me in the morning when I go down to do chores so if he shows up again, I'll be ready.
So sorry, Josie, for losing Aslan. The hawks do seem bad this year.
I spent the afternoon making some improvements at the coop today. I finally got the gutters installed. I've been ready to go for a couple of weeks but needed DH because it took one person holding up one end while the other installed. You know how you always think a job will take X amount of time and it takes about 10 times longer than that? Well, that was the case today too. I thought, how hard can it be? He'll hold up one end while I install the bracket at the other, then I'll move down the gutter installing brackets until I reach his end. There are only 5 brackets, how long can this take? Well, the answer is 10 times longer than it sounds like should take. But - now I am ready to add the rain barrel and start collecting rainwater. All I need is rain.....
I was thrilled to go down to the coop this afternoon and find both turkeys in there. I think it is the first time they've ever been inside. Madge was up on the roosts, walking back and forth on them, exclaiming in excitement the whole time. Eventually they both left but 5 minutes later were back in there, this time both of them on the roosts. Since they are creatures of habit, when dusk came they returned to their pen to sleep but I'm hoping the seeds of an idea they can sleep in the coop were planted this afternoon and before long I'll be tucking them in along with everyone else.
So sorry, Josie, for losing Aslan. The hawks do seem bad this year.
I spent the afternoon making some improvements at the coop today. I finally got the gutters installed. I've been ready to go for a couple of weeks but needed DH because it took one person holding up one end while the other installed. You know how you always think a job will take X amount of time and it takes about 10 times longer than that? Well, that was the case today too. I thought, how hard can it be? He'll hold up one end while I install the bracket at the other, then I'll move down the gutter installing brackets until I reach his end. There are only 5 brackets, how long can this take? Well, the answer is 10 times longer than it sounds like should take. But - now I am ready to add the rain barrel and start collecting rainwater. All I need is rain.....
I was thrilled to go down to the coop this afternoon and find both turkeys in there. I think it is the first time they've ever been inside. Madge was up on the roosts, walking back and forth on them, exclaiming in excitement the whole time. Eventually they both left but 5 minutes later were back in there, this time both of them on the roosts. Since they are creatures of habit, when dusk came they returned to their pen to sleep but I'm hoping the seeds of an idea they can sleep in the coop were planted this afternoon and before long I'll be tucking them in along with everyone else.
