Some of us got genes from the night watchmen of olden days. After all, groups of humans would not have survived unless someone was keeping an eye out.
I've been on watch for raccoons. Not that they can get to our chickens, but there were 5(!) of them last night trying to get into the feed can, making a terrible racket, and when I went out there the chickens were completely silent in fear. The gang came back a half hour later, really annoying.
The funny thing is, my mom is a morning lark, we seem to have completely opposite schedules. Mine started as a young teen.
Over time we've both come to recognize we get better sleep when the other is awake (noise permitting). When I get up, she's ready for a nice siesta. When she wakes at 4-5 am, my lying in bed finally turns into sleeping. Except on her noisy mornings. She likes a good British cuppa tea, so it's either a kettle or the microwave, then it's the hungry kitties, then the hungry chickens... but I do the afternoon / evening chores.
Sometimes I've been able to fight it and get on a different schedule. I have to be really motivated though. The new schedule is super easy to break, it takes one night to revert back on what takes a week or more to work up to!
I've often wondered if our guard-duty-swapping might have something to do with a survival mindset. A hard thing to know for sure I guess.
We also have time related arguments (lighthearted). To me, this is Wednesday night. When the sun comes up it's Thursday morning. Mom considers anything after 12 am to be the day that's coming. So even if I head to bed early, she'll wake up and wish me a good morning in a chipper voice. I mean, clocks are arbitrary! It's the sun that marks the time. Like when we should eat dinner (after dark). She wants dinner to be at 5 pm no matter the season. Since I have the evening chores it's not like I can get the chickens locked up until dark anyway.
It's a good thing we eat separate meals most of the time
I've been on watch for raccoons. Not that they can get to our chickens, but there were 5(!) of them last night trying to get into the feed can, making a terrible racket, and when I went out there the chickens were completely silent in fear. The gang came back a half hour later, really annoying.
The funny thing is, my mom is a morning lark, we seem to have completely opposite schedules. Mine started as a young teen.
Over time we've both come to recognize we get better sleep when the other is awake (noise permitting). When I get up, she's ready for a nice siesta. When she wakes at 4-5 am, my lying in bed finally turns into sleeping. Except on her noisy mornings. She likes a good British cuppa tea, so it's either a kettle or the microwave, then it's the hungry kitties, then the hungry chickens... but I do the afternoon / evening chores.
Sometimes I've been able to fight it and get on a different schedule. I have to be really motivated though. The new schedule is super easy to break, it takes one night to revert back on what takes a week or more to work up to!
I've often wondered if our guard-duty-swapping might have something to do with a survival mindset. A hard thing to know for sure I guess.
We also have time related arguments (lighthearted). To me, this is Wednesday night. When the sun comes up it's Thursday morning. Mom considers anything after 12 am to be the day that's coming. So even if I head to bed early, she'll wake up and wish me a good morning in a chipper voice. I mean, clocks are arbitrary! It's the sun that marks the time. Like when we should eat dinner (after dark). She wants dinner to be at 5 pm no matter the season. Since I have the evening chores it's not like I can get the chickens locked up until dark anyway.
It's a good thing we eat separate meals most of the time
I do feel somewhat sleepy so hoping I’ll be back to sleep soon
