lol, Roger! Si thanks you for your efforts! he's still alive, still in the portable run, alone... but he's all right. I got home with just enough daylight to put up one sheet of clear plastic over one half of the front wall of the enclosure. having to do it by myself was what made it harder to do... I had to use channel locks to hold the bolt still to crank it, if one person could have been on the outside to hold it with a screwdriver... and another person on the inside to ratchet... it would have been easier. it's nice tho', crystal clear flex pane...
work was okay, the new carriers showed up, and got back before I did, all I heard was they "did okay", I had to take the distant parcels, up into snow country. W4W, too funny that your boys think 45 is cold! I barely need a hoody for 45 degrees..., won't usually put a coat on til it's below 20, and don't bother unless I will be outside for more than 15-20 minutes. for me, below zero is "cold". a few years back, we had 42 days in a row where the temps stayed at 30 below or colder. 15 seconds was long enough to freeze/burn exposed skin. Balaclavas were essential. today wasn't too bad, 20's all day, the coop has little icicles hanging from it, the waterers were frozen an inch deep, but the gang is perfectly content and cozy. even managed to produce 4 eggs, one from Isis, one from Rose (RIR), and both Wilma and Betty (BR's) gave me one.
I should be able to get another sheet of plastic up tomorrow after work, then only have the door to do, might be able to get the whole thing done, but it's not likely, Monday's are always "heavy" with mail, and I do know that I have a boxholder piece from the local furniture store... you know the kind of stuff... says "resident" or "our neighbor at" or plain old "boxholder" so it's a stop at every box regardless whether or not there is other mail to go with it... it's at least a 55 hour work week, so, I'll get the plastic done as I can...
