Always SOMETHING Going On.....

 I think Kyle might be tired of having the

baby chicks in his shed.

They stink.

Hahahaha.

So today he built their "broiler coop".

Of course he painted it the same cheerful blue.

This particular breed of broilers only live for 8 weeks

before we send them to "freezer camp".

During that time they eat, poop, and grow.

They never learn to roost.

So they can stay in a very short coop.

This will be moved to fresh ground daily.

Because... see above.

They eat.

A LOT.

And they poop.

A LOT.

We have an electric net fence that is 50' on each side

so they have a LARGE area that is fenced in and

protected from predators. We will move them

inside that area and then we will move the fence

to another area.

We will also be bringing Luna out to live in that

fenced section with them to discourage animals

that want to dig under or jump over.

The chickens will stay INSIDE the coop.

But eventually (next spring) we will be adding

the layers in their egg mobile, and they will be

outside during the day. So the fence will keep

them in and predators out... but it will still be 

Luna's job to patrol and protect. 

She might have to be outside of their fence in her

own little enclosure though... she dearly LOVES

to chase chickens. (A day or two of training

will likely take care of that though, she's a 

very smart dog, and Rottweilers were bred

originally as livestock guardian dogs...)

Anyhow.

As usual, Kyle continues to amaze with his ability

to "see" a project and then get it done.

Meanwhile... Rod spent a good portion of the

day weeding the okra patches - those poor things

are buried in weeds! It's quite a job. Some of those

rows were never weeded. (Others just require some

maintenance, but even that is a job...)

And then he came home to keep working on

painting the house.

I taught a double.

And in between got the stuff ready for 

the market tomorrow morning.

I also made a giant broccoli / bacon salad for

the Ward picnic tomorrow at the WaKeeney

swimming pool / park.

But then I changed my mind.

I'm not sure I want to bring something with a

mayonnaise sauce... it's going to be in the 90's.

So on the way home from the market I'll

stop at Dollar General and buy a couple bags

of potato chips to go with the hotdogs and

watermelon the ward is providing.

Oh, and the Elders stopped by for a minute

to share a scripture and spiritual thought.

Unfortunately they showed up just a short

EIGHT minutes before I needed to start class.

So... another busy, productive day.

OH!

And we had another visitor.....

Isn't he beautiful?

I love my little flower garden.

We also have this random patch we let grow in

the middle of the yard.

It's volunteer sunflowers and zucchini and I think

a spaghetti squash from seeds from the chickens.

It totally cracks me up.

I harvested our first zucchini from it though!

Happy weekend!!!!!