This morning, my alarm woke me at 6am; but nearly slept through it. However, it was until around 7am when I heard a chicken clucking outside my door that I jumped out of my bed, dressed quickly and raced out there and found the new brown chicken looking for me. As I opened the door to the guest house, it turned around on the deck and looked at me as though I was the one who had been lost all this time. Silly thing came running up to me for a pat and I asked what the hell it was doing out of the enclosure; and happily put her back with the other girls.
Soon enough, I got their breakfast together of freshly cut corn off the cob and shredded lettuce and plenty of seed; then prepared myself breakfast. I uploaded Triple M online (as Gabe and Kat don't own a real stereo system like I do) and left the radio going all day.
By around 9:30am, I was trying to upload a photo and found some of the ones I took early this morning were blurry. So, out came the camera again and I walked out into the garden to find the flowers again. And who should I see wandering around outside the chicken coup again? The brown chicken... she's got a cool name, but I renamed her Houdini as she gets out all the time. For the rest of the day, I walked around the yard and made sure she didn't get out... silly to have to do that; but it's to make sure she stayed put.
This afternoon, I spent time talking to a friend on Facebook who lives down the coast near Dreamworld. He and I had a good laugh over Neighbours and he kept forgetting where I currently was. After that, I pulled out the easel and worked on my painting for around an hour and a half before putting it away and watching a bit of television and letting the chickens out - as I'm supposed to - until around 6pm; when they wouldn't go back inside the coup. Eventually, they did, and I closed up the gate after checking for eggs (we got 2) and then coming back to the house for something to eat.
Today was a relaxing day. I spent tonight painting pegs and listening to the rain on the roof. Yes, it's still raining at night; but the sun was out all day today. I really should have done some laundry, but didn't trust the weather. Until my next post, take care, keep safe and warm/cool and remember, I'm always here.
Soon enough, I got their breakfast together of freshly cut corn off the cob and shredded lettuce and plenty of seed; then prepared myself breakfast. I uploaded Triple M online (as Gabe and Kat don't own a real stereo system like I do) and left the radio going all day.
By around 9:30am, I was trying to upload a photo and found some of the ones I took early this morning were blurry. So, out came the camera again and I walked out into the garden to find the flowers again. And who should I see wandering around outside the chicken coup again? The brown chicken... she's got a cool name, but I renamed her Houdini as she gets out all the time. For the rest of the day, I walked around the yard and made sure she didn't get out... silly to have to do that; but it's to make sure she stayed put.
This afternoon, I spent time talking to a friend on Facebook who lives down the coast near Dreamworld. He and I had a good laugh over Neighbours and he kept forgetting where I currently was. After that, I pulled out the easel and worked on my painting for around an hour and a half before putting it away and watching a bit of television and letting the chickens out - as I'm supposed to - until around 6pm; when they wouldn't go back inside the coup. Eventually, they did, and I closed up the gate after checking for eggs (we got 2) and then coming back to the house for something to eat.
Today was a relaxing day. I spent tonight painting pegs and listening to the rain on the roof. Yes, it's still raining at night; but the sun was out all day today. I really should have done some laundry, but didn't trust the weather. Until my next post, take care, keep safe and warm/cool and remember, I'm always here.
Just imagining you chasing the chickens back into their coop. LOL!
ReplyDeleteI figured out how that one is getting out. She is skinny enough to squeeze under the closed gate of the coup... so, today, while I was collecting the two eggs the girls normally lay, I turned to find her doing just that! She was halfway under when I yelled at her to stop. She had the look on her cheeky little face of:'Oops, caught me!' I found a piece of wood and slotted it under the chicken wire and made sure she couldn't move it.
DeleteNow, I have to make sure it's in that spot all the time. :P