Day #5401 – (Sat., Oct. 19, 2024) – Two Baskets Of Apples!
Our chickens have embrased the “fast food culture”. Of all the various foods that I give them, they will go for the tortilla chips first! They have to peck at them to get them smaller so that they can swallow them, so is it the work involved that draws them to this food? I suspect it’s just the taste though… In the photo to the right you can see one of these chickens making a nesting area in the dirt. I wonder if they have outgrown their nesting area in the coop? Or perhaps it’s because the coop needs a good cleaning?
My wife and I cleaned out the chicken coop and surrounding area this afternoon. I put some new shavings under the nesting area where the rooster has taken to sleeping as of late. I also put some ash down on the shavings, as Maureen used to do.
Katie put her second video “Making a Pumpkin OC“, up on her YouTube channel this afternoon.
We were able to get two baskets of fresh apples off of our apple tree next to the main house today (see photo to the left).
This afternoon, when the rain stopped, Bobby and I did a bit more casting. Unfortunately it’s too rainy to go fishing this weekend, but we’re shooting for next weekend!
It looks like Walmart is going to be shut down for about a month due to the fire they had a week or so ago. As a result, I went to Canadian Tire to see their offerings on microwave ovens. I need one that is large enough to hold the silicone popcorn popper I purchased a couple of weeks ago. We plan to put it into the garage for “movie nights” with the fridge from the barn and our new projector!