Day 261 Nubeena Saturday 15th October 2011
The littlest chicks huddling down for the night in the corner of the bunker
The two in the middle are from the first batch of chicks and are almost as big as the rest.
The next batch of ducklings hopefully we won't lose these ones
The makeshift duck pen. Blue poly string is the new cable tie!
An absolutely enthralling image of a hose clamped to a star picket.
Hi Folks,
Today was one of those days where a job that needs doing but wasn't planned gets done.
On Thursday I suggested moving the next batch of ducklings to the chicken yard and using the old screen doors for fencing. Nick did this yesterday and today expanded it. Ilan requested a big white bin of water in the new cage for the duck to splash in which is a bit of a logistical nightmare unless you install a water supply which is what I did today.
Of course no job here is straight forward since we have different sizes of poly pipes and different sizes of fittings. Of course the fittings don't match up to the pipes which made for an interesting day. I was able to scavenge just enough bits and pieces by pulling up an old pipe to complete a run to the chicken pen and as a bonus a run to the garden bed with click on hose fittings. No more carrying watering cans for the helpers!
The weather was also interesting. It was windy this morning then about 1 a thundery heavy rain band swept through. By 3 the sun was bright and there was barely a cloud in the sky.
The pictures in the blog show the fairly rapid growth of our chickens. The latest babies are on their own now and huddle together in the bunker to sleep.
Community tea was chowder made by Nick including the mussels he and Doris collected on Thursday.
The Resort internet is running like a dog so we have been using our connection. Of course the Telstra usage meter is broken again so we have no idea how close we are to the limit where they start charging an arm and a leg.
night folks
Cheers Simon
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