03-31-2016, 11:03 AM
Good morning, IOPList!
I managed a rare 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night, have been up since 5AM, feeding the chickens and refilling their water, then letting them out into their covered range (stupid chicken hawks cost me the entire last weekend covering their fenced in range, but we lost two favorite birds to them last week, so it was time). Yesterday was a super-bonus day for chick hatching, we had fifteen baby chicks hatch in one of our incubators (they hold 24 eggs each, but not all of the eggs hatch, and sadly, sometimes not all of the babies live more than a few days), and we have another two incubators that are due to start hatching next week and the following week. I love the sound of them peeping away in the bin we keep them in until they are 10 weeks old in the basement living room right next to my home office (and right across from my bedroom), I suspect that comforting noise is what let me sleep so well last night.
Been at work since 5:30AM (with the assistance of my good friends ModAlert 200 and Oxiracetam), I expect I'll quit for the day around 3PM, then it's date night with my wife (payday always is, dinner of her choice anywhere she'd like to go).
Shaping up to be a fine day here in the deep Southeast - I hope all of you have a wonderful Thursday as well!
I managed a rare 6 hours of uninterrupted sleep last night, have been up since 5AM, feeding the chickens and refilling their water, then letting them out into their covered range (stupid chicken hawks cost me the entire last weekend covering their fenced in range, but we lost two favorite birds to them last week, so it was time). Yesterday was a super-bonus day for chick hatching, we had fifteen baby chicks hatch in one of our incubators (they hold 24 eggs each, but not all of the eggs hatch, and sadly, sometimes not all of the babies live more than a few days), and we have another two incubators that are due to start hatching next week and the following week. I love the sound of them peeping away in the bin we keep them in until they are 10 weeks old in the basement living room right next to my home office (and right across from my bedroom), I suspect that comforting noise is what let me sleep so well last night.
Been at work since 5:30AM (with the assistance of my good friends ModAlert 200 and Oxiracetam), I expect I'll quit for the day around 3PM, then it's date night with my wife (payday always is, dinner of her choice anywhere she'd like to go).
Shaping up to be a fine day here in the deep Southeast - I hope all of you have a wonderful Thursday as well!