clean chicken pens are a very good thing

as they were overdue.
i was doing them the week i fell, and haven't gotten back to them
they can't go this long again
meanwhile we put the chickens out in the big duck pen
they had a blast......digging to china after worms (they excavated a corner of the pen)
eating mustard and jewelweed leaves
the next batch of chicks are getting trained to follow me around i think....... and i am going to get them SOON i should call jody and charlie and ask them to set the eggs now.
my new friend terri who is the lady that bought the sussexXorpington pullets out from under me and then sold me 4 of them for what it cost her wants more chickens too, she asked if i would raise them for her also.
i said yes as i love raising chicks.....this next batch follows me
i am going to teach them too
and they get an Xpen to have as a portable chicken tractor too. just like i did the ducks
(as soon as they don't fit through the holes in the pens.....ducks used to pop through, i remember i could NOT wait until they were too big to fit)
ok so we did that
and bernie built another 4X8 raised bed, it isn't filled yet....... i sorta goofed off
i helped with the chicken pen mucking
and i brought the ducks out and the chickens out (bernie helped with chickens)
i cooked and hung the second load of laundry (which got rained on)  after i took down and folded the first load
washed all the hand washable dishes
did a tiny bit of drawing
oh and i am going to do a bit of primitive style decorating on that end of the studio, as i got the stuff laying around .......... until i can do something more polished in that area
that's about it for saturday
i made fresh strawberries in strawberry syrup for the poundcake and then bernie put cool whip on it ( i hate that stuff.........ewwwwwwww)
we are going up in a few minutes too
i have to get some pictures (i hope tomorrow) of the chickens out in the sun so you all can see how pretty my girls are
and the new garden bed.....and the new trellis

oye
i didn't get much of anything done today
as i was terrified of hurting my shoulders again or something
the muck shovels are very very heavy for my hands too
we really need to get a better way for me to clean pens....i got a doggie pooper scooper now (left over from my beloved doggie kisses) and i do use that but it's all still really heavy for me

i guess hauling water buckets is really heavy for me too
but i thought weight bearing excersizes are good for your bones? no?

oye

vi