The chicken coop is set up and ready to welcome the new babies that are arriving mid-week next week. All I need to do is fill the water and food containers and turn the heat lamp on. I’m getting excited to get them here and get them settled in.
They will only need the baby corral for the first two weeks or so. Then I can open it up and let them have run of the whole chicken coop for the next four weeks. They won’t get outside until four weeks old and then I will have to put them back inside for the night. It may depend on the weather though. If it gets cold early they will have to stay inside until they are six weeks old.
I tore the other sheet into strips today. Still need to measure and cut the strips into pieces. Then I can press all the pieces and start the assembly process. I have half the ribbon cut and sewed so will need to do the other half of the ribbon. I’ll probably cut the ribbon into pieces while waiting on a Crisis Text call tonight.
Other than doing three loads of laundry I haven’t done much else today. I laid down and took a nap this afternoon. I have to stay up late tonight and this way I will be able to do so without getting too tired taking calls.
Jim has been outside working on moving gravel all afternoon. That is hot work today as it has warmed up again on the prairie.
Still not sure when he is going to Stillwater. He attempted to call the garage door people today but was having trouble getting the call to go through. Not sure what he found out if anything.
I finally feel like all of me got home. I can start to look ahead at the things I want to do here and get started on some long overdue projects I have to do. It is nice to feel settled and rooted again.
Need to go into Cottonwood Falls and take recycling. Friday I will need to go to Emporia and go grocery shopping. I don’t have too big of a list this time so it won’t take too long to get what I need.
I was happy to see Lyon County adopt a required face mask policy. Wish Chase County would revisit the issue and do the same in light of their increasing case counts. It may take someone dying before they do that though. We will continue wearing ours whenever we are inside a building.
I am going to fix ham and beans in the instant pot tonight for dinner. Jim wanted split pea soup but I don’t have any split peas. Have some at our Stillwater house but not here. I’ll make some corn bread for Jim to go with it.
Grateful to be welcoming baby chickens next week, grateful for face masks, and grateful to be home on the prairie again.