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And now a happy post.

I’m really enjoying the chickens, the foster dog, and the other dogs this summer. My non-rain days are something like this:

• Get up, get dressed (something new for me–working in pajamas is fine, but not walking through a chicken coop)
• Walk dogs around the yard
• Fill two thermoses with water
• Move dog run to a fresh, shady grassy spot
• Fill water dish/wading pool
• Walk to the barn with thermoses; gather wheelbarrow, dog crate, netting, clothespins, grit, corn, chicken feed
• Go to chicken coop; dump out tray in waterer and top off; fill feeder
• Capture 9 chickens from coop and put in dog create; wheel to dog run
• Set up dog run with pen and netting; put grit container in run; release chickens into it
• Go back and capture the other 9 chickens; return to dog run and release
• scatter corn in run
• Wash hands, work 8 hours
• Return chickens to coop in two batches and take down pen/netting
• If there’s time and good weather, release chickens for supervised freedom with smaller dogs running free
• Chase chickens into the coop

Maybe soon we’ll let them free range, then this’ll be much easier. They’re learning to peck sometimes, and the other day I caught one in the air as she tried to fly the coop.

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