It was a busy homesteading day. I gave the plants fertilizer (which I don't remember to do often enough) and water. I pulled most of the kale plants because they were getting infested with aphids and neither I nor the chickens like this variety. (Stupid picky chickens.)
I borrowed a jigsaw from the Oakland Tool Lending Library and cut a new door into the wall of the chicken coop. I moved the heavy metal feeder to sit on the other side of the door. It will now be easier to refill, and it's completely covered by the shelf of nesting boxes above it.
The water bucket got moved from one end of the roosting bar to the middle, since the chickens always squeeze themselves to either side of the bar.
And I raked out the old, thick layer of straw and put down fresh bedding. I put the compost pile at the opposite end of the chicken run, and of course the girls (and the brabanter) immediately started scratching and pecking at it in delight.
I then hung up and skinned three rabbits, which I'd purchased whole and frozen from a local rabbit supplier. (Don't worry, no pictures.) The first one took SO long. It felt like the skin was adhering more strongly to the meat compared the rabbit we'd skinned at the IUH workshop. Different age, different breed? I became more efficient with each one. The pelts are now curing in a bucket until the weekend. The meat is cut and in the freezer. I'd thought that I might cook some up tonight, but I was too tired by the end. I still had to walk the dogs and shower. Now, a scant 30 minutes to decompress and crochet before going to bed and a regular workday tomorrow...
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