The weather was miserable today. Cold rain poured from a grey sky, and my brief exposure to it, when letting out the hens, resulted in a decision to spend the day indoors.
I decided that the best thing I could do was to make a start on replacing the light fittings in the hall. This decision did mean that I had to make multiple trips to the workshop to collect tools and fixings. Each and every trip across the to the outbuildings reminded me just how vile the weather was.
The replacement of the wall lights went well, and I can report that two of the three in the hall have now been swapped.
I can also report that two of the hens have started laying in the past week, so 30% and I were able to have poached eggs for lunch.* They were cooked to perfection and tasted amazing.
So that was it for Tuesday. The hall is looking much smarter, and brighter, with its new wall lights, and I plan to get the others fitted before the weekend.
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* Since we first started keeping poultry we rapidly realised just how lacklustre commercial eggs can be. There is nothing to beat a fresh egg from a heritage breed of poultry. We dislike commercial eggs so much, that we rarely eat eggs in the Winter, once our hens stop laying. Coincidentally, Mummy Sheila said exactly the same thing when we saw her last week, so it's not just us being pretentious.
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