Chickens, Dogs 'n Logs

These three words neatly summarise my day.

This morning 30% headed off to the local gym with her exercise buddies. As she departed, she enquired about the best time to go and collect the chickens. I pointed out that I had quite an energetic day planned, and there was no way I would be remotely interested in catching chickens, if I left it until the end of the day.

Consequently we breakfasted and then headed down the road to collect the hens after their holiday with Paula.* I must be honest and state that I wasn't looking forward to this job at all. Chickens can be devilishly hard to catch, and this is best done at night while they are asleep. I was potentially faced with having to crawl around a chicken run on my hands and knees to catch the little sods.**

Fortunately the chickens were relatively cooperative, and we soon had them tucked in to boxes for transportation back to their home coop. Twenty minutes later they were being tipped, unceremoniously, in to their house. After a few disgruntled squawks, they recognised their surroundings and gentle clucking was resumed.

The rest of the morning was spent giving Hobson a haircut. Another heatwave is predicted and he, The Rat and Whiffler would all benefit from trim to help prevent overheating. I plan to get all three clipped before I head off to France at the end of next week.

Hobson was quite amenable to being shorn and, if I say so myself, looked very smart after the removal of what must have been a very warm coat.

I took a quick snooze after lunch and then spent the rest of the afternoon moving logs in to the carport and splitting the larger pieces of wood. By the time I had finished I had created a large pile of logs. I will need to get them stacked away before I can split any more.

Tomorrow's plan includes giving The Rat her Summer clip.  That could be as much fun as catching hens!

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* A member of the coven and Grand Chief Vizier of the local Women's Institute

** I was quite seriously contemplating just leaving them with Paula, and hatching some more.