I slept in til past 10am today which is crazy late even for me. I must have needed it.
Today we have finished sewing mesh to the sides and top of the bird cages so that the ducklings are protected and we are ready for collecting a mother hen and her chicks from Jinty and keeping them all safe from hoodies. Moved said mother and ducklings into their new cage.
Let the turkeys have their first taste of free ranging. They all went straight into the pigs run, meandered down to the croft gate and then stayed there til Ady brought them back up again. They now have no roof on their pen and we are fingers very crossed that they’ll be fine.
Mrs Broody Hen 1 and 2 are sitting on 25 eggs between them. We want to grow our flocks so have marked all the eggs and will see what happens. We are currently at 11 chickens, 8 geese, 8 ducks, 8 turkeys so getting close to the Defra registration at 50 birds once we get Jinty’s hen and chicks.
Ady and I picked a load of raspberries which I brought home and turned straight into a jar of jam. First of the season, foraging forever!!
We didn’t go and see Sandy at all, we’re staying away on the basis that either way we are not helping him or us. This feels harsh but self preservation has kicked in.
I batch cooked loads and loads of flatbreads to sell tomorrow at Market Day. If I don’t sell them I can freeze them for next week. Either is fine as it means I have sold loads or have less work to do next week 🙂 The plan is for all four of us to hang out for Market Day tomorrow which will be nice and may net us some cash.
Vikki came up to talk about Midgefest and brought coke and crisps and helped with the bird pen sewing for a while. Funny how everyone who comes up has offered to help with that task. I am very ready to do some volunteer leading 🙂
Tonight we had crab fishcakes for dinner from our donated crab from Marcel yesterday. I am very excited at the idea of foraging and gathering food.