Home Alone
We’re leaving later today for a long weekend in Connecticut! We’re planning on being back home in time for Sunday evening service at church. I’m leaving the chickens home alone…
The weather report says that it’s supposed to rain here all weekend. That’s actually good because I won’t have to worry about the chickens getting too hot.
I didn’t have time to make the new feeder and waterer that I wanted so I had to improvise. GH cut three holes around the top of a large plastic container. I filled it with chicken food and put the cover on it. Then I turned it upside down on an inverted burner cover. The food spilled out nicely! I figure that even if they 
bill out all the food, they can just scratch for it.
The current waterer is big enough to hold enough water for three days but it often gets knocked over or filled with shavings. So as a precaution, I’ve filled a large tub with water and put it in the run. It’s too heavy to get knocked over and with all the rain, it shouldn’t ever be empty!
That brings me to my biggest concern. I’m going to have to leave their run open. We’ve never had any signs of predators but there’s a first for everything. I did tighten the fencing on the front door with the staple gun so that it’s not just tacked up with nails.
There’s not much more I can do for them now. But I’m a believer in faith and prayer. I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve prayed for their safety here at home as well as our safety on the road!
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