Things are slowing down in the land of blogs here at Arlee's Acre, but we had a couple things to share, this day of all hallows eve. On the holiday note, we made jack-o-lanterns the other night. The kids picked out their pumpkins and each took a turn at carving their own.
Kattie Grace opted for the surprised look...
While Speedy went with a fire fighter themed Maltese Cross...
And bless her heart, Cupcake got into the geek spirit of things and bought me this to make a Star Wars theme with....
Winter time coming on leads to lots of baking, and we have banana bread and applesauce bread in the works this weekend. We added to our cast iron collection this week to kick baking off right...
And the winter project of the week goes to the birds. Chickens to be exact. Our egg production dropped off to only a dozen eggs per week. We thought our free rangers had found a spot in the woods and were laying away from the coop. Research specialist Cupcake read up on this and we learned that keeping the birds cooped up for a week or two will bring them back to laying in the nest but our coop is kinda small for keeping a dozen birds in for a week, so I broke out the fence building toys and made a temporary run. 25x5 gives them a little roaming around room.
The girls didn't like being caged the first day, but they have settled down and stopped trying to escape, and egg production is already back up to four or five eggs a day. We have eleven hens, so a few more are expected.
We also speculate the birds know a bad winter is on the way, and this is their way of letting us know it's on the way. "Prepare yourselves, winter is coming"
K&K
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