Tidy up day.....

Here is a pic of an African Violet that I got from K-Mart, which was looking pretty sad. Originally I put it in the bathroom, but it didn't really seem to do much good in there so I decided to put it outside under the awning. Well look at it now!!! It LOVES it there.

Today was a tidy up day, which for me started yesterday.

Yesterday I vacuumed and cleaned the whole house and mopped the whole house and generally tidied up everything so it was clean and tidy.

Today I cleaned out the chook pen and folded the washing (and put some out) while Gred did some work in the yard.

I haven't showed the modifications to the chook pen yet. Overall it is excellent. The only change we have made is to make some roosts up higher. You can see them in this picture.

Greg finished the stairs and the length of wood to hold the wood shavings in. It is great and the wood shavings do a great job of soaking up the poop. I haven't had to change the wood shavings yet - only scoop some out and turn the remainder over. It doesn't smell bad or anything. The pen only takes about 30mins to clean out, which includes raking the run and putting the scraps into the compost bin. I compost the newspaper too which sits where the food and water sits. It's a great set up for an unused part of the yard.

I'm pleased to report Lacey is back in the pen today. She is still quite thin but she seems good within herself - no crackling sound and no crowing. Tonight when we went to give her the meds she wasn't roosting, so we gave them to her and Greg put her up on the roost. I think she is really out of her comfort zone due to being out of the pen for so long. She will get into it, while she was gone, the babies (of which one is a rooster) started roosting so there wasn't much room!!!

On the subject of chickens...... GREG'S INCUBATOR..... that is what I am going to call it. Well, we (he!) is progressing really well. He decided to make an semi auto-turn for the eggs out of scrap from his work. Here it is!! (not fully finished). It means that I wont have to open the lid to turn the eggs, which is great for temperature stability. It will also have a water filler as well so I don't have to open the lid. He is doing the lid and the wiring tonight. Will keep you posted!!!

Here is a pic of Miss Jemma bouncing on the trampoline :-)