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We aren't terribly imaginative with holiday decorating at the house. I pull out and dust off the menorahs and set them in the windows. We hung a blue belled wreath on the front door. There's talk of blue & white lights. I'd ordered Hanukkah candles back in October but they screwed up the order. I have no idea when or even if they are coming.
In comparison, the neighbors around the corner have a very bright and very loud holiday display. It's 10:30pm as I write this and the Christmas tunes are STILL going. I've had to keep the Basset Hounds inside because otherwise they want to howl along. Which gets the ducks going as a sort of quacking choir. The basset duet was so enamored of the music, Doodle somehow got himself trapped inside the duck pen to be closer to the music. The rabbits massively disapproved. On the other hand, the chickens apparently are atheists. Or tone deaf.
It's no quite cold enough at night to freeze water, since it's hovering just over freezing. I've a bag full of replacement water bottles ready just in case, if it's not tonight it will likely be soon. I pulled the heat lamp down lower over the new chicks to protect them, hopefully that will be enough. I'm somewhat concerned about the Rhodies so I'll be bundling up and going out to add more hay to their coop and throw a few blankets on the top to block the sides of any draft.
I'm tempted to toss the gals in with the chicks to see how they do or tuck them away in a dog crate in the blue shed but for Bio-Security purposes I need to keep them separate for at least another week and a half. It's clear I need a better plan for them going forward.
In comparison, the neighbors around the corner have a very bright and very loud holiday display. It's 10:30pm as I write this and the Christmas tunes are STILL going. I've had to keep the Basset Hounds inside because otherwise they want to howl along. Which gets the ducks going as a sort of quacking choir. The basset duet was so enamored of the music, Doodle somehow got himself trapped inside the duck pen to be closer to the music. The rabbits massively disapproved. On the other hand, the chickens apparently are atheists. Or tone deaf.
It's no quite cold enough at night to freeze water, since it's hovering just over freezing. I've a bag full of replacement water bottles ready just in case, if it's not tonight it will likely be soon. I pulled the heat lamp down lower over the new chicks to protect them, hopefully that will be enough. I'm somewhat concerned about the Rhodies so I'll be bundling up and going out to add more hay to their coop and throw a few blankets on the top to block the sides of any draft.
I'm tempted to toss the gals in with the chicks to see how they do or tuck them away in a dog crate in the blue shed but for Bio-Security purposes I need to keep them separate for at least another week and a half. It's clear I need a better plan for them going forward.
