Went to the market in Tabua (translation: “plank”) on Sunday to pick up more chickens for the coop. Despite Andy naming them after the date he intends to eat them, it felt like a rescue mission, packed 20 to a cage as they were, sqawking in fear as we approached. They didn’t really enjoy the trip to the supermarket, but once we got them into their own little coop they seemed a lot happier, and shook of their bedraggled look almost instantly.
Giles.
In the box
Getting out
We’ve done this a couple of times in Tabua now too. It’s hard not to buy the lot when you see them cooped up like that. Unsuprisingly, it doesn’t take the little buggers too long to adjust to being free-range. Now the only thing we have to do is to get them to lay in the nesting boxes, stop them crapping in the house and stealing all of the dog’s food…
Like the blog by the way, the solar cooker looks interesting and we’re on the hunt for a broken washing machine to convert to pedal power.
You guys might be interested in this too;
http://www.instructables.com/id/Solar-PV-tracker/
It’s from the instructables.com website and it’ll be going on our huge to do list.
John G