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2:00 PM 102F 3% humidity sunny

Our flock of fifteen sleeps in a big fluffy pile in the pine shavings despite having lovely custom-made roosts that they use during the day. I don't know why they prefer the pine shavings. It's not cold here, nighttime temps are in the 70s and 80s. They're 8-10 weeks old and they've grown up...

That's more than 17 sq ft per bird, plenty of room! Ours have ~15 sq ft per bird, and they're happy.

3:30 PM 101F 3% humidity sunny

77 are all the degrees anyone needs, I say.

Kids these days...

We had a delivery of chick starter that was delayed. We gave them peas blended with some oatmeal and a little molasses, they did fine on that.

3:45 PM 99F 4% humidity sunny "Knock knock." "Who's there?" "Ima." "Ima who?" "I'm a roadrunner. Meep meep!"

In the early 1900s one of my relatives made it her life's work to track everything down and publish it in a book. She made it all the way back to the 16th century. The book is 500+ pages. And she did all that before DNA tests and before computers!

Yeah that string did not look like it would be fun for anyone to try to eat.

Poland here, too! One branch of my dad's side of the family has been traced back to Gdańsk.

Santa put those in my Christmas stocking one year. Perfect size and shape for it.

I saved the pods today and took a good look at them. There is a long fibrous string on the side of each pod. The rest of the pod was soft and dissolved when I chewed on it. I boil them for a pretty long time, until they start splitting and the beans come out. I rinsed the pods and chopped them...

Florida is on my list! I want to take a road trip next year and check out coastal communities in several states.

Please do! This is the stuff no one tells you before you move here. My northern European genes are particularly ill-suited to the desert but even if your ancestors came from an arid climate, the desert will still destroy everything you own - or you will pay a fortune trying to keep maintain and it.

2:30 PM 97F 4% humidity sunny