CoopCam in Mashpee

It’s officially October. The air is crisp, the leaves are falling. A fine day to refresh my window boxes with fall plants and autumn decor. While out and about in my yard, the hens are busy doing hen things. I watch them from afar and am entertained by one foraging a worm and the others on the chase trying to grab the worm before its swallowed. The hen with the worm has to dodge and duck until it has a moment alone to gulp. Next, one will get a burst of energy and take off on a run and flight. They often jump onto the henhouse where the nest boxes jut out and perch there for a while. And then, it will be quiet.

I snuck into the coop and caught two hens in their nest boxes. Once the eggs are laid they come out and loudly cluck the announcement. Speaking of eggs, we are in full production with three or four fresh eggs a day. Thus far, we are keeping up with the usage, and/or are gifting the eggs

An update on the portable roost we recently added to the coop. It was too big and intrusive. It had to be cut down about four inches on each leg and it is now more esthetically pleasing.

So, in accordance with seasonal change; autumn wreaths on the door, pumpkins on the front stoop, the henhouse is sporting its fall decor. And, you know, it won’t be long before winter.

Today was a beautiful, blue skied, sunny day. The temperature was perfect for working out doors, so I worked in the garden. Fall clean up means cutting back plants that have gone by. Digging up and dividing plants that have grown so big over the years. Standing back and accessing what needs, or what you want, to move about. But, like I said, it was a perfect day for it.

I was very attuned to the glorious day. I was happy and noticed everything, the many birds in my yard and the many different sounds. Birds singing, lawn mowers off in the distance, dogs barking from afar and the water flowing in my fountain. Then, suddenly, a little baby creature crying. My neighbors cat had a baby bunny, not yet dead, but doomed. My husband tried to rescue it but we knew we could not save it. My glorious day was ruined by the death of an innocent baby rabbit. I know it is nature, which I was just relishing, I just don’t want to witness it.