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Last night another ferocious storm blew through.  I would not be surprised if some of the gusts approached 50 mph.  Lucy and Lola were out when the wind kicked up.  It was so windy that Lola laid on the ground and leaned into the gusts to prevent her less than 2 pound body from blowing away. Cindy grabbed her and put her in the coop.

Once the storm passed Cindy and I headed outside to do some more chicken work.  My goal at first was to just investigate what I would need to make a tunnel connector between the chicken tractor and the new coop we bought last weekend.

Well as the sun was setting not only did I investigate, I completed the connector.  I used left over plywood that was sitting in the attic for over a decade.  I then took a few measurements and pulled out the sawhorses and circular saw.  The end result was low tech and definitely unpolished but effective.  The plywood tunnel allows us to arrange the two coops in an L configuration, allowing the chicks full access to both during the day.

This morning before we let the chicks down from the top of the tractor we pushed the two coops together using the tunnel to join them.  It wasn’t long until they discovered their new expanded floor space.  I think they will be quite content living in this arrangement until we migrate them into the main coop.

That integration might not be all that hard.  Lucy and Lola have been hanging around the small coops quite a bit when they are free ranging.  They aren’t acting particularly mean or aggressive around the baby birds but more curious than anything.  Of course when it comes time to actually sharing food, water and housing arrangements there could be more fireworks.

This weekend I will have more solo time than normal.  Cindy is going to be volunteering at the kids triathlon on Saturday and then on Sunday she is going to be taking an aqua-intructor course that will run a good portion of the day.  I have plenty to keep me occupied.  2 months of raising chicks has left certain areas of the house/property a bit of a mess, I want to get things back where they belong.  I also will be grabbing the pressure washer to blast the scuzz off the sheds and anything else I deem necessary.

I was considering going to the show being put on by the cast from the Bubba the Love Sponge radio show at the casino in Immokalee on Saturday night.  On the two days Howard doesn’t broadcast I will often have Bubba on, who used to be on Sirius with Howard and is based out of Tampa.  The comedy show has limited free seating available or VIP tickets for 70 a pop.

As I was listening to Bubba’s show this week he said if you want a free seat you better show up at 6PM for the 7PM door opening else you risk being shut out. Well although I like the show, I’m not into it enough to stand in line for an hour to see them and certainly not enough to drop 140 bucks.  Instead Cindy and I will probably fall back on our preferred weekend entertainment and go see another movie. 🙂

After watching some more Dodge Hellcat videos recently, the idea of parting with my SSR to eventually slide behind the seat of a 700 HP super car is sounding more  and more appealing.  It doesn’t mean it will happen but the thought is dancing around in my empty head which is where every silly idea of mine that has come to fruition starts.