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Take some foam ear plugs. You can "adjust" the volume. LOL

I was going to say that but Bay got to it first. Last concert I went to was with DD2 3 years ago when her friend couldn't make it at the last minute. Fair bit of time spent with my fingers in my ears. I should have had ear plugs!
Florida Georgia Line for those interested.

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Yeah, it’ll be a long trek, but it should be worth it. It’s our nine year anniversary this year, so that’s part of the reason we’re doing it. That and DH is a huge fan Not that I’m not. I just don’t enjoy the crowds and volume the way most people seem to. I prefer to listen to my music in the comfort of my home where I can keep it to a decibel level that won’t damage my hearing
I’m definitely old at heart

I have swallows nesting on the back porch light and I gave my turkeys their eggs back. Maybe they’ll set while I’m gone
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I have the swallows under the eaves here. For the previous 2 years, they also nested under my porch roof, but I took that nest out with a powerwasher last fall. They make a terrible mess with their poop, as they perch on the edge of the nest and feed their young.
There's one at the very top of my roof now, and there is poop streaming down one of the 2nd floor windows now.
(I wonder if I put the long extension ladder up there, could my cat maybe climb it....I know it would be willing, as the swallows make dive bombing runs at her every time she enters the back yard and she truly hates 'em for it..)

What kind of swallows GB? I've got both barn and tree here. The barns, true to their name, have made their mud nest in the barn. The trees are nesting in a birdhouse by the pond. Of course that is only 2 pairs, based on the flights over the pond there are more of both types, don't know where they are nesting.

Just got all caught back up!
The concert was fantastic. Outdoors, to my surprise and delight, so the volume wasn’t an issue at all. Blake Shelton and George Strait rocked

Got home with just the one little call duckling passed away. Everything else was just as I left it

Glad that you went and had a great time!

Sorry about the duckling but glad you had a great time.

It’s nice to get back to my routine. I spent a good chunk of time weeding the garden yesterday and had a delightful salad of my own homegrown lettuce, kale, and spinach for dinner
This morning I got a few pens cleaned out and sorted some of my chickens so I could have all my keepers and cockerels in one pen and the pullets going to my sister in the other for easy capture.
Looks like I’ll have a good number of chickens destined for the freezer this fall along with a few ducks and turkeys. Possibly a goose or two as well
I have a second turkey laying now. I’m hoping it’s my Sweetgrass hen. One is laying on the floor of their pen, the other is adding to the nest box. I pulled the oldest 11 eggs to put in the incubator yesterday and left them 9 eggs. There should be another 2 today. If so, I’ll mark them and leave them there so that, if there’s no broody, I can pull the oldest ones to either eat or incubate. DH says to eat them. He thinks I have an incubation addiction
He might be right I have cut down to one incubator now, to my credit. And I’m only slightly tempted to set the egg I got from my ducks today but, even if it was fertile, it would be a motley mix of Khaki Campbell/Indian Runner and Call duck. Not exactly the most useful mix, I suspect, though I bet it would be adorable

I haven't been around any call ducks....but, I have seen runners and owned khakis.....they will definitely put a smile on your face....the ones we had were absolutely "comical"....and I enjoyed them so much....they shared a pasture with our goats......great "companions"......

I need a door on the far side of my duck pen so I can let them out to free range while I’m out with the lambs. At least the chickens get some out of pen time.
Some pics from this morning:

We had a major storm yesterday, so today is absolutely perfect! Sunny but with a cool breeze. Sadly, I have a lot of indoor work to do, so I just had the morning to enjoy it. Now I’ve got to get cracking on my indoor chores!