Hello everyone! My name is Abby and I'm a new blogger starting here, so I guess that I will start my blogging with a typical day of my life.
When I start the day I often take a really long time to wake up, so when mom yells down the stairs at 8:00 for me to wake up, I usually just fall back to sleep. Then mom calls down the stairs again at either 8:30 or 9:00 and I am forced to get out of bed. I go straight upstairs and right away take the grown-up chickens outside. The reason that we have the chickens inside in the first place is that my father has not finished building our chicken coop yet, and also last year we had some problems with a fox coming to our house and eating three of our chickens. So now we have an electric fence where the chickens can walk around and eat the grass along with the scraps and chicken feed that I throw out to them. I also have to feed the baby chicks that are inside. We recently got two more chicks and named them Katniss and Primrose, like the two sisters from the Hunger Games. Of course, they aren't really sisters, in fact, they're two different breeds, a Faverolle and a Dominique. We have sixteen chicks and chickens in all so far, and dad says that we will be able to have around twenty chickens once the chicken coop is finished.
Once I'm done with taking care of the chickens, I eat a very short breakfast really quickly, if I even have time for breakfast. I then put away the dishes that are in the dishwasher and dish drainer and go to clean my room. Sweeping, cleaning off my bed, pretty much doing what it takes to make mom happy for at least a little bit. I often read about 10 books a day, so that keeps me busy for a good portion of the day. Sometimes though, I like to go outside and walk to the pond in our backyard to watch to tadpoles swim around and to catch a few frogs and salamanders only to let each of them go after a minute or two. While I'm outside, I always check on the chickens, give them some food, and check for eggs. Only three out of the nine chickens are laying eggs, cause the other chickens are still to young to lay.
I eat a small lunch, and read a little more. Every now and then I get to go to ludlow with my dad in the afternoon. Mom usually sends us to Shaws with a list of things to buy, so we go to buy all the stuff on the list, and then we go to Cumberland Farms (also called Cumbys). Dad gets his usual iced coffee, while I try to decide between a cappuccino and a slushy. When we are done in there, sometimes we go to the hardware store and browse, or we go home. Throughout the day, I get on Skype and chat with my friend Hawley. We talk about many different things like what some good song lyrics are and we send pictures to each other. I consider Hawley as my best friend, and I believe that I am lucky to be able to talk to her often. Anyways, at 8, I have to bring the chickens back inside and feed and water them. Every now and then we give the chickens dried mealworms, which sounds disgusting (believe me, I know), but the chickens will go crazy trying to get a mealworm. I eat some dinner, and then I read another book before I go to bed.
This is a typical day in my life. Sometimes a few extra things happen, like me and mom going to a chicken swap, our whole family going to grandpa and grandma's house, or even me and dad going to the movies every now and then.
Thanks for reading this!
-Abigail
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