The to-do list for the morning hours that I made on my phone at 5:30 am included 1) clean the kitchen, 2) start the laundry, 3) get the duck out of the freezer to thaw, 4) do morning chores, 5) cut a cedar to use for the Christmas tree (while still in coveralls), 6) decorate the tree, 7) wrap presents, and 8) row 14,000m to finish the holiday rowing challenge. What happened was: the first three went off without a hitch, and then things took a definite detour during #4. 

October 10, 2018 - Woot! We got our first green egg today! It's pictured here with a duck egg and one of the first brown eggs from our newest hens. All three eggs were together in a nest the duck made on the floor of the blue coop.

We got our order of 50 broilers from Murray McMurray Hatchery. They always throw in a couple extra chicks to account for any that don't survive the journey, and it appears they included a mystery chick. It's their practice to add a mystery chick when you order laying hens, and it's typically some fun and slightly exotic breed.

I got to attend a Regenerative Ag workshop in Emporia this week for work.  It was put on by local soil health champion, Gail Fuller, at the request of Green Cover Seed who was hosting a group of South African farmers who were touring the US and visiting farms where soil health and biology are a top priority.