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A Day in the Life of a Full Time Chicken Farmer/Writer

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      Hello!       For my first post, I decided to write about a normal day for me. I live on a small farm with two cows (which I try to avoid at all costs because I am not a cow person😂) three dogs, thirteen ducks, and I raise chickens! My lone Muscovy duck, Riley. (Please ignore the mess, this was taken during feed time😂) Part of this year's second hatch group enjoying some fresh milk.      A Normal Day for Me: Winter Edition      I get up around seven, seven-thirty. Whenever the sun has had time to come up, because Dark = Freezing right now and I do not like to freeze😂 I usually will get tea (hibiscus or occasionally butterfly pea) or Crio Bru (a coffee alternative) steeping/brewing and go about waking up and get ready for the day. I normally do not eat breakfast until nine at the earliest, as I went though a five-year period where I had severe food allergies and gut issues. Eating too early would always make me just feel heavy and nauseated. (I have recently, as of this year