My father's chores

[fitzw]

My father was ill (stomach problems) all night, so I did his chores this morning:

• Stoked the boiler (I have the night-time feeding already)
• Took water to the chickens (automatic water trough is frozen, has been since last week, will probably still be through at least next week)
• Fed the cattle (need to throw more hay down from the upper barn, another of my regular chores)
• Gathered eggs (was attacked/blindsided by one of the Beta roosters, and then was subsequently defended by the Alpha rooster)
• Washed eggs
• Put eggs in cartons
• Changed light bulb on enclosed porch

And then I went to work.