No hurricanes as yet but.......

As I sit here this morning, it is pouring rain and howling winds outside. Rain rate gets as high as 4" per hour then drops off. We are getting the effects of an offshoot from former hurricane Ida (now tropical storm). The storm is currently 230 miles SW of Grand Cayman but it has spawned two offshoots. One about 3/4 of the size of the tropical storm (probably will become another storm itself) that is threatening Cayman and a third area about 1/4 the size that sits to the south and in between the two. Our area of concern has just started to interact with us and is heading northeast. The intense rain area for this offshoot is about 1/4 the size of the main part of Ida and 100 miles south of us but can easily grow in size. We will be keeping an eye on it for sure. Since we have not had any hurricanes pass through this year, sea temperatures are very warm (hurricanes use the ocean heat to for their power) and is just waiting to be used!

We have another 4 day weekend. This is a special one. Monday is the usual public holiday for Remembrance Day but there is a new constitution being introduced as well as the first premier.As a result, we have had Friday as a special public holiday. Who am I to complain!

We did a nice chicken test yesterday. I open the door to the coop and let everyone out to roam around. And they did, eating the grass and weeds, scratching for bugs and other niceties that chickens love and even going for a stroll. When it was getting dark, everyone came home to roost, including two that joined from places unknown. Egg production is still at 2-3 per day but it falls off at times. We have a new layer and it's first egg was about 3/4" dia. Hopefully, they will get larger. It reminded me of the quail eggs that one gets in Brazil at the hotels for breakfast! Did a quick count of roosters in the coop and it seems they have about 1/3 or the population. Guess I'll be eating some in the next couple months!
The new Rhode Island Reds at 5 weeks are the size of our normal chickens at 2 months. All 12 are still alive and doing well.

I was planning to go out and do some normal and infrared photography but the weather dictates otherwise - maybe tomorrow or Monday wil be better. I think I'll build the light tent that I have had plans to for the past 4 month sor so.