Laura's Rebel Journey

 Carve a Pumpkin. Hmm.  Very brief instructions there.  I had planned that this year I wouldn't carve a pumpkin, instead I would do one of those non-carving decorations and follow up with use your pumpkin scraps in a recipe .  But then I went on Instagram and found an even better way to carve a pumpkin. Get your hens to do it! The instructions don't say that I have to carve the pumpkin with regular carving tools. 😉 You have to start the pumpkin off for them as they find the skin too tough, so a brief paring of the skin and it's into the chicken run. Go on ladies, snack away! This may take a few days and it will need a good clean afterwards.

30. A Chicken crossing a road 18. A piece of tech from the 2000s 24. Something naughty 7. The strangest item you can find in a charity shop 30. I wasn't going to take my chickens into the road, so my daughter and I drew roads onto the patio, complete with roundabout and bushes.  Apparently chickens don't really like crossing roads, so this was the best photo I took.  Thanks to Lavender for attempting to cooperate!  BokBok. 18. You are supposed to be using the piece of tech, but I don't think it even works. 24. We are looking after a fellow Rebels assorted creatures at the moment. This is the aptly-named Nibbles who took a bite of my daughter's finger. Naughty naughty. 7.  This is a large fluffy bouncy ball.  One of a pair in Wood Green Animal Sanctuary charity shop.

It's hot today. It was hot yesterday.  This heatwave is interesting. 😰 This was going to be a post about the Environmentalist Badge, but instead I'm going to write about Clause 8 of Animal Lover. "If you have a pet, make a proactive change to their lifestyle to improve their current way of life." We have three chickens, Peggy, Amelia and Lavender.  Chickens don't like hot weather, their bodies can't handle sudden changes in temperature in either direction. Once the temperature reaches 32C, it's too hot for a hen.  A neighbour recorded a high of 39.8C in her back garden yesterday, so yes, we have baked chickens. I'm very scared for them at the moment, and I am most definitely counting "keeping the chickens alive" as the scary thing I've had to do this week for the Carpe Diem Badge. I have made them frozen treats, chunks of watermelon, ice pops made from sweetcorn, raspberries and cucumber.  Their run was watered frequently throughout the...