Tending to the Animals (17 April)

[16:43] Chaton Noir: Carried a dung sack with her as she walked to the stables and went first to the bosk pen and gathered the dung, she spread it in the sun to dry, laying down the bag she carried armfuls of hay in and piled it where they could reach it easily, spread fresh straw on the ground and filled the water trough, then she brushed them good and finally milked them, carrying the milk pail to the bakery and adding it to the barrel.
[16:50] Chaton Noir: Next she went to the verr pen, first collecting dung and carrying it out to spread in the sun to dry, cleaned out the old straw and replaced it with fresh, spreading it on the ground, she put a pile of hay in along with some grain, added fresh water to the trough and then milked the ewes, carrying the pail to the bakery again.
[16:55] Chaton Noir: Going to the vulo pen she first cleaned the old straw from the ground then raked up the droppings, she replaced the straw with fresh stuff, spread grain around and filled the small water trough, then she collected the eggs and carefully carried them to the bakery.
[16:59] Chaton Noir: She next carried water to the troughs outside the gate, filling each one to the top. then went to the gardens and picked the ripe vegetables, carrying them back to the bakery and putting them away.
[17:02] Chaton Noir: lastly she restocked all the ingredients, refilled the water barrel and churned fresh butter.