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I probably left the soup out too long.  Yes, I believe so.  A bit ill, in that certain way.  However, no where near as bad as it should be.  Why though?  Ah... kefir.  It... puts the really good stuff in the gut.  Unlike yogurt, it actually puts in stuff that fights bad things.  They colonize.  They don't take guff from pathogens.  I am sure there are limits, but this isn't it.  I am still feeling a bit off, but not nearly as bad as it normally would have been.

A nap, after lunch.  It helped too.  And, thankfully, a dose of kefir before/with lunch.  As well, for it, another dose as I wake and sit writing.  I have three jars of the stuff back in the fridge.  I used enough of that other jar, that I set it out, refilled with milk, and will let it ferment what was added.  As mentioned, I either use it until it is a third to quarter full, add milk to the two thirds full mark, set it on the counter, then when chunky, fill that last bit and put it in the fridge to slowly ferment that last bit... or... I use a third of the jug, refill it to nearly the top with fresh, then put it at the back of the line.  I am trying to figure out which way works best... and for what.  Out of the fridge will give me the most whey if I leave it out longer, and more like a cheese if I do so... or a decent kefir in a day or two.  In the fridge, if I keep up, will give me the most fresh kefir.  Though if I don't use it quickly enough, it turns into whey.  The problem is, temperature and other changes will speed or slow the kefir production, in both places, in odd ways.  I just have to keep checking and going until I get what I want.  Tricky, but well worth it.

I almost thought I could close the ducks in.  And, I probably could have, if I wished to push the indian runners in.  I just would rather not.  I figured it would be down to 36 and was nearly correct, 37 F out there, but a warm feeling 37.  The rabbits looks satisfied, comfy, and rested.  You know, when I get rabbits out there, I might put the indian runners out that way too.  Since I will have to be going out that way anyway... and the indian runners and muscovy don't really get along all that well?  I'd have to leave them out there, and inside, for a month or two... to get them acclimated to the new digs.  But it might be worth doing.  Then, as well, to figure out how to get them not to eat their eggs.  Fake eggs, of course, as well, but also a place for a broody hen or two to have some privacy.  I don't have enough indian runners to get a hen broody, but they are regular items in the spring.  We will see.  I want four more hens, and maybe one more drake.  Should do, if I will probably have to cull to get what I want.

Now to hit dishes, flip laundry, take a shower, and deal with trash and recycling.  I think I can...  Later.