This is our first experience of the henternet. Nadia and Sophie told us about it, so we thought we'd try it out...
The sun came out this afternoon, so Mum abandoned work and came out to let us have a run around the garden while she did some gardening. Any excuse for a bit of sunshine, that one!
Holly discovered today that she can climb trees. Apparently it's because she's a leghorn- lumberjack more like! Tufty spent an hour chasing blackbirds. I tried chasing the robin, but it's tricky when you've had an injury and someone's clipped the feathers on one wing to stop you from tripping over them where they drag on the ground... The robin can get airborne. I reckon that's cheating :-(
Still, Mum's been letting me off laying eggs, because of my accident. She thinks I'm about seven months old and really should have started by now, but I think that my accident (and Alice's early demise 12 days ago) has put her off having the "you're a dual purpose breed, so if you don't lay..." conversation. I don't know what her problem is anyway. Just because Tufty and I aren't bothering to lay eggs, Nadia's getting on a bit and Sophie's well past her henopause, it's not our fault. Holly's laying an egg nearly every day. Surely that's enough? Five of us, 6 or 7 eggs in total per week for her and Dad between them; they can always have some layers' pellets for breakfast, can't they?
Anyway, got to go. Mum says she's getting cold, & she's rattling a tub of corn. Got to get my share
07
Nice clucking with you,
Hope.
The sun came out this afternoon, so Mum abandoned work and came out to let us have a run around the garden while she did some gardening. Any excuse for a bit of sunshine, that one!
Holly discovered today that she can climb trees. Apparently it's because she's a leghorn- lumberjack more like! Tufty spent an hour chasing blackbirds. I tried chasing the robin, but it's tricky when you've had an injury and someone's clipped the feathers on one wing to stop you from tripping over them where they drag on the ground... The robin can get airborne. I reckon that's cheating :-(
Still, Mum's been letting me off laying eggs, because of my accident. She thinks I'm about seven months old and really should have started by now, but I think that my accident (and Alice's early demise 12 days ago) has put her off having the "you're a dual purpose breed, so if you don't lay..." conversation. I don't know what her problem is anyway. Just because Tufty and I aren't bothering to lay eggs, Nadia's getting on a bit and Sophie's well past her henopause, it's not our fault. Holly's laying an egg nearly every day. Surely that's enough? Five of us, 6 or 7 eggs in total per week for her and Dad between them; they can always have some layers' pellets for breakfast, can't they?
Anyway, got to go. Mum says she's getting cold, & she's rattling a tub of corn. Got to get my share
07 Nice clucking with you,
Hope.