Kids

The kittens have settled in well.

Trigger has made a new friend, Logan does like to run under his belly, and there is lots of licking going on.

Trig tries to spend quality time in his bed asleep, and doesn't even wake up when a kitten falls on his head..






Lola has developed into a relaxed cat.

Unfortunately not long after this was taken her brother decided that he wanted to be on the top of the tower as well...

There is just about enough space for them both on the 'bed' but they are growing very fast.

They had their second injections today, and found their voices yesterday.


And the chickens are also doing well - there is no thing they enjoy more than a cob of corn in a brick.

Within five minutes there is just the husk left.

I have been doing some knitting recently. I was going to be good and update rav with details but I've got my yahoo id's locked, so animal photos will be it for a while.....

The good and Bad

Sorry still not taken any photos of knitting, but I have been spending some time with the girls.

Chickens are very difficult to take photos of, they dont stay still for very long !

These are our three girls waiting for Dad to bring them some corn, or dandelion leaves...

They are good girls.

The cat is also on the mend, the tablets for thyroid have reduced his incredible high level to within the normal range. Luckily he seems to like his daily dose of cheese & tablet.

Neil has been having dizzy spells recently. He is being referred back to Bristol. The doctor thinks that scar tissue is constricting the blood supply to his head - the tumour they removed was very close to an artery in his neck. In the mean time his has been advised not to drive, it wouldn't be good if he got dizzy whilst turning at a junction....

And my brother has just found this site - if you have a spare couple of minutes it is very very very funny... Be creative every day !!!

Moving On

After months of inactivity we decided that we needed to move on and do some of the things we want to do once we move.

So to ebay we went and this arrived within 24 hours.

It took a few days to paint inside & out, especially once we realised that it needed two coats each side - good job we have a large area of 'grass' in the front garden to work on...






We found a wonderful place in Malvern, and went to choose some girls

This is Daisy, she is a Bluebell, and eats more than I ever thought possible for one hen.
She also likes spilling a large quantity of food on the floor of the run.
We can forgive her for all of this as she has started to lay an egg every other day ...





Here is Dolly, a Columbine, with the tufts on her head.
And Delilah a Black Tail, she is our main layer, giving us an egg within an hour and a half of being in her new house.

They found the base of a very dead pampas grass makes an ideal dust bath.






And this is what happens when a handful of corn is thrown on the ground - heads down girls....

And the black coloured hen is Doris, she is a rumpless Copper Black and the youngest of the girls but probably the most loud.

It is amazing how well they have settled in, since last Friday we have had 8 eggs, one a day and they are getting slightly larger each day. There is a while to go before they lay 'full size' eggs...


Neil is improving, he is getting used to being able to do things, like walk the dog round the block, and drive again. It is going to be a long recovery, but he is getting there.
His house is still not sold, new agents are getting more interest but the right person has not walked through the door yet.

I'm still suffering from lack of sleep and the anxiety has past from Neil being ill to the cat being ill. He has an over active thyroid, and has just started taking tablets to see if those help. Unfortunately this is what his brother had, and we lost his over two years ago....

Hey ho, I'm still knitting and spinning. I really must get round to taking photos of finished things. I also must start blogging more regularly - before then I think I will go and see if the girls are ok..

Adventures

I took myself off for an adventure today.

I went to so different country, where they speak another language....


The Market Hall made me stop and stare...








There were these chickens, chicks and eggs floating in sky...


And they weren't little either...

This one must have been taller than me (ok I do realise that I'm not the tallest in the world..)

He was huge :-)

And for scale - just to show how big they were...

Can anyone (apart from Nic who will probably know) guess where I was today...

The answer will be revealed tomorrow.

And now I'm off to knit some runner ;-)