September 2010

Bought a "Tidy Tent" and have placed it just outside the french doors, finally i have somewhere to put all my bits, should make the kitchen a bit tidier.
Built a raised fish pond for the girls/boys? used log edging and planted herbs around it, really cute in my opinion, transferred the fish over, hopefully they'll settle in with no problems.
Finally the chicken coop arrived, i had it assembled in about an hour and went to Linda's (lady with chicken farm near me) and have bought home 9 girls, Louri helped me from the car, it was already dark so we put them straight to bed, I'm a bit nervous of handling them, I'm sure ill get used to it soon....goodnight girlies xxx
Well, in just 3 days, the girls have eaten every shred of grass in the run, unbelievable?
Rachelle and Stu came to visit, said i am mad for getting so many compared to their 3.
Well its reached freezing point, i was well prepared, ball in the fish pond, all the girls seem ok, none are bothered by the cold at all, i suppose they are wrapped in quilt :)
24.10.10 Well what a palaver today.....whilst cleaning out the coop I started to feel a bit guilty having them shut inside their run, so i decided to let them out and have a little wonder.  Half way through I started to panic thinking "if a fox should jump into our garden theres absolutely no way i can protect them" so I decided to get them all back in (she says) OMG!!!!!
why did i let them out? slowly one by one I managed to persuade them with bird seed etc apart from Amber, she had me running round the garden for 2 hours, until I decided to just stand by their door and hold it slightly ajar, she calmly just walked right in....go figure? God knows what the neighbours think, it really was like a Benny Hill sketch, i can even hear the music!
Harvested peppers and aubergines and some more potatoes.
Finally found hardwood chippings to put inside the run so the girls will have something to scratch at, you know, do their Essex 2 step! put them in....they love it, lol, they look so funny!