Hello, and welcome to our blog. We are a comitted couple living in West Lothian with our seven furry (& thirteen feathered) babies - don't worry, we don't have kids with Hirsutism - they are dogs, cats, chickens and a parrot!! We consider ourselves to be happy-go-lucky individuals, who most definitely believe in living life to the full whilst attempting not to hurt people along the way! We enjoy the company of warm, fun people - a sense of humour is absolutely essential to 'get' us (plain silly to pure sarcasm). We don't 'gel' well with people who can suck the life out a duracell battery.

Our hobbies are vast and varied...We should spend a lot of time renovating our 100 year old cottage, but we much prefer browsing for hours in book shops, people watching, coffee shops, cinema, shopping, walking by the beach or being lost for hours in the country, cuddling in bed, watching DVDs when we really should be out cutting the grass!, cooking, eating out in quaint little restaurants that serve food so yummy you want to do a little dance at the table, playing Sudoka (and spending way too much money on those rip off little puzzle books!), debating (for hours on end) with each other (or anyone who'll listen) over the downfall of society, etc...and how everything was much better in 'our day', telling each other the same stories over and over again...and still expecting the laughs/knods like it's the first time we've ever heard them, Scrabble, spending money we don't have on things we don't need, xwords/arrow words, Eggheads (any quiz programme really), gardening - in an attempt to become as self sufficient as possible, spending hours upon hours sitting watching our beautiful girls doing what chickens do, reading/posting on various forums (addictive, isn't it?). Oh..and saving for our Civil Ceremony, planned for 2012.

This blog is about all of the above, and more. We hope you'll at least enjoy some of it - thanks for taking the time to visit!

Bobbie & Liz
xxx

Saturday, 3 October 2009

Long time no...time!!

I'm ashamed to say I just haven't had the time to blog recently! :(

Lots has happened since our last blog, but the problem I now have is that too much time has passed and I forget everything in between then and now! Typical!!

Let's see....we've had 4 more chicks, we've had chick worries (leg problems, breathing problems, general weirdness problems), and lots of other ups and downs along the way. In general the last few months have been pretty positive for our little family.

Staying with the theme of the last post, we'll stick to the topic of chickens for now. The girls (and now boys) are all doing well. They've been moulting recently, which has left the run looking like someone's had a pillow fight on a daily basis. Thankfully we're coming through the other side of it now, and the girls are feathering up nicely again. Poor Bertha seemed to get the short straw on the moult department...over night she lost her lovely copper feathers and sported a oven ready breasted look for a couple of months! :(

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Henrietta's babies have grown...they are now 12 weeks old. Araucana's are notoriously hard to sex, but at the moment I 'think' we have 3 boys and a girl from the clutch! :( Not great, but the one girl we do have is a wee stunner!

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aptly named Dorienne Grey...

Mavis managed to hatch 4 chicks of her own - all lavender araucanas, although one white one slipped through. She's been a good Mum, but I'm thankful the faverolle girls were on hand to foster the babies as and when Mavis ran out of patience! :)

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I 'think' we have 4 boys in total, and although I appreciate hatching chicks comes with this downside, I really do not want to have to cull them. So, I've placed adverts everywhere. I have managed to rehome two (when they're ready to move out!) but still have two lovely boys looking for ladies to love. If you know of anyone who might be interested (not for pot) let me know.

I have to include a couple of my favourite pics taken over the last few months. I'll make a decisive effort to post more frequently in future.

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G'night! :)
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1 comment:

Kath said...

I couldn't hatch chicks for just that reason Bobbie - couldn't bear to get rid of the lads. Our ladies are just dropping a few feathers this year - POL in April, but next year we'll no doubt have the pillow fight effect!

16 October 2009 at 15:02

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