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, 17 September 2011

Sleep tight big Bertha....

Another sad sad day...today we made the difficult decision to put Bertha to sleep. She's had a long, hard battle with another mysterious illness, and despite much improvement it just wasn't enough. We chose quality of life over just life. She will be greatly missed...she really was the life and soul of our little flock.


2 comments:

Brian Smith said...

Urgent advice needed. Back in May 2009 you posted on a forum about a hen with the top half of her beak seperating. Can you tell me how you got on? I have a cockerel who has damaged his beak in a fight and it sounds very similar. The top of the beak seems to be sort of delaminated from something underneath (flesh covered bone?). He's resting for the night and in shock. I just don't know what to do in the morning.
Brian Smith on the Isle of Skye
best public address would be enquiries@eyeofskye.co.uk, my website.

Bobbie & Liz said...

Brian, I am so sorry. I was NEVER notified about this comment! I hope your poor cockerel is ok. Please let me know if you can, and accept my sincere apologies for not replying. In future, you'd be best emailing me at Bobbie@chancecottage.com if you have any chicken related questions.

Bobbie x