Eggs !!

Very exciting as I sat in my office I peered out the window and spotted a chicken bottom in the goat paddock it wasn't moving , I called Nev to tell him I thought one of the poor old Bantums had accidently gone to bed in a paddock last night and died. He and Finley promptly went outside to investigate and came back with 8 eggs ! That's right she wasn't dead she was laying an egg. The eggs are about a size five at a guess.

Last weeks plan to kick the roosters out didn't quite go to plan, we got the old house out for them aka the playhouse/goat house/chicken house . Grabbed all the roosters and popped them over the fence within about five minutes a few of them had figured out how to walk around the main farm and were just running around in the front yard, by evening 5 of them were back in with the ladies and the other 4 were just sitting in the grass. So this week we need to come up with another plan , one is going to a neighbours as she wants to breed his breed, Gold Laced Wyndotte, They are a lovely looking bird with nice sized eggs. The rest we need to either build a high fenced enclosure to keep them in or get rid of them. Currently they are all back in the main chook pen bar the naughty rooster that was causing all the trouble in the first place, he is free ranging with his girlfriend the old bantum that is laying.

In other exciting news we wont be having any showers for a wee while as Nev mowed a cap of the end of the septic system causing a medium sized water feature to appear in the yard when the shower was used this morning. I haven't experimented with flushing the toilet to see if the same water feature appears ..... 

Charlie is almost well again a bit of a runny nose but no more sick tummy so that's a relief. He is a word machine at the moment with new things popping out all the time dog,cat, chook, goat, truck, boots, all sorts.

Finley has had a really happy weekend as he has caught up with both of his best friends, which means I'd be suprised if he spoke ten words to me all weekend as he was too busy with his mates.Mixing things in the sand pit, puddling around in some clay you name it he's been doing it.