The good the bad and the ugly.

Let's start with the bad so we can finish on a positive note... As some of you may already know from my recent Facebook post, one of our little peahens, Jade, recently died... We tried so hard to get her better buytshe was too weak. Vale Jade.

So when yesterday I noticed Biu Biu, one of our young chicken hens standing all hunched up, I gasped... And immediately put some meds into everyone's water! This morning she was no better so I brought her inside to warm her up. Seemed better but wasn't so now she's back in. More meds and we'll see tomorrow... I am quite worried but she's a good plump weight so hopefully she'll have the strength to pull through...

Biu Biu joining us in the lounge room for the evening

The other good is that four new hens joined Tatum Hills. I must say, after losing Jade, my enthusiasm for their arrival was dampened substantially, but the purchase was arranged long ago and we needed more girls to keep the boys busy, so off we drove to Tarago. We visited the lovely Fiona and her amazing farm, where chickens roam happily in vast spaces of tall grass and trees. Chicken paradise! One of the Australorps boys we hatched in October now lives there. His name is now Olive and he's SO grown up and gorgeous! After a lovely tour and pats of the goats, cats and dogs, we had a short game of chasies with some wyandotte girls and brought 4 home. They are lovely big fluffy girls, currently quarantening in a portion of the big pen... Roger was most impressed when he found them there in the morning and I think he'll find it hard to wait for them to be let out of quarantine...

The other good is that four new hens joined Tatum Hills. I must say, after losing Jade, my enthusiasm for their arrival was dampened substantially, but the purchase was arranged long ago and we needed more girls to keep the boys busy, so off we drove to Tarago. We visited the lovely Fiona and her amazing farm, where chickens roam happily in vast spaces of tall grass and trees. Chicken paradise! One of the Australorps boys we hatched in October now lives there. His name is now Olive and he's SO grown up and gorgeous! After a lovely tour and pats of the goats, cats and dogs, we had a short game of chasies with some wyandotte girls and brought 4 home. They are lovely big fluffy girls, currently quarantening in a portion of the big pen... Roger was most impressed when he found them there in the morning and I think he'll find it hard to wait for them to be let out of quarantine...

Panna (Italian for cream) with Wendy and Dottie's bottom

Lucy, the white leghorn cross, with Dottie and Wendy.

Roger pacing the fence near the new girls

The new girls' Little House on the Prairie