Exciting news from our hen house. Blacky (or Sooty, I can’t remember what her name is) is broody! She’s been sitting on her eggs for a good week now, so hopefully in a month or so we’ll have three little chicks!
This all depends on whether Sarah/Elvis has been doing his job properly, and if she can stay on for the remainder of the course, but if she does, we’ll be adding three more to our brood. There was a bit of a glitch after a fight with Whitey, and one of the original eggs broke, but it seems to have been smooth sailing from then on.
This has also helped distract us from Buster’s absence (I saw him running up the drive a few nights ago, but on the whole we have been a badger free zone). We also have a very friendly bird around the place, who lands on the side of the hot tub while guests are having a soak, and perches on the windowsill outside the green room.
But we still miss Buster. Maybe if we put a badger egg under our broody hen, some magic might happen…
Posted on June 10th, 2009 by Nicola
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