Some NEW things!!!

We have had a lot of stuff going on around here lately - mostly good and a bit not so good.

The not so good is Michael continually getting sick with bugs :-( We didn't celebrate his birthday on 27 August 2009 because he was very ill with tonsillitis (sp?). Poor little bubba. He was better by Sunday and we had a cake at the park with some of his friends!! YAY

Greg has nearly finished the new coop for the babies (who aren't babies anymore). Sadly out of the nine chicks I hatched, only 3 were hens. Here they are:

The coop is very cool!!! Greg did a fantastic job, using an old A frame we had laying around. It cost a bomb to build but its a great little coop. Just needs a coat of paint now.

One of the little silky x's had gone clucky too. She just sat and sat and sat and nothing was going to move her. I didn't get her any fertile eggs because I had just gone back to work, where would we put her etc. Anyway, she was SO persistant that I got her 2 little week old chicks from a bloke. Sadly one died the next day for reasons unknown (it seemed a bit dodgy when I got it home), but the other one is going great. Here is a pic of them - so cute.

We had them in the brooder box for a week before moving them into the pen. The other (old baby) chooks were curious and tried to assert their authority (we were monitoring closely) however DO NOT MESS WITH A MUMMY CHOOK!!!! She took a chunk out of one of them (the boss of the baby pen) and the others were certainly put in their place if they got too close!!!! All is going very well now and they are both SO cute chooking around. It's lovely to watch.

Will update with some more NEW things soon!!!........................