Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Everyone is happy and ending their molt!


Giving them treats and all I got was fluffy butts for the picture...they were all heads down in the rice and scratch.
I am hoping that Luna is going broody so I can some wonderful Blue Orpington eggs from GA. I am currently beading a blue orp rooster as a gift for my friend, speckledhen and she is going to send me some of his girls' eggs when I get broody to sit on them. hehehehe
But for now, only Speckles has inspected the new ducklings and Miss Thang was none to impressed with the little quakers. hahahahaha

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Confusion Everywhere...

Well the girls are as confused about the weather as I am. they are not sure if they should be laying or not laying, inside or out, cold or warm. Poor girls. One day it is beautiful and 70 and the next 5 it is 45 and raining.


I really wish the weather would make up our minds. meanwhile, we are expecting our ducks this week or next week on the secondary shipping date. This is going to be an adventure and fun. I just love ducks. Once they arrive, they will have their own blog of course...meanwhile, the girls and I continue to be confused over the weather.


They had an interesting visitor two days ago which did not make me happy one bit. With the nasty rainy cold weather I am assuming that mama fox has been hunting much or has been unsuccessful because she came calling. 9:30 in the morning, bright day outside and here she comes walking up the driveway. She took the time to look at the girls out in the run then look at me and then back at them as she headed for them. Needless to say she got the "Oh no you don't" and was promptly sent packing. So, now I am worried sick about leaving them even during the day so when I had to run errands I put them inside the coop, locked up safely until I returned.


So, time to finish the wire under the run for sure...no more waiting. That is the weekend project for me...get the run wire under and out away from the rest of the run to stop Mrs. Fox from digging in and get the netting up over the top to stop the girls from getting out (2 of them like to fly out) and to stop the hawks from getting in. While no hawk has tried, I am not trusting that.


So, onward with more work on Eggtopia and the Girls' kingdom.