cheep cheep

One of the hens has been broody. She has sat on the eggs and complained to me every time I came in to see how she was doing. Eggs take between 21-23 days to hatch. I checked on Saturday and although she was still sitting I could hear a faint cheeping. This time, when I tried to move her, she didn't just cluck, but pecked me. As I tried to move her without being pecked this little cutie appeared at her side.

By Saturday we had two fast moving, black balls of fluff causing mayhem in the hen coup. Boy! can those things move. Not even the mother can herd both of them when they are running around in opposite directions.
Today, I've shut the pop hole keeping the mother and chicks in the coup and the others are all outside enjoying the sun.
I know that they are just going to be trouble. I knew that as soon as one escaped in to the outdoor run, squeezed through a tiny hole and was making its way across the grass before I could blink.

But they are cute!

summer is here!

According to the calender, the summer has started. At this time of year, we only got 3 hours of near darkness. But can someone tell the weather. Summer started with gales, heavy rain and then it cleared for a day. Monday was glorious, clear blue sky, warm yellow sun. But I was a bit surprised to discover I needed to scrape the ice off my car windscreen on Tuesday morning. Its the 24th June! Why did we get a frost!?!

Well, the do say that Scotland has four seasons in one day, but that is ridiculous!


Pete
inthehills