Foghorn's diaryIts a bit quiet in the coop at the moment diary. Patsy and Eddie decided to go broody
Mum tolerated it for a bit, then even when she chucked them out of the nest box for food and drink, Patsy was a bit half hearted about eating. Mum grabbed her up, told her off for getting too thin and took them both off to the sin bin, where there is nowhere to nest.
She says they are both eating like horses now, so that's OK, but they are still making broody 'chuck chuck' noises, so they are not trusted to come back for a few days yet
No problem getting the other girls to eat
We know the sound of mum's car so we start up as soon as she parks. By the time she opens the back door to check on us all, a reception committee is waiting
We all suck our crops in and try and look half starved. It usually works
Alphie's diaryWell we have new neighbours as Patsy and Eddie, the terrible twosome, are installed next to us. Naomi is not best pleased and if we get let out, she patrols the edge of their run menacing them
Eva and I are usually far too busy looking for stuff to eat. Every plant is worth investigation and if you can't reach what you have your eye on ........... well no problem, just use one of the special pecking platforms mum has dotted around the garden
Eva was supposed to be on lookout duty, but I still got yelled at for being too close to mum's treasured gingko tree
When I jumped off and took a peck at her prized olive tree, I got chased down the garden
You wait till she realises I have spotted the figs on the fig tree and that the pecking platform it is in, is right next to the grape vine