After deciding to let Blossom stay, she blotted her copybook on Monday by having a right old pecking session on Sunflower's bottom. At my wits' end, I stomped off to the library with a view to finding some chicken-related reading matter. My hopes were raised when I found the section marked 'Poultry' but then dashed slightly when I realised that there was only one book on the subject. That said, the book in question was a particularly insightful and, more importantly, amusing account of one man's adventures in chicken keeping. The title says it all. Hen and the Art of Chicken Maintenance by Martin Gurdon. Anyway, after reading this witty little memoir, I felt much more relaxed about the antics of Sunflower and Blossom and decided to let them get on with getting on.
To that end, we left them in their run for about six hours yesterday whilst we went out. I fully expected to come back to a bald Sunflower, but on our return all seemed well. Sunflower is gaining in confidence all the while and Blossom appears to be chilling out a little. There is light at the end of the tunnel.
The Little One fed bottle fed a lamb today - very cute indeed!
Well, 'the girls' are in bed now so the Eglu is quiet and I can stop peering out of the window every five minutes to see what they're up to. Night night...
No comments:
Post a Comment