Happy Birthday Keeper!!
Wow, where did THAT year go??
he sure likes his pic taken!
@Yorkshire Coop
You forgot to mention our Tarantula's and Rattle Snakes.
Speaking of snakes, I had a horrific scare this morning, I was sitting with Hilda in the coop, she was on my lap. All of a sudden I hear this scratching on the outside of the run on the hardware cloth, I peek around the corner and there I see a lizard running across the floor with a snake in hot pursuit!!!(the hardware cloth is 1/2 inch, keeps pretty much everything out except baby mice, baby lizards and small snakes.)
So I leaped up as fast as I could and shut the doors to the run from the coop to keep Hilda safe, meanwhile I am panicking, "What am I going to do!!"If this is a rattle snake, we have BIG trouble!! So I calmed myself down as best I could,
So, since this was not a killer snake, I had no choice but to go back in, lock Hilda in the coop and go into the run to chase this thing out! I sneaked in very slowly to the run and there he was. I shooed him out and boy did he slither fast!! But wow, I was still shaking like a leaf!! I quickly got to work on adding 1/4 inch hardware cloth along the entire bottom of the run, of COURSE I did not have enough,so there are spots he could still get in, but hopefully he won't come back.
A few weeks ago we had a 4 foot Prairie Rattler out in the front yard, thick fat thing, curled up by the wild bird water dish, tagging birds that came for water. These Rattlers are nearly INVISIBLE and blend in SO well you can't see them! I nearly reached down to move the bird's water and could have been bitten!!! You don't want to mess with Rattlers, they do not get out of your way and if they get annoyed enough, will bite, if they don't kill you, it ruins the rest of your life with internal issues and pain.
I almost stepped on a Rock Rattler years ago that got into the Quail aviary, if it werent for the quail circling the thing, I would have never seen him and stepped on him. Praise the quail!!
Beautiful picture of Keeper!!Very majestic and handsome too.
Charlie is all enrolled at college now. Took him today to get everything sorted out and he starts on Monday. They also gave him a list of the things he needs like overalls, safety boots etc etc. So it’s a mad rush now to get it all. I do wish they had given him it sooner so we could have been more organised. Plus I thought it would be the following week to start if we did need extra things. But obviously not! 
He enjoys his new course and getson ok at the college.
Crikey Leyla that is all very scary! No wonder you were shaking like a leaf. I’m pleased to read that you & Hilda were all ok in the end! Also what a lucky escape with the quail circling to alert you! Me, I would need a big snake proof suit to go out in at yours!
We have adders & grass snakes here. Only encountered one once though. A grass snake once slithered out at me at a pond where Charlie & his Dad were fishing. I was being kind & taking them some pack up for lunch when it shot out in front of me. I ran the other way screaming!
I am so happy for Charlie!! Yes they could have warned you a bit sooner so you could get all his things together. You can do it Kim!! 
I am so glad Charlie is able to follow his dream!
