Long live the King - the neverending story of Brahmalot!

[AraucanaAnnie]

All hail Lady Flopsy-Mopsy-CottenTail! May the Curse of the Court Jester leave her unscathed.

 

[Nickeyo]

loving the poland, and yay for rocky, Hope he can spend more time with the flock as he gets better

 

[Sjisty]

Brahmalot has gotten pretty quiet lately. The foreign exchange students, Mork and Peanut, have left to continue their studies in another land. The new court jester, Lady Flopsymopsycottontail, has started laying. The kingdom has become blissfully peaceful in the last several weeks and hopefully it will remain so.

The youngsters are quickly growing and exploring the world beyond the nursery. Their favorite game is hide and seek, but they are sometimes confused as to which one is "it," thus it appears they all are counting and no one is hiding! Maybe one of the older children will teach them the rules of the game.

 

[CountryGeorge]

You may see the foreign exchange students again, peafowl can be incredible homers on occasion and are rather good flyers.

 

[Sjisty]

The ladies and princesses of Brahmalot have been exceedingly generous this week with a count of over 6 dozen, and that is after the neighboring giants ate some daily for the week, not to mention cooking quite a few and giving them back to the citizens in their food!

 

[cknnewbie]

The ladies and princesses of Brahmalot have been exceedingly generous this week with a count of over 6 dozen, and that is after the neighboring giants ate some daily for the week, not to mention cooking quite a few and giving them back to the citizens in their food!

They have indeed been generous! The weather must agree with them.

 

[Frizzle13]

Who lays such dark eggs??

 

[Sjisty]

Who lays such dark eggs??

The dark eggs are laid by an unnamed lady who happens to be a black copper Marans. The smallish egg on the top (sort of) left is Old Queen Mother Chrissie, who is around 8 years old and still laying regularly. The small white egg in the upper right is the third egg laid by Court Jester FlopsyMopsyCottontail!

 

[Sjisty]

There is another new king on the throne at Brahmalot. Prince Marco disagreed with the policies of King Samson and so has removed the mighty king from his throne! Long live King Marco!



However ...

Samson and some of his ladies are about to be moved to a smaller castle for a time in order to raise some children.



Marco and some of his ladies, also, will be moving into private rooms in order to secure plenty of heirs. When everyone is moved around and the dust settles, those of you who have followed the story from the beginning can guess who the new/old king will be ...

King Rocky! The circle of life is a wondrous thing! It is hoped he will take over the reins and be the wonderful king he once was. Although never fully recovered from his illness and beating of last summer, King Rocky has come out of seclusion and rejoined the flock. He stays out of the way of his sons, but appears to be once again enjoying life, although his hop/skip/walk is funny to see. He no longer falls over when he leans forward to eat and really is doing quite well for his advanced age. He has become extremely friendly since his illness as he had to put up with the indignity of someone else helping to keep him clean and helping him eat for a while, and he will follow the neighboring giants as long as he thinks they have a raisin for him.

He is a shadow of his former glory, as these pictures show, the second picture being approximately 7+ years ago, but he is still a beloved king. Long live King Marco! Long live King Samson! Long live King Rocky!!!!

 

[Frizzle13]

He still looks beautiful and red