Ribh's D'Coopage

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

@LozzyR that is so flipping cute

 

[BY Bob]

Thanks, Sue. Yeah, watching new friendships form is fascinating ~ especially with Lottie who has been a little chook in a big, big world all on her own for as long as I've had her. Suddenly there's all these new girls who are more or less her size ~ though she is still the smallest! She is spending equal amounts of time with the newbies & the Oldies.

Options are good and Lottie finally has some. it's great that she is taking advantage of them.

 

[BY Bob]

Knock has started laying eggs again and that means full time care of her three chicks is over.
She's also roosting on the perch again so the chicks are on their own in the nest box.
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How old are they now?

 

[BY Bob]

We had a grassy, bright and light Adelaide Hills sauv blanc last night, it was delightful.

This one

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I am loving these wine suggestions. Keep them coming.

 

[BY Bob]

You'll probably be okay with a decent bottle of single malt Scotch whiskey.

I can reccomend a lot of those! Maybe too many!

 

[BY Bob]

I was trying to find the vidèo outside of Facebook, but you may be able to still watch it even if you don’t have FB.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=617463678800789

That is even cuter than I expected.

 

[Shadrach]

How old are they now?

I don't know Bob. I'll have to look it up and reply later.

 

[LozzyR]

Good evening everyone

@LozzyR that is so flipping cute

I know, right? How gorgeous is he/she?! I’d love to have Silkies if they weren’t so broody!

 

[Ribh]

Despite Shad's observations I am not feeling particularly blessed. Having gone all summer with one or other of my BRs on the broody wagon I was looking forward to a break from this behaviour once the cooler weather arrived. Well blow me down with a feather, Mhari, who has only just started laying, has decided to go broody on me! I spent 15 minutes last night scooping her out of a nesting box & popping her on a roost. Stubborn. She was back in this morning & I am going to have to move her into the small coop with the nesting boxes shut off because the silly girl isn't eating or drinking! I can't let her sit. My other options is to put her in the run with the big girls & hope the novelty distracts her.

 

[Ribh]

Options are good and Lottie finally has some. it's great that she is taking advantage of them.

It is. She is chickening really well just now ~ & so funny to watch because she is this tiny little thing being a big bossy britches! She's not mean though ~ & I have one or 2 of those so I appreciate it.