Well, I was getting super clucky and just a little bit lonely being at home all day, so rather than adding to our human brood, we built an enclosure, chicken coop and guinea pig hutch, and we now have a bunch of extra mouths to feed. Myrtle, Attilla the Hen and Aunty Pol (try) are our new brown shavers, who have so far given us 9 eggs. They’re still just young and we’ve already had a few fun things to learn along the way... Then we have our boys, Andre (entree), Lance (lunch) and Ed (as in “I ‘ed it”). Yes, Sam wanted to give the guinea pigs food names, so I compromised. So every time I walk outside now, I get a plaintive mweep mweep mweep from three little boys wanting more grass... And the kids are having tonnes of fun holding, feeding and caring for them. I still need to create a movable hutch so that the boys can help turn over the soil, but good things take time
We are also finally retrieving our long-forgotten chooks from next door at some point, so Sam1 and Sam2 will be home as soon as I have finished building their "broody girl coop"
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| Andre - the first of our guinea pigs |
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| Chicken coop and enclosure |
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| Our new guinea pig home |
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| Aunt Pol(try) and Attilla |
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| Myrtle |
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| Lance |
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