Hot Chocolate Anyone ?

@YTT we've got one lonely chookie girl at the moment. She had a penmate who got sick and died. I want to get some more chooks, maybe make it a little flock of five or so, but even that many would give us a lot of eggs to use. And I do need to build a bigger and more secure pen before getting any more. We've lost some to foxes in the past from pens that we thought were secure. They're crafty so and so's.

Apart from Chookie, we've got a couple of guinea pigs and three rabbits. Herbivores can be fed on garden greenery if the feed bin runs low and we're not planning a shopping trip for a few days, and they don't hunt small birds, lizards, frogs... as much as I like cats, if we had one it would need to be confined indoor or in a cat run, or we'd be losing some of our much loved local wildlife.

@Smc Every time we've had foxes raid our coop we have to upgrade it. It's amazing how they get in - and out!!

My girls are so friendly, their coop is big so they can stay days locked up but they love to free range. They even escape our property (not hard) and go down to the creek but I worry about dogs getting them. The only way I can contain them is in the coop and it's not fair. After floods went through our town they headed straight to the creek to get the goodenss that was transported down the creek, they mostly say at our place

@YTT mm I've heard that you have to keep them well protected from foxes! I'd definitely have to protect them from my dog too.

Sounds like you have a pretty efficient rule!

How lovely to have fresh eggs. My sister had chickens and the same thing happened to her - she had way more eggs than she could eat! Nice that you're able to use them in your baking 🙂

oh and @Former-Member my favourite food is egg and vegetables... so I use some that way. My kids not so much. we occasionally have cooked eggs for breakfast, mostly I give them away.

Hello @Former-Member

much better today than last night , got the day off today because of the very heavy rain , so I cleaned mum`s house today and her washing and her cupboards

Good morning @Former-Member, @Faith-and-Hope, @YTT, @Smc, @Former-Member, @Former-Member, @Determined, @Catcakes, @Anna88

Good afternoon

Who would like a cuppa with me @Faith-and-Hope, @YTT, @Former-Member, @Former-Member or any of the moderators who are around , @Former-Member

how is your day going @Faith-and-Hope, my cousins in WA sent photos after that fire when the sun was setting

No work today , we had about 300mm of rain overnight , so no mowing

I cleaned mum`s house this morning , I should be doing something now but !!!!!!!

Hello @Del, @Somewhere_light