Worms Glorious Worms

Doddy Little Egg

Running to the coop yesterday I told the Blur not to tell me if there were any eggs in Ritas nest site. She managed to keep a straight face until I got my head in and pulled out the tiniest little chicken egg that I have ever seen. It took me a while to stop laughing and thank Rita, though I dont think the Blur found it as amusing as I did. I showed John when he arrived and he gave more of the reaction that I did. Never the less its an egg and were grateful for any that we get.

Still with all the sun and rain were getting in roughly equal measures our fruit and veg are doing great. The melon (outside) is soon going to need support to hold the fruit up, and the runner beans seem to spring up from nowhere over night. As cucumbers are marsh plants we bought a big bowl, stood the plant in and filled it with water. It seems to be enjoying it and the fruits are swelling slightly faster now, so hopefully it wont be too long before were having some with our salad and in our sandwiches.

A Fun Afternoon In Tommy Cooper

Yesterday John sliced off a corner of grass to give the chickens the start of a dust bath. Rita was straight in there and loving all the bugs she found. John also put the lumps of grass back into the coop and Rita very quickly made both corners hers. Whenever Cairo or Alison came near she was chase them off. Watching her trying to protect both of her territories was very funny, but what was funnier was when she found a huge worm and ran as fast as she could, closely followed by Alison who wanted a piece of the action but without putting in the hard work. So, knowing that they enjoyed worms John and I set about digging up a few and giving hand feeding a try. Well obviously Rita was the first to get the hang of it (the second she saw one hanging out of my hand) and ran over. She even realised they were in the tin I had and started poking her nose in there. Cairo was slightly more suspicious to begin with, but was soon clamouring against Rita for a piece of the action. Alison, being slightly dormant most of the time wasnt too fussed. If one was thrown her way she go for it and even tussle with the others but she wasnt prepared to take one from either mine of Johns hands.

It was a fun half an hour, in the afternoon and I wouldnt have missed it for anything. We did have to wait a while on arrival for Rita to get out of her nest to see if she'd laid, and eventually after a bit of a snooze, she ventured outside into the rain and revealed another egg to us.