Am here Honest!

Hello yes I am here! Went on holiday, it is allowed you know!

The 4 of us went to sunny Cornwall (actually we had very nice weather!) for a week staying in Harlyn Bay just round the corner from Padstow (of Rick Stein fame). We and the smalls had a wonderful time and spent the majority of the week on the beach, well in the sea actually!
We did all the usuals, Eden project, Padstow, Newquay (aquarium), and of course not forgetting spending as much time as we could with our friends who live in Wadebridge. Come home with a slight tan, happy and 6 loads of washing to do! Oh the life of a housewife!

The Hens had a wonderful time too being looked after by a neighbour and my Father-in-law who both fed them, so we have come home to fattened up hens!

Last night we had our first full meal from the garden!! Lettuce, beans, peas, potatoes, and eggs all from our rather small patch!! SO exciting!

Hen crisis update!

Well.... I caught her! She was not that hard actually as she is very docile at the moment. Beauty was more of a problem as was parking at the blooming vets! The carpark is always full of the vets' cars and no room for the customers (should that be patients?!) so we all end up blocking each other in.

I took Gen to see a very lovely (if a bit young!) vet who felt her and had a good look at her and then stuck a needle in her chest!! well brest actually, not nice but hopefully that and the drugs I now have to get into her daily will make her all better! and back to egg laying soon.

I then had quite a long chat with a very nice farmer (horses) who was also blocked in the car park, while we waited for the lady with the white dog to move her red beetle out of the way! His dog was beautiful and so lovely, my Ffion would have fallen in love with him. He spent most of the time watching the pigeons on the pylon of the pub opposite, you could tell he wanted them! He was poised to leap!

I every excitedly have put some too BIG dresses on ebay as now am 2 stone lighter than I was 10 weeks ago! This is a big thing for me and you will hear more and more about this probably! (in case you are interested am doing Weight Watchers)

Anyhoo am going to do some very exciting ironing now!

Hen Crisis

Having a Hen crisis today, Genevieve, our ISA Brown is unwell, we think she is crop bound but she has not laid since friday and is now very lethargic. All she does is sit. or stand and close her eyes. Poor thing so I am off to the vets with her at 2pm.

I should introduce the Hens properly, we have 2. One ISA Brown as above and one Black Rock called Beauty!!

We have had them for about 7 weeks and they have been laying for about 3, only now Gen has stopped. We love them and my daughters are injoying "thier" pets!!

Right then off to catch a Hen......