Monday 12 August 2013

August so far

Well August has been eventful to say the least! Sleep has been a bit varied.  I've not slept, overslept, slept on sofas, fallen asleep in chairs, slept with dogs, cats and hamsters.  I've had tiny dogs staying also puppies, massive dogs, naughty dogs, funny dogs, laid back sleepy dogs, drawling dogs and very old dogs. I've had chickens with names staying laying eggs in secret places only to be found a few weeks later!  I've had a variety of cats staying from poorly ones I had to nurse back to health to hyper ones, deaf ones, aged ones and lazy ones.

I've been stung a million times by stinging nettles and sliced my legs open several times on blackberry barbs. I've had 2 power cuts, water on and off several times got the front door stuck twice and fallen over cats 3 times.

The peahens had a fight and one came off worse losing most of her feathers.  She cannot fly now and my daughter set up a scaffolding affair so it can jump into the tree at night!   We think the storm set them off!  We also lost a peahen over the back of the farm only to find it again a week later.

I've successfully completed the colon cancer test which  have to say is definitely a challenge.  All I can say is make sure you are not desperate to go before opening the packet. finding the paper strip to stick on the toilet seat and the cardboard strips and reading the instructions! Also I would advise you to double check you are not going to miss the paper when you sit down as I did the first time! Also make sure you don't leave the sample ready to send off available for the dog to chew.  That said its a valuable test and after 3 days of precision pooing you can sent it off and hopefully all will be well.

We have also saved a bat, found in the barn with a deformed leg! My daughter took it in put it in a box and made a bar for it to hang on with a piece of wood!!  It was then she realised it had a deformed foot so after a day of feeding and caring for it she found a suitable place to put it high up so the cats couldn't get it and we haven't seen it since. Fingers crossed it made it for a few more days.

We have had 9 chicks hatched all sweet and fluffy.  The mother hen is doing a great job pecking us violently when we feed them, squawking at us when we give them water and puffing up when we inspect the chicks.  Apart from being pecked on the forehead and being quacked at by the ducks the birds are doing well.

So all in all August on the funny farm has been busy but ok