Anzac day

I penned the chickens up last night with a little difficultly. As you'd imagine they were a little reluctant to sleep in the same pen after the snake incident of last night. But I penned them up anyway and promised them I'd keep an eye out for snakes.

Earlier in the day I think I managed to find the hole that the snake had entered in through and blocked it up with some bricks. I made about 5 or 6 trips over to the chicken pen, we crappest torch here at Hydrorancho. Its a rechargeable and you get a good 30 seconds of light out of it before it goes flat. So by the time I get to the chicken pen its flat. Which is not much help if I manage to spot a snake. But I didn't and every time I went out to the chicken pen I woke them up, the ducks as well. I ventured out there at about 4am as I could here Young Boy crowing, I thought he was perhaps warning me about a snake, but he was just crowing.

Speedy and Young Boy definitely have a thing going on. She didn't even want breakfast this morning, instead she stood on the other side of the chicken pen door. I warned Speedy that I didn't approve of her taste in boyfriends, but as it was mentioned to me yesterday perhaps Old Boy is a little too old for her. I guess you can't choose your kids partners.