Fake Speedy

This is Princess Speedy, the wonder chicken.
This is Fake Speedy. Fake Speedy is a chicken that looks remarkably like Speedy, she's even made me think I'm talking to Speedy when I've gone over to the chicken pen. Here are a few of the monologues I've expressed
"Why is Speedy fighting with that other hen? Speedy will kick her arse anyway"
"Speedy, do you want a banana? Speedy why don't you want a banana? You love bananas"
"Speedy... Speedy.... Speedy, where are you?"
"Speedy why wont you come to muma?"

I was out one night and Papa put the chickens to bed and I asked him if he got Speedy to bed and he said yes, but sure enough he put Fake Speedy to bed.

I've been enjoying looking after the neighbours chickens. We're even getting four eggs a day from those sluts. They have this midget chicken that is pretty cool, she's brown white and really small. I'm thinking I should do with it what they did when they stole Mongy Foot. Just tell them it was eaten by a fox and have it just one day show up at our place.

Lady

I filmed Lady and her ducklings this afternoon just chilling out. Watch around the 26sec mark as she has a go at Golden Child. All of the chirping noises are the young roosters which are surrounding me wanting a piece of the action.

Ducklings update

The ducklings are so big now and they really respond to me when I go outside. They love to spend their days up in the pond hanging with Lady. There are still only 4 left but only three managed to get in frame. I think we have one male and three females. Only time will tell I guess.

Thursday

Papa and I decided over lunch today that we're going to get Tommy another female. Lady and her ducklings are avoiding him and I think he needs someone to visit him in an intimate way. I'm hoping to get a female that has coloured feathers. I have a feeling that the duckings are made up of three females and one male, I hope this is the case as there will be less fighting.

There was a large goanna in the pen today which managed to eat up quite a few chicken eggs. I got quite a shock when I came home from shopping to see what all of the commotion was about. I'm looking after the neighbours chickens next week for a month while they go away. It will be pretty easy as there are only 5 or 6. You should see this one hen, its smaller than Speedy - I'll take a photo.

Introducing Barbarella

I'd like you to meet Barbarella, she is my friend Sean and Rob's chicken. She nested on some duck eggs and now she's a great mother to these cute chucks. Sean tells me that Barbarella is a great mother, I wonder if she'll take them swimming? Hopefully Sean will continue to keep me updated with lots of photos.

RIP Miss Muffet & 1 duckling

It appears we've had a snake in the pen last night which killed Miss Muffet and took a duckling. Lady has some blood on her and she's pretty shaken up while Miss Muffet's eggs are gone. Poor Miss Muffet with her leg she would have been unable to move much. Miss Muffet was a beautiful duck who had been plagued with problems all of her life, I really hope she enjoyed living at Hydrorancho.

One of the ducklings with black on its head was gone, so now its down to four.

I will work on the pen today to fix up the holes and make it more snake proof.

Flat Stanley

My poor little princess duck Miss Muffet is back to not walking and her heavy breathing. I noticed about a week ago she'd starting laying, however at first she was still able to walk. By Saturday I could tell her leg was getting weaker and by Sunday she wasn't moving at all. I now pick her up and move her around and I've been making Tommy sleep by himself in the old duck pen. I came out of the house on Sunday only to be making matters worse for poor Miss Muffet by him trying to mate with her. If her breathing isn't bad enough, here comes big Tommy to ride her like a surf board. She looked like Flat Stanley by the time I kicked him off.

Her clutch of eggs is getting larger so hopefully she'll stop laying and just rest on her eggs. She'll be a great mother, I see her nuzzle Lady's ducklings and its so cute. I think if she can just make it through this phase she'll continue to have a long and happy life. She's still eating so that's positive.

Cuteness

Talk about baby central. My days are now filled with going to watch the ducklings and they are so cute.

I couldn't find them this afternoon so I came inside when Papa suggested that they were up at the pond chilling out. Sure enough they were, I tried to get close but Lady was very protective of her babies. I've had to pen Tommy up these past few days as he's become a sex machine. Miss Muffet is laying eggs again, but her walking appears to be fine (for the time being). I am going to come good on the promise I made with her and let her have babies. However when I went over to the pen I noticed that they were broken and the insides eaten. Hopefully she'll continue to lay.