Best buds

Tommy spends his days following Kitsci around, especially now that Izzy and Lady are off nesting with the chickens.

Today I thought Izzy was going to suffocate a chicken by sitting on her. Izzy makes me laugh as I know that she'd prefer to be out and about walking around and swimming but instead she nests with the chicken. Whenever I go into the pen (which is often) Izzy always pops her head up just enough so she can watch what I do.

I think we had a snake visitor the other night as Lady and Speedy's eggs have all gone and Lady's face looks like she's had a bit of a fight. I don't think Speedy has injured Lady so I'm guessing it was a snake. When a goanna eats the eggs it normally leaves the shell. I had a better look at her face today and its a little puffy but she'll be fine. I put some paw paw ointment on it, so she'll make a 'speedy' recovery.

Laziness

Alright alright, I know I've been lazy and well, today is a new day. Lets just say a corner has been turned and I'm ready to continue blogging about farm life here at Hydrorancho.

I've been back from my travels for nearly a month now so I'll bring you up to speed on whats been going on:

• we had a fire at the ranch, but as you are mostly aware it didn't come down to the house and the animals were all safe


• Everyone was looked after well while I was away and they all missed me a lot


• Aunt Izzy from USA came and visited everyone for 24 hours


• Tommy still hates Kitcsi, who has now taken to beating up any rooster he can catch


• Izzy is now nesting with a chicken in the pen


• Lady is nesting with Speedy, who has been gracious enough to lend her a few chicken eggs

There is also the mystery of Brown Bitch, but I'll save that for next time...