Recovered from trauma and laying again

Some weeks ago 10 birds were killed by a fox and went off lay

Then avian flu meant that all poultry were obliged to be housed under cover until further notice. But this week the birds have settled down and started laying again. Hooray!

On the windowsill sits a new experiment. Jeremy is making kvass from beetroot, garlic, bread,water and honey. We will wait two weeks and then taste.

The trials of Nigel

In return for sitting on Jeremy’s lap Nigel had to suffer the indignity of wearing some tinselly chocolate wrappers on his head. He didn’t seem to mind and we couldn’t help laughing

To get his revenge Nigel has now pushed Jeremy out of the chair and has invited Mabel to join him.