We have now managed to successfully rehome both of our Light Sussex boys. And no Coq au Vin in sight - result!
I'm sure the neighbours will be pleased too. And the girls, who were getting fed up with amorous intentions. Calm at the bottom of the garden restored. For now...
Monday, 14 February 2011
Tuesday, 8 February 2011
Light Sussex in Suffolk Heaven
Just received an update from Christine, the lovely lady who adopted one of our Light Sussex boys. Sounds like he's in heaven!
Just a quick message to say that your dear 'Bertie' has settled in really well with my two girls (Hattie Elizabeth and Rosetta May) and has already won over some of my friends and neighbours who were really quite nervous around my previous cockerel.
You'll be pleased to know that Bertie has been wormed and is enjoying freshly cooked rice, pasta and corn on the cob most days. He really enjoys his dust bath with the girls each morning, sunbathes on the patios on sunny days, and loves to scratch around under the wild bird feeders. He's incredibly friendly and is now eating grapes from my hand. Although he's found his voice, he doesn't crow that much yet.
Kind regards,
Christine
Monday, 7 February 2011
Everybody wants to be a cat
This is what Mouse, one of the resident cats, gets up to while I'm at work.
The more relaxed he is, the longer he gets.
Judging by this, he was very. VERY relaxed...
The more relaxed he is, the longer he gets.
Judging by this, he was very. VERY relaxed...
Friday, 4 February 2011
A Farmer's Life for Me?
It's a travesty! It should have been me!
I watched BBC2's A Farmer's Life for Me this week with mixed emotions. We applied and auditioned for this last year but were unsuccessful. Perhaps we wouldn't make good TV? Were our ideas, passion and research not valid? At the audition the production exec was very impressed by some of our answers, and how much thought we had actually put into our 'smallholding' idea. Perhaps she thought we had enough enthusiasm and gumption to go it alone, who knows?
Anyway, the point is that for whatever reason, these nine couples were chosen, but what a waste of precious contestants the sisters were. It was quite obvious from the start that they were never meant to work together. So it should have been me (and Him). And the fencing would have been priority. Don't bother faffing with clearing the land, that's what pigs are for, let them do the hard work for you. And where were the chickens?
I'm bemused but shall continue to watch with interest. And probably do lots of shouting at the TV.
I watched BBC2's A Farmer's Life for Me this week with mixed emotions. We applied and auditioned for this last year but were unsuccessful. Perhaps we wouldn't make good TV? Were our ideas, passion and research not valid? At the audition the production exec was very impressed by some of our answers, and how much thought we had actually put into our 'smallholding' idea. Perhaps she thought we had enough enthusiasm and gumption to go it alone, who knows?
Anyway, the point is that for whatever reason, these nine couples were chosen, but what a waste of precious contestants the sisters were. It was quite obvious from the start that they were never meant to work together. So it should have been me (and Him). And the fencing would have been priority. Don't bother faffing with clearing the land, that's what pigs are for, let them do the hard work for you. And where were the chickens?
I'm bemused but shall continue to watch with interest. And probably do lots of shouting at the TV.
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