I laid another beautiful big brown egg today. That's 8 from me now! - in 7 weeks. Jamie says there is something wrong with the ratio, but I'm just loving that I don't have to churn them out each day!! And as I tell her - at least I am laying them - unlike some...........

Today while we were out and about I helped Jamie sow lettuce, mini cabbage, Kale and silver beet in the glasshouse. She is hoping they will grow well in there.

Well, it has been an interesting week. Jamie was away Tuesday and Wednesday, so I thought I would fool Miriam who was feeding us.

I laid an egg at the other end of the house - our so called nesting boxes are our sleeping boxes) and buried it in straw and got Seecil to lay her first egg there too!

Thursday was so wet we didn't get cleaned out, so friday Jamie got a real surprise when she cleaned everything out and found the eggs. I laid another one today so that's 7 from me and 1 from Seecil so far. Hers was much smaller than mine!!

Have now discovered that worms are delicious. 

Yesterday and Today jamie has been banging bits of wood and  2 more raised garden beds have appeared. 1 is small and for melons and the other she says is for lots of greens for us. I like the sound of that.

Oh well here is a photo of me with Jamie taken yesterday, and another of me helping her building!!

The possibility of mites had Jamie clean out our house, paint cracks and bits with kerosine today. She has put lots of new straw down on top of paper so we will be really snug.

Our water tastes a bit different - boiled olive leaf potion is apparently good for our health - in case Sweet Pea has a chill, or any of us have worms. It will be in our water for a week! Sigh!! She was tut tutting because one of us big girls has very runny droppings - I blame Seecil myself ! I didn't see jamie do anything in the garden today, but a man was doing something with the gate, and I heard sawing yesterday!

Jamie has been worried about Sweet Pea as she has been very quiet and her eyes close over a bit, but she was getting stuck in to the dust bath this afternoon without any hesitation. The others scratched lots of dust over me- that was great fun. Seecil, Simone and I eat wheat out of Jamie's hand and we love the cat food or luncheon she gives us when we get back into our house. We 3 come running when she taps on the wooden dish she brings afternoon tea on.

I must say Jamie has been very busy - it looks like she has built 3 new gardens. Wonder what she will put in there. And I heard her muttering that the garlic is up! 

Hey and my crown is starting to get quite red now. I so like my new life and being in the sunshine.

After a week Jamie let us all out into the garden - scary and exciting. We are let out most afternoons and scratch around and go in when she feeds us some more food.

We used to sleep in the corner of the run, but after Jamie showed us the house and kept putting us in there we decided that was much preferable and warmer!

I have laid 3 more eggs - Jamie says they are still golden ( on an economic ratio) July 7, 12 and 19! So she has had 5 eggs so far. The days are getting longer, so I might lay a bit more, but it took a while to get used to it gradually getting dark and such short days!

After a bit of toing and froing especially from the uppity Simone- I am top of the order.

Seecil and I slept outside huddled in a corner as we didn't know what the steps and house were for. We haven't got any feathers on our throats or heads or underneath, as we rubbed them all off on the cages . It is cold at night!

Two days later I laid an egg in that corner!

Then 2 days later I laid an egg beside the food container. 

Jamie started grabbing us in the late afternoon and putting us inside the house - scary.

After a few nights we got the idea and go and sleep snuggled up to the bantams in the nesting boxes. very cosy.

Monday june 15 

I arrive at Jamie's place having arrived on the back of a ute with Seecil. Carol carried us upside down and deposited us in a chook house that had 2 small black hens in it- Simone and Sweet Pea.

All a bit scary.

The story so far.....

Sunday June 7

Jamie  traveled to Te Horo and chose two bantam hens to take up residence in La Chicalatta. What a place Louise has - hens, geese, ducks guinea fowl - all happily around the house and in trees and paddocks!