Jamie has been very busy creating seed sewing mix with old cow poo and sand lately. We often get worms while she is doing this, so we like being helpful. Then she has been in the glasshouse sewing seeds.... cucumber,pumpkin, sweet red peppers, lots of different tomatoes, melon,and  zucchini. WE like it when the glasshouse door is open because we dash in and dust bath on the floor!

We've been shut in the last two mornings, cos Jamie wants to know where Simone is laying!!! Anyway - I don't think she is laying in the garden. I think she has stopped for some reason, and now Jamie does too - as we all got a great covering of mite powder this afternoon! Boring..... we don't have mites, but Simone might!!

We had our first inanaga from Jamie's whitebaiting today - pretty yummy. And Jamie made potting mix and we got worms from the mix! more yum. She has planted out  cabbage, Kale and silver beet. So quite an eventful day really. The best bit was our dust bath in the glasshouse. 

Ha ! Jamie came down to the garage a little while ago and we were just chilling out in the laundry area. GAve her a real surprise!!

Simone is being a sneaky bantam! Jamie hasn't collected an egg from her since Friday. Seecil and I have continued to lay in the house - but no bantam eggs. Jamie has begun searching the garden and there are lots of hiding places!! And we are not telling!

Jamie is pleased with the growth in the garden now of the leeks and beetroot. And the seedlings in the glasshouse need potting on apparently.

It was raining a bit today and when Jamie came home Seecil suggested sheltering in the garage. Jamie wasn't keen on that idea, and lowered the door.

Seecil then led us around the top lawn and we found new garden bits to scratch and could call out to Jamie in her kitchen and maybe just maybe we could get inside via the cat door!

PS - both Seecil and I have really red combs now. We are so healthy and have almost forgotten our former caged lives( which had us with no colour in our combs!) Jamie says we behave just like ordinary hens now! Yay!!

Yesterday was fun. We had lots of visitors admiring us. Then Jamie left the gate open when Barbara was here, and Seecil decided to explore the neighbourhood and went out along the street to the neighbours. Jamie got quite a surprise when she answered the door and there was Rick holding a slightly sheepish looking Seecil! The gate was promptly shut!

We are enjoying the long days and have made dust baths all over the place. Jamie sewed red onions and some carrots in the garden we can't get to! Sigh!!

I don't know what we have done wrong, but now we can't get into the main vege plot and there are worrying signs of exclusion developing around  the other plots.  Mind you Simone got in there this afternoon, and Jamie was saying some very strange words when she was trying to get her out again. Of course when a gap was created - for Simone to get out .... we raced in. Jamie seemed very frustrated at this! Sigh!!!

We've really given Jamie something to think about! One of us - and she can't tell ( and I'm not saying)  though she thinks it is Seecil - has laid an egg today which is flat on one side and all puckered with creases in the shell. It is a big misshapen egg! 

Spring is here! And we are all laying well though mine are still the largest eggs- Naturally!

Jamie has been gettting horse manure and putting it on compost heaps and gardens and it is very exciting as there are lots of worms. She doesn't want us in the main vege patch now, but we can find ways around the netting and fence! We are not silly chooks!