Bird watching

[towny44]

A wood pigeon?

It’s a mixture of ivy and hazel otherwise known as the Common Wood Pigeon

I thought it was a pigeon but was too frightened to say

It's nowhere near as colourfull as a Yorkshire wood pigeon.

[Manoverboard]

It’s a mixture of ivy and hazel otherwise known as the Common Wood Pigeon

I thought it was a pigeon but was too frightened to say

It's nowhere near as colourfull as a Yorkshire wood pigeon.

Nor as tasty I dare say
.

[Onelife]

I’ve got to give it to you John they certainly dress them well, up your way

[Onelife]

Just a quick update on the pigeons…they hatched last Tuesday and were eaten sometime during Thursday

[Manoverboard]

Talking of chickens ....

Mobietta was chatting to the Hedgehog Lady recently and the matter of chickens cropped ( see what I did there ) up, it transpired that she had to replace one or two of her chickens with new ‘ rescue ’ ones. At this point the highlights of the fiasco from this Topic sprung to mind so Mobietta asked if it has been a problem getting them to accept each other.

Sounding familiar so far ?

No problem at all, we simply wait until it gets dark and then pop the new one in. They all get up in the morning without any sign of anything being different to the previous day, thick as short planks is chickens the Hedgehog Lady added.

So .... chubby young ‘ Onelife ‘ how come you made a real pigs ear of adding new chickens to your collection ?

[towny44]

Talking of chickens ....

Mobietta was chatting to the Hedgehog Lady recently and the matter of chickens cropped ( see what I did there ) up, it transpired that she had to replace one or two of her chickens with new ‘ rescue ’ ones. At this point the highlights of the fiasco from this Topic sprung to mind so Mobietta asked if it has been a problem getting them to accept each other.

Sounding familiar so far ?

No problem at all, we simply wait until it gets dark and then pop the new one in. They all get up in the morning without any sign of anything being different to the previous day, thick as short planks is chickens the Hedgehog Lady added.

So .... chubby young ‘ Onelife ‘ how come you made a real pigs ear of adding new chickens to your collection ?

Maybe because it made a better story line?

[Manoverboard]

Maybe because it made a better story line?

Could be but I don't think so .... my hunch would be that it was just a lack of know how.

Imagine the scene ... a City slicker standing there looking sadly out of the window and all there is to see are cars, tiles and Tarmac. Watch a few episodes of ' Escape to the Country ' and ' Countryfile ' then wammo it's off to the rurals to pick apples, grow beans or totatoes and get in a few chickens. Job done

[Onelife]

Talking of chickens ....

Mobietta was chatting to the Hedgehog Lady recently and the matter of chickens cropped ( see what I did there ) up, it transpired that she had to replace one or two of her chickens with new ‘ rescue ’ ones. At this point the highlights of the fiasco from this Topic sprung to mind so Mobietta asked if it has been a problem getting them to accept each other.

Sounding familiar so far ?

No problem at all, we simply wait until it gets dark and then pop the new one in. They all get up in the morning without any sign of anything being different to the previous day, thick as short planks is chickens the Hedgehog Lady added.

So .... chubby young ‘ Onelife ‘ how come you made a real pigs ear of adding new chickens to your collection ?

I think your Hedgehog lady needs to get stuffed if she thinks locking them in for the night will have them coming out the best of buddies in the morning…. did she also tell Mobietta that if she bought two bundles of lucky heather they’ll produce golden eggs as well?

[Onelife]

Talking of chickens ....

Mobietta was chatting to the Hedgehog Lady recently and the matter of chickens cropped ( see what I did there ) up, it transpired that she had to replace one or two of her chickens with new ‘ rescue ’ ones. At this point the highlights of the fiasco from this Topic sprung to mind so Mobietta asked if it has been a problem getting them to accept each other.

Sounding familiar so far ?

No problem at all, we simply wait until it gets dark and then pop the new one in. They all get up in the morning without any sign of anything being different to the previous day, thick as short planks is chickens the Hedgehog Lady added.

So .... chubby young ‘ Onelife ‘ how come you made a real pigs ear of adding new chickens to your collection ?

Maybe because it made a better story line?

[Stephen]

Talking of chickens ....

Mobietta was chatting to the Hedgehog Lady recently and the matter of chickens cropped ( see what I did there ) up, it transpired that she had to replace one or two of her chickens with new ‘ rescue ’ ones. At this point the highlights of the fiasco from this Topic sprung to mind so Mobietta asked if it has been a problem getting them to accept each other.

Sounding familiar so far ?

No problem at all, we simply wait until it gets dark and then pop the new one in. They all get up in the morning without any sign of anything being different to the previous day, thick as short planks is chickens the Hedgehog Lady added.

So .... chubby young ‘ Onelife ‘ how come you made a real pigs ear of adding new chickens to your collection ?

Maybe because it made a better story line?

Now you've done it

[Manoverboard]

I think your Hedgehog lady needs to get stuffed if she thinks locking them in for the night will have them coming out the best of buddies in the morning….

If I happen to meet up with that thar country born 'n' bred lady that some smart a*se from Birmiingham knows more about chickens than she does I may mention it ... she loves a good laugh that one.

[Stephen]

I think your Hedgehog lady needs to get stuffed if she thinks locking them in for the night will have them coming out the best of buddies in the morning….

If I happen to meet up with that thar country born 'n' bred lady that some smart a*se from Birmiingham knows more about chickens than she does I may mention it ... she loves a good laugh that one.

[Onelife]

I think your Hedgehog lady needs to get stuffed if she thinks locking them in for the night will have them coming out the best of buddies in the morning….

If I happen to meet up with that thar country born 'n' bred lady that some smart a*se from Birmiingham knows more about chickens than she does I may mention it ... she loves a good laugh that one.

thar country born 'n' bred lady should stick with her Hedgehog whispering ..me thinks!

https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au ... your-flock

[Onelife]

I think your Hedgehog lady needs to get stuffed if she thinks locking them in for the night will have them coming out the best of buddies in the morning….

If I happen to meet up with that thar country born 'n' bred lady that some smart a*se from Birmiingham knows more about chickens than she does I may mention it ... she loves a good laugh that one.

Wot you laughing at?

[Manoverboard]

thar country born 'n' bred lady should stick with her Hedgehog whispering ..me thinks!

https://www.backyardchickencoops.com.au ... your-flock

What can they possibly know about chickens in Australia apart from it being too hot for them ... but it works for her

[Onelife]

All grown up...left to right..Molly, Maude And Susie

[Onelife]

All grown up...left to right..Molly, Maude And Susie

Oops! sorry they must have flown over the hedge now I can't find resize them.

[Onelife]

They're back...I think?

[Onelife]

The farmer harrowed the field next to our house today after which there must have been at least one hundred, what I presume to be land gulls descend on the field…can’t think they were sea gulls this far inland.. that being said, I don’t think we have any open landfill sites around here, which is where a lot of land gulls set up camp.

[Onelife]

We’ve had ‘murder’ at the bottom of our garden this afternoon and there are about 300 suspects…I am of course referring to what I believe to be juvenile crows. Every day at around 2 pm they take to the sky, and quite a spectacular sight it is too. They are presently roosting in two oak trees one of which sits on the boundary of our property.

Some of you may recall that we had a resident pair of crows nesting in the oak tree this year which we watched until leaf cover obscured our view, they did however produced three baby crows as we saw then flying round together.

I’ll try and get a picture of the murder scene tomorrow

[Stephen]

Does poirot need to get involved

[Onelife]

How’s this for something a little usual…. I was washing up the breakfast dishes when all of a sudden a Kestrel appeared right in front of our kitchen window, it was so close that I could hear its wings flapping against the window.

[Stephen]

Washing up .

Have the staff been given the morning off

[Onelife]

Washing up .

Have the staff been given the morning off

Unfortunately, the dishwasher is out of action…She’s visiting one of her friends

[towny44]

Washing up .

Have the staff been given the morning off

Unfortunately, the dishwasher is out of action…She’s visiting one of her friends

Didn't she leave you full instructions on how to operate the dishwasher.