7am: The phone rings. Kasey answers has a quick chat for all of 10 seconds as she walks towards me. She tosses the phone to me, it's Daddy, and then bolts out the door before I could get the phone to my ear. "I think Mary is dead.......".
Kasey had beat me to the pen. The eggs she had under her would be dead because she isn't really sitting on them - more like squatting over them. I get the wire cutters because I had done a seriously good job at locking the gate to keep the dogs out. She's not dead, just very sore and sorry for herself. Phew!!!!!! But the psychologist in me kicks in - knowing full well those eggs will be dead I leave them there - she needs a purpose to survive, if I take them off her she will have nothing.
I've had a cuppa on my deck this morning, it was so lovely!! There isn't a cloud in the sky today, the breeze is blowing ever so gently, the grass and weeds are looking ever so green and lush......poop....I can hear the bin truck....!! There goes that train of thought.
I've been in the kitchen for a fair few hours, on and off anyway, while I cook gingerbread men with Bridie. Every now and then I hear a chirping noise. Na, cann't be the eggs yet. Oh **** its the 21st!!! The eggs are due any day.....I look in our very full incubator and what do I see?? A chicken egg that has started to open up. Hooray!! For once we have life occurring, not death! That makes for a happy Mummy :) We have 20 chicken eggs, 9 turkey eggs and 15 guinea fowl eggs in the incubator.
.....its now 5.18pm. In the last 2 hours I have chased the flaming pony (Brody) around Goombungee. I had 3 people walking try to round him up for me and a guy on a motorbike too. He had to wear himself out before I could get to him. He is now safe and sound in the house yard having a rest. Then I found Mary - our injured turkey - dead! FAR OUT! Oh boy did I crack the shits over that!! Bridie, Jonty and Amy were there when I buried her in the paddock....its not bin day for another week - wasn't going to put her in there and rot for a week!! Eeeeeeew!! But then, as nature has it and God intended life to be, a chick hatched in my hand!! Just because death happens doesn't mean good things stop occurring :)
What a day. I'm pooped :)
Kasey had beat me to the pen. The eggs she had under her would be dead because she isn't really sitting on them - more like squatting over them. I get the wire cutters because I had done a seriously good job at locking the gate to keep the dogs out. She's not dead, just very sore and sorry for herself. Phew!!!!!! But the psychologist in me kicks in - knowing full well those eggs will be dead I leave them there - she needs a purpose to survive, if I take them off her she will have nothing.
I've had a cuppa on my deck this morning, it was so lovely!! There isn't a cloud in the sky today, the breeze is blowing ever so gently, the grass and weeds are looking ever so green and lush......poop....I can hear the bin truck....!! There goes that train of thought.
I've been in the kitchen for a fair few hours, on and off anyway, while I cook gingerbread men with Bridie. Every now and then I hear a chirping noise. Na, cann't be the eggs yet. Oh **** its the 21st!!! The eggs are due any day.....I look in our very full incubator and what do I see?? A chicken egg that has started to open up. Hooray!! For once we have life occurring, not death! That makes for a happy Mummy :) We have 20 chicken eggs, 9 turkey eggs and 15 guinea fowl eggs in the incubator.
.....its now 5.18pm. In the last 2 hours I have chased the flaming pony (Brody) around Goombungee. I had 3 people walking try to round him up for me and a guy on a motorbike too. He had to wear himself out before I could get to him. He is now safe and sound in the house yard having a rest. Then I found Mary - our injured turkey - dead! FAR OUT! Oh boy did I crack the shits over that!! Bridie, Jonty and Amy were there when I buried her in the paddock....its not bin day for another week - wasn't going to put her in there and rot for a week!! Eeeeeeew!! But then, as nature has it and God intended life to be, a chick hatched in my hand!! Just because death happens doesn't mean good things stop occurring :)
What a day. I'm pooped :)
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