Well it's been a very wet winter but we've still managed to have some good fun here at Windyhill. We got 10 chickens to add to the menagery...their names are Hope, Mica, Cookie, Chookie, Hunter, Henrietta, Agnes, Lucy, Melody and Faith as named by Ben our nine year old son! After having them indoors for a few weeks we decided the time had come to let them out in the field for a scratch about, unfortunately as I was inside the coop shooshing them out the resident terrier escaped from the house and scattered the poor terrified chooks far and wide!!! After a frantic search and rescue mission we secured 7 of our wee birds and then after a late night search we managed to find another one under a shed and got her to safety. I went to bed that night with a heavy heart, fearing the worst for Lucy and Agnes who were still missing, worried that Foxy Loxy would be on the prowl, first thing next morning I went out to let the dogs out the kennels and there was Agnes strutting around at the stables!! I feared the worst for Lucy as she was missing for another full day and night but incredibly she appeared from the field yesterday and is now happily tucked up with her sisters once again!!
We've had some lovely canine guests over the past few weeks including Missy, Ella, Rosie, Otter, Shadow, Pippa & Podge and many more! We are expecting Venus, Zeus and Cleo in tomorrow which is causing some excitement as they will be our largest guests to date...3 Great Danes!!!
