Final count six!
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Congratulations, probably.
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In other news, the first phase of the very gradual easing of lockdown comes into force on Monday…
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Ah, that’s lovely.
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That ought to be on the poultry thread really…
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Oops - I thought it was! Must have missed the “reply on original thread” thingy. Will move it…
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I think it enhances the Cellar. More than my random witterage, that’s for sure.
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Happy Chooks = happy bee. Fab, joe 
Soo xx
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I love the way the chicks move as if they have wheels.
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Oh, much fine bold chickitude there. Excellent. Thank you.
Gx
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Whoops - did I do that? Still relying on phone for internet, so it crashes on a fairly regular basis. Looks as though it happened while I was trying to move that. Will repost, but am reluctant to delete the hidden kaboom in case I wipe out everyone else’s posts. Does anyone know if it’s safe to do so?
Meanwhile, in response to the Parrot Queen of the Night*, I think Violet’s trying to get the family to do Bohemian Rhapsody:
*Has anyone tried teaching one a certain G&S number?
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The kaboom should bugger off in the course of nature. Was trying to save you posting effort given your current situation. But I am fat-fingered and incompetent.
A gorgeous photie. Thank you.
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Ah right. I was trying to move it when the connection froze, then when it came back I saw the kaboom and assumed that the dropped connection was the cause.
I’ve seen worse kaboomage:
http://andrewszydlo.com/about.html
Why weren’t our chemistry lessons like that?
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Tee, hee…
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Joe
A task for your girls to better?
I think you need ducks
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We’re overrun as it is!
Ducks are OK, but I’d worry in case a drake appeared. They can be a bit indiscriminate when mating and their very different physiology means they can injure - or even kill - a hen.
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Or a duck, if they’re like mallards and breed on the water; she can be drowned altogether too easily if another drake happens by and wants to get in on the action. That’s why the keepers quietly cull the mallard drakes in the Regent’s Park, without telling the general public because it would cause a fuss in one direction or another whatever they said.
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Yes - mallards can be thugs. I’ve also heard horror stories about aggression - again, potentially lethal - towards hens in mixed flocks, so on the whole I’d tend to avoid them.
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