Rain rain go away...Just for a little while

We wish it would stop raining so that we could do something productive!

 

(Even though I can almost hear my water tanks filling up)

 

Doza, the oldest Fur man, ready to go for a run in the rain.

Lavender Araucana comes home and the girls get a new home

Last weekend, after 2 nights of no Araucana we had already said our goodbyes-after all, no one feathered walks through the valley of the shadow of death and lives to tell the tale. Even the fur men (Doza & Diesel) shy away from it. Husband was minding his own business on the perimeter of our yard weeding or something, and lo and behold he spots a certain Lavender Araucana that used to belong to the Manor on our henny girl fat farm. He jumps the fence and recruits a passer by to scoop up the dastardly beast and plopped her back into the pen. The other ladies huddled around eager to hear stories about what went on 'on the other side of the fence'. N.B. In truth, they had actually forgotten who this henny was and thought she was a new intruder to be hen pecked to the bottom of the order.

While Miss Araucana was gone we thought it high time to improve their surroundings. Thanks to Bunnings and the clever Husband we purchased an aviary and adjusted it to suit our hennies.

Doza-foreground- and Diesel-the white dog- checking out the new digs.

Dark Browny inspecting her quarters.

 

 

 

They get a flash new house but they don't get it levelled.

 

 

The bread maker

Mmmmmmmmmm

Nothing smells better than freshly made bread! Wholemeal and enticing (and maybe a little taller than I had expected), this stuff is good! For now I'm using the bread premixes you can get from local supermarkets, just until I can get the hang of it.






Talk soon, I hear bread calling my name...

New bread maker & a missing araucana

Ok so I don't have any sort of willpower or patience for waiting for these things so rather than going through the bidding war on eBay I just went out to our local Target and purchased a brand new Breville Bread Maker. Who has time to wait for these things? Besides, it was only $50. How could I NOT buy it?



Meanwhile 'back on the ranch' we have an escapee. Someone clearly wasn't enjoying the fat farm as much as the other girls and has jumped the literal fence.

Our property backs onto a nature reserve and Miss Araucana was last spotted on the other side of the fence.

Husband spotted her over there, gave chase and then off she went burying herself into the brushes that house all sorts of feral cats, foxes and whatever else finds itself walking in the valley of the shadow of death. Hopefully she survives the night and comes home!

Taking stock

Soooo, I thought I would take stock of what this manor already has and what we need to add to it to help us cut costs. Hmmm spend money to save money?

We have the hennies-all 3 of the ladies lay an egg each day
A mango tree-lorikeets are loving THAT
A mulberry tree-a reliable but only seasonable fruiter
Veggie gardens-empty but ready

Inside we have a yoghurt maker and a mummy who knows how to make yoghurt with milk and a few tablespoons of yoghurt (culture)
Cheese that can be made from yoghurt

And that's about it. I might have to work on that list. I'm watching a bread maker on eBay right now. Would prefer to get a brand new one but think I should save my $. I'm going to the shops today so will try to resist purchasing a new one. Good luck to me!