RIP Ruby
Alas, this morning Ruby had opened up her wound for the fourth time and we decided that enough was enough. She is no more. She is an ex-chicken.
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby!
After a week of administering caster oil and massaging her crop, the large solid lump of undigested food was refusing to shift, so yesterday we performed an operation on Ruby to remove the offending mass. Armed with a razor blade, clean towels, iodine and a bottle of superglue, Mab and I carefully cut her open and extracted a small bucketful of fermenting grass (which seriously ponged!), cleaned her up and glued her back together. 
All was going well until left to her own devices she pecked open the wound, which was looking quite good until the fourth time of gluing it back together this morning. The ice-cream tub lid collar finally seems to be doing the trick, that's if she doesn't die from superglue poisoning first... At least we had an interesting and novel excuse for James being late for school this morning!
After a week of administering caster oil and massaging her crop, the large solid lump of undigested food was refusing to shift, so yesterday we performed an operation on Ruby to remove the offending mass. Armed with a razor blade, clean towels, iodine and a bottle of superglue, Mab and I carefully cut her open and extracted a small bucketful of fermenting grass (which seriously ponged!), cleaned her up and glued her back together. 
All was going well until left to her own devices she pecked open the wound, which was looking quite good until the fourth time of gluing it back together this morning. The ice-cream tub lid collar finally seems to be doing the trick, that's if she doesn't die from superglue poisoning first... At least we had an interesting and novel excuse for James being late for school this morning!
Monday, November 08, 2010
Bonfire night!We treated James and Jennifer to a late night on Saturday to experience their first real bonfire night. After James's recent run-in with a sparkler, he was quite worried about standing too close to the fireworks but he escaped unscathed, if a little tired and over excited having spent an hour in the company of the undeniably "cool" Uncle Matt, Andrew and Malcolm.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Where are all the otters?
The news this week is that otters are making a come back in all counties of the UK except for Kent. How disappointing. In a bid to prove those reporters wrong, I went down to the exact spot on the river Medway where I saw an otter over 20 years ago, but my hopes were dashed almost immediately by the sound of barking and baying and the call of the bugle. Not the best time for spotting wildlife..
The news this week is that otters are making a come back in all counties of the UK except for Kent. How disappointing. In a bid to prove those reporters wrong, I went down to the exact spot on the river Medway where I saw an otter over 20 years ago, but my hopes were dashed almost immediately by the sound of barking and baying and the call of the bugle. Not the best time for spotting wildlife..
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Welcome to the world Baby Sam Foster!
Baby Sam Foster arrived a little ahead of schedule on 1st October, after playing the okey kokey with him mum for 3 days as she went in and out of labour. Both are doing fabulously and Sam, blissfully unaware of all the attention, slept through being poked, prodded, cuddled and kissed by two very excited little children.
Baby Sam Foster arrived a little ahead of schedule on 1st October, after playing the okey kokey with him mum for 3 days as she went in and out of labour. Both are doing fabulously and Sam, blissfully unaware of all the attention, slept through being poked, prodded, cuddled and kissed by two very excited little children.
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