Waterlilies and Polish Chicks

 Only one thing nicer than having a new waterlily, and that's 2 new blooms!!

Other new arrivals this week are these cute little polish chicks.  No rooster in residence any more so these will be the last.

The country bike goes to town, Chickens, Llamas and Alpacas

What's wrong with this picture??

Correct, the front wheels arent pointing in the same direction, that's because:

Stripped thread, nut and split pin MIA

So off to town for you bike, come back as good as new please!!  Its my bike's first trip away from the farm, so think good thoughts!!

Our new boy Morse is settling in well.  We were told he was not very food motivated, but every time I go to the feed shed, he starts hopping from one foot to the other - are you going to bring me food? are you going to bring me food?  please please let that be a yes!!

Little boys Nanook and Casper have just been weaned and have started their halter training.  They will be ready for their new homes in a couple of weeks, please contact me for more details rosiered@usa.net

Michelle is doing well, my bet is that she'll have a cria on Oct 18 - someone write that down!!  LOL!!

We have some chickens at the moment, polish bantams (2), modern game bantam (1) and araucana bantams (6)

This is the before picture for Kiki's bath time ....note the dirty sticky bit/line above her left eye ... and stay tuned for the after pic!!

Roses, chickens and ducklings

The roses in Yass were superb, but I have some here at Mt Tanga too, and they are pretty good - although they may or may not be competing with more weeds than their Yass cousins ;-D

Really like this rusty red one:

Betty (Black East Indies Duck) hatched 10 ducklings the other day, and 2 days ago her friend Bertha hatched 2 - and I gave them to Betty to raise.  I gave Bertha a 'must try harder' chat!!  LOL!!  They look like little ants scurrying around the pen, most look pretty good, some might have white eye liner :( but they are all thriving.

Ginger is raising 7 Modern Game chickens, 5 white/cream (ginger pile), one black (gold or silver birchen) and one red (hopefully silver duckwing), and whereas Betty is not keen to let me even look at the ducklings, Ginger and her brood always come out to meet me - sometimes I bring meal worms and that's worth being at the front of the queue for!!