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Weekly Cluck

5/30/2016

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By Charlie Cockerel
Evening eveybody,

I write this from the peace and quiet of my coop. We have two coops here, one large  and one medium sized. For some reason all the girls, except Blackie and Blue sleep in the big coop, which leaves me loads of room to stretch my dancing legs and get a good nights sleep without all the chatter going on!!!

This week has seen some drama I can tell you. Val, yes Val, disappeared for the day, none of us could find her until the humans came home in the evening. Apparently, according to the chicken gossip, she was carried in by the humans having been found  walking up the driveway. She then went missing all night, the girls clucked it through to me from the other coop, but by the time I got the message the coop doors were shut and I couldn't get out to find her. She turned up safe and sound and I over heard the humans saying they had no idea where she had been. The next day they found her snuggled down in the bush on the dangerous side of the fence. It seems she was fed up of waitiing for Blue to come out from the "laying corner" so went off and created herself a quiet nest and laid a couple of eggs. I'm going to get Val to write next week's blog and give us her side of the story.

Blue and Blackie are still very broody and the humans are still having to move them so they eat and drink.

The Crows are back again and stealing our food, we are trying everything to get them to go away, I guess I had better go out and see what's happening and make sure they are not still about. Other than that it's been a fairly quiet week, oh except for the mouse found stealing our food from the greenhouse!!

Hope you've enjoyed your long weekend and have a clucking good week

Charlie
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Weekly Cluck by Charlie Cockerel

5/22/2016

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Hello everyone,

My name's Charlie and this is my first ever cluck.

It's been a busy week, but then again it always is living with 20 women!!

Black and Blue are still incredibly broody  and the humans have to come out and move them from their spots. It wouldn't be so bad if Blue didn't insist on being broody where the other girls want to lay. Boy there is a lot of clucking when a queue forms at laying time.

Val is currently laying double yolkers. These are quite rare, 1 in a 1000 eggs and this week saw her third, she's a sturdy girl who looks after the others. To be fair she is my second in charge, well actually I generally leave her to it. I like to get to bed nice and early and get a good spot so I leave Val to round up the girls.

The humans have cut down the nettles leaving lots of worms and other grubs for us and it's given us a lot more space to roam around in.

Just as we got our injunction out against the Crow family we are now having problems with Mr and Mrs Magpie and their very greedy children. I wouldn't mind but when they come to dinner they don't even bring a bottle - very rude. Their manners are also terrible and they don't wait to be asked before they tuck in. Brave is doing a good job of charging at them if they are eating too much.

I know the humans were a little worried when they got me about how much noise I would make, to be honest I am only noisy when I am having a particularly lucky morning or am very happy and even then it only lasts for a few minutes. I scared them last week as I fell asleep in the bushes with Red and Green, when we woke up the doors to bed were locked, we slept under the stars and it was lovely, although I do like my bed so perhaps I'll just do that on special occasions. Now the bushes have been cut back I won't be able to hide any way - mmmm perhaps that's why they did it?

Right I must be off to get my spot in the coop. Have a clucking good week, I know I will, 

Charlie Cockerel 

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Weekly Cluck

5/15/2016

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Good evening every body,

Firstly I must apologise for not bringing you the "Weekly Cluck" last week but my interpreter wasn't available and my claws kept scratching the thing the humans call a computer.

Good news, The Crow family have stopped stealing our food, so no injunction required at this time. We have had a visit from Mr Partridge but he only stayed for the day and a spot of lunch. He is a very handsome man and I think Charlie was a little put out but he was still very polite.

Blue and Black are very broody at the moment and the humans have to keep coming out and moving them. Apparently this is because if they don't then they won't eat and this could make them ill. The other problem is they are also hogging the best laying spots so there is often a queue for laying, and when a lady needs to go she has got to go!!! A couple of the new girls have had their first eggs, they are very small and sometimes just have the yolk or a jelly shell. I am helping them through this as it can be quite a frightening experience your first time round.

We also have a new family on the patch, Mr and Mrs Blue-tit. I believe they have some very young babies but I am not sure how many, every time I try to engage Mr B in conversation he is dashing around apologising but he is very busy.

Have a lovely week and I look forward to speaking to you all soon. Please leave me any comments or questions and I will get back to you.

Cluckity cluck

Val
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