Woken from my sleep by a disturbance in the Cube.
I resisted the urge to leap out of bed and run downstairs. I listened intently, and heard a few more squawrks and complaints, and I told myself they were anticipatory ones. (you know, where you have a reaction in anticipation of an action, rather than as a result of an action).
Woken up a bit later by more noises. DH offered to get up and look. In the end, he got up and had a look out of the window. Could only see some of the Big Girls, so it didn't seem to be a big deal.
The third time, I decided to get up myself and looked out of the bedroom window. I came back to the bed, looking concerned. "How many did you see", DH asked. "None" I replied, picking up my specs and going back to the window.
I could see several of them. Everywhere. Florence, who is a rather large girl but who has no concept of this fact, was teetering on the back pf the Childrens Bench; One of the Sassos (couldn't see from that far away) was running along one of the perches; The Big Girls were on the ground.
There was a bit of an altercation. Lily (BG) decided to get on the Bench. Florence (LG) leapt off, unfortunately lannding close to Milly (BG) . Milly turned round and bared her teeth and growled(well, clearly she didn't as hens don't have teeth, and they don't growl, but you know what I mean) and Florence ran off shrieking a though she was being pecked to death.
Teeth gritted, I decided to leave them shut in for a bit longer today. I could hear Lily calling, and calling, and calling. And Delilah doingthat wavering "ooooooooohh,, ooooooohhhhh ooooooOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH", moan.
Maybe a note to the neighburs is in order? Just to let them know that the reason for all the noise is that we are integrating. Hmmm. I might pop a note in with their eggs this week.
In the kitchen, the minutes ticked slowly past. I went out just before 9am to open the run door, and all 8 of them were standing in a group, all looking expectantly at me.
I think it was a fluke.
We'll see.
I resisted the urge to leap out of bed and run downstairs. I listened intently, and heard a few more squawrks and complaints, and I told myself they were anticipatory ones. (you know, where you have a reaction in anticipation of an action, rather than as a result of an action).
Woken up a bit later by more noises. DH offered to get up and look. In the end, he got up and had a look out of the window. Could only see some of the Big Girls, so it didn't seem to be a big deal.
The third time, I decided to get up myself and looked out of the bedroom window. I came back to the bed, looking concerned. "How many did you see", DH asked. "None" I replied, picking up my specs and going back to the window.
I could see several of them. Everywhere. Florence, who is a rather large girl but who has no concept of this fact, was teetering on the back pf the Childrens Bench; One of the Sassos (couldn't see from that far away) was running along one of the perches; The Big Girls were on the ground.
There was a bit of an altercation. Lily (BG) decided to get on the Bench. Florence (LG) leapt off, unfortunately lannding close to Milly (BG) . Milly turned round and bared her teeth and growled(well, clearly she didn't as hens don't have teeth, and they don't growl, but you know what I mean) and Florence ran off shrieking a though she was being pecked to death.
Teeth gritted, I decided to leave them shut in for a bit longer today. I could hear Lily calling, and calling, and calling. And Delilah doingthat wavering "ooooooooohh,, ooooooohhhhh ooooooOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH", moan.
Maybe a note to the neighburs is in order? Just to let them know that the reason for all the noise is that we are integrating. Hmmm. I might pop a note in with their eggs this week.
In the kitchen, the minutes ticked slowly past. I went out just before 9am to open the run door, and all 8 of them were standing in a group, all looking expectantly at me.
I think it was a fluke.
We'll see.
