Bedtime tonight is going to be a challenge, as the occupants of all 3 coops will find at least one of their number missing.
One was an original Allotmenteer, Annie. Annie has not seemed settled while here and, each evening, she calls and calls and calls. I'm guessing she misses one of her friends, or perhaps one of the boys. We decided to take her back to the Allotment, and I really hope that the friend she is calling for isn't AnneOfCleeves (who died a few days ago).
I also took the decision to send four of the garden girls to the allotment as well. The two silver leghorns were earmarked as allotmenteers anyway, and we've also taken Sasha and Faye. I decided to leave Fleur here, which was a tough decision. Fleur may struggle without Fay and Sasha, and I'm sorry about that. But Fleur "isn't quite right", hasn't been for most of her 4 years.
Sasha and Faye don't like Summer and Blondie, but it still means that there will be 4 newbies against the 6 established allotmenteers, which is better than adding in just the 2 leghorns. If we wait until lockdown is over, then the allotmenteers here will be back at the allotment, and we'll be trying to add 2 loopy leghorns to 10 girls.
The other dvantage of taking Sasha and Faye is that it gives us a break from their screeching. I'm really hoping there will be a difference tomorrow morning.
I don't know whether we're going to leave Sasha and Faye there permanently. We'll have to see how it goes. They will miss the unlimited grass that they get here, but they will like the freedom.
I hope they are all OK.
