When the Bastard Minks came last time, to the chook house, and killed eleven of our lovely heritage chickens they also killed the big white Rooster. Thankfully they have not been back. 
As well as everything else on that dark farmy day, losing Mr Pink and his girls and The Big Dog and then Daisy – in the back of my mind I felt a disappointment not to be able to introduce this rooster into our flagging gene pool. (This picture is from August)
But the big white rooster left behind a legacy. There is no other explanation for this.
So whose your Daddy then? The Legacy chickens.
We have a had a lot of chicks on the farmy, very few last year, until these guys, and never any as black and white as these or this wee lovely speckled brown and white hen. I think that after the first attack when I shooed all the chickens and roosters out to escape the Bastard Mink, there was a little hanky panky behind the barn and finally we have live chickens and very pretty ones too from the Heritage roosters.
With the cold hitting (there isa little flurry of snow in the air this morning)I have brought the smallest chicks into the cellar (there were two batches being raised by the same hen in the loft. Different ages. Another mystery. I will show you the others tomorrow) with their Brinsea light. Though short lived.. someone left his mark!
Isn’t that a nice thought.
As an aside, I discovered recently that this last summer two men broke in and released 3,000 minks into the waterways a little ways from here. It was a protest against mink farming. Fair enough. But they broke into the shed and let these domesticated (doomed for the fur trade) animals free (to kill other animals – namely my chickens). Minks are mean. They came here and wreaked mayhem. I could understand this protest if the men had taken the 3,000 minks home and looked after them. Took some responsibility! But no, they just let them loose to fend for themselves. No thought whatsoever for the natural balance of things. Or for the terror of these animals as they tried to feed themselves after a life in a cage. Or the trail of destruction through the land.
And for the record I would wear a MINK hat if it was the minks that killed Mr Pink and his beautiful big white rooster and all thosee lovely hens.
Godot is getting bigger and more beautiful every day. The little photo bomber on the left is not so sweet looking but is one of the oldest birds on the property. Those guineas!
Can I come out now, Miss C? I am feeling so much better. Says Tima
No Tima, darling girl, one more day in your bedroom. Just to be sure.
But Tane is in here too! Can you let him out. He is such a pest.
Tane is a pest?
Yes Miss c. He is a horrible pest. Put him out! He smells like a boy. And he won’t stop talking.
Oh no Timatanga. A boy? He smells like a BOY?
Yes, miss c. A smelly boy. Buy me another one. I don’t like this one. Send it back.
Go to bed darling.. we will talk about this again in the morning.
But morning talks are the hardest.
I know, this is why we talk about important things in the morning.
Ni ni then miss c. Miss C?
Yes Timatanga Moana.
You have such a short name compared to me.
That is because you are special Timatanga Moana. Though if you add my confirmation names I am called Cecilia Mary, Edel, Jude, Rebecca.
Oh .. well.. ok .. that is a lot of names.
Ni Ni darling.. I will bring you a pot of warm vegetables in the morning.
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I hope you all have a lovely day.
Love your friend on the farmy,
miss c
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50 responses to “The Legacy”
Good God 3000 Bastard Minks … I need a drink and it is only lunch time. Catch the men and set them loose to fend for themselves – no weapons or shelter 😦 I have a mink stole inherited 30 yrs ago – never seen the light of day on me, but I could send it to you to keep you warm under your Clown Suit. Nothing like a perfectly timed hanky-panky to straighten things out 🙂 So pleased to see Tima and Tane feeling better. Keep warm everybody. Laura
Animal Rights are supposed to protect animals from testing and such nasty things but to let 3000 loose anywhere without proper care or thought is just totally irresponsible.. and it is people like you who suffer the consequences…yet these same activists are not there to clean up the carnage left by their actions…makes me really mad!
Just love te thought of a bit of hanky-panky behind the shed ( now for me , just memories, but enough said! ) Yep there is some lovely birds going to grow up and make good chooks….
See I told you, soft as putty..birds in the house( I would have them all inside if it was me)
What a wonderful human being you are….can’t wait to see the calendar..should I leave my address?
have a great day lots of love from Chilly Bulgaria
What a nice reminder. And such cute little ones too. Evie has an eggshell that we carefully blew the egg out of because it is pinkish and speckled. Shortly after we ate that egg the little hen was taken by a fox. It is almost 4 years and we still have that little reminder of her on the hutch in a little holder. Funnily, that her name was Celia ( her friends were poppy, petal and Delia).
That’s terrible about the minks – I think if I were you I’d want leather gloves from the hides of the men who released he damn things 😉
The rogue mink release explains a lot now, doesn’t it? Jerks. So some hanky panky, huh? 🙂 That made me smile as well as your conversation with sweet Tima. Image that Tane smells like a boy. The horrors!!! Hope they are both healthy and ready to face the cold weather head on. I bet they will snuggle up together before long if they aren’t already!!!
Miss C, that naughty Tima is looking fairly perky. Is that a big wet gnaw mark on the gate from a bored and restless piggy? Your chooky babies are beautiful. I’m perishing of frustration because we can’t start building Chookonia till we’ve had some rain; the ground is harder than iron and digging post holes is currently impossible. Soon, I hope. And then the Wet will be upon us and it will never stop raining!
How fortunate that you have the babies of your rooster! It’s nice to have nature working with you instead of against you. Recently the province of Quebec charged a fur farm with cruelty to animals and slapped a huge fine on them. It’s unfortunate that those people didn’t consider the consequences when they released the mink. Tima is as adorable as always!
Heritage chicks! What a happy surprise!
Tima is complaining, a sure sign she is getting better! Having grown up in the middle of four brothers, she sure has my sympathy. At least she does not have wash Tane’s sweaty shorts or socks! I loved you quiet evening chat.
Mink is fast becoming a four letter curse in my book. As the saying goes two wrongs do no make a right! Those hoodlums should have been put in a cage with 300 minks and the keys thrown in the river. I need to calm down, so I am going back to look at the hanky panky chicks!
I love it when a plan comes together, even if it wasn’t a plan to begin with. How lovely to have those little chicky babies from your beautiful white rooster. Words cannot express what to think about people who would let 3,000 minks loose. I agree with Mad Dog: gloves from their hides would be very satisfying, indeed!
Oh, I missed the part where we lost Mr Pink. 😦 Such a sad day it was. Keep he babies warm. We are even in he low 30’s and high 20’s here in N. Texas. Very strange for us in November. However, I do remember it snowing once on my birthday (16th) when I was young 5 or 6.
I can’t abide these do-gooder animal rights people. They are purely sentimentalists, often with very little understanding of animals.
Christine
Well, I believe you have the names for those two offspring nicely settled, if they are to have names. Hanky and Panky. Bundle everyone up as it is -2 here this morning and heading your way! I don’t know if I will have the resources to check in on the Farmy during my tropical sabbatical so I look forward to lots of news upon my return!
What stupid men! I agree with mad dog too, gloves please, size medium. Glad both piggies are feeling better. X
Holy cow!! 3,000! You can bet that most of them died. Out of the frying pan and into the fire. Terribly cruel, even if they are chicken killers.
I am so terribly sorry for your loss of chickens, but a what a delight to discover you ended up with some chicks out of your roo after all! I just discovered the Ecoglow last spring. Brilliant invention!! No more fire worries!!
Please tell Tima that I have long told my daughter that “boys are smelly”. Just to be sure she knows she doesn’t need one hanging around until she’s ready. 🙂
Agreed. It is terribly cruel. Thankfully the men in question were apprehended and Jake read about it in the court news. So at least they have been stopped. c