The camera sees all

I may have discovered the source of Godot’s strange behaviour. 

What do you think this is? One leg is black.

Here is a close up.  Is that dirt, from when he was stuck under the bush the other day? or something more sinister. 

He was fine yesterday. No limping, active. Eating drinking, Flying. Is it dirt? It seems to be mostly on the back of the leg, where he rests it on the ground. And if he had been down long enough to melt the ground a little .. well.. I don’t want to catch him. It is awful to shock wild birds like that, we can watch it with the camera. Taking an image of something like this then enlarging it later is such a useful tool.

I will do it again in a few days, we can have another look.

The others seem to be doing fine in the cold. Everyone got an extra helping of dinner  last night to see them through this cold night. Sheila’s bed is so high, we have to watch that Poppy does not just step out of their pen and make a run for the verandah.

Tima and those eyes.

The kittens and dogs were allowed inside all day yesterday. Having a wrecking party.

Mischief makers.

Boo is not taking his eyes off them. No-one sleeps when there are three rascally kittens sitting next to your head, bent on mischief.

Bitterly cold last night but thankfully not so much wind.  I have not looked at the temperature. Knowing does not help. And cold is relative – once it is very cold, even colder is still Very Cold. I will let you know after I have been outside. Today the wind will swing back from the North to the Sou’ west again.  And though still cold for the next few days, it will not be as bad as last night.  The pig porridge is on. I make them warm feed on these mornings but they have to eat very fast. No-one gets finished before it starts to freeze to the sides of their bowls.

But they are stoic, yawning and stretching in the mornings just like any morning. Especially the kune, they show no signs of cold at all. Steaming through the snow like little trains.  Tima is showing signs of being in heat (at the same time as Poppy too). Best we note the date just in case. (Three months, three weeks and three days remember).  She is only just old enough, but I have no intention of seperating them in this cold. I doubt very much whether Tane is fertile yet, but we shall see.  Tima is a big girl, robust -‘Rubenesque’ even.  I don’t mind a surprise.

I hope you all have a lovely day.

Your friend on the farm

celi