cheeky chickens & another essential purchase...

a quick update on our suburban chickens, the free range concept seemed good at the time...but it isn't going so well. we have decided that we're going to have to rig up a small run for them & not have access to the entire backyard all day.


the reason? they've taken over the dog beds & dog food (might be why they're not laying any eggs anymore). they have worked out that the garage where all these doggy essentials are kept (which isn't fully enclosed by the way) is the best place to hang out all day & apparently the best place to poop. plus, they have discovered that when the garage door goes up, they can quickly run out whilst i'm trying to park my car. the decision is that they can be confined to a smaller run during the day & we'll let them out in the arvo...hopefully that way i'll start getting some eggs again.

then there's the little purchase i made & forgot to report the other week. i went & checked out the made on the left markets a couple of weekends ago & stumbled across anna's stall with the most gorgeous little critters. i just had to snap up this turtle & given my frog obsession it was hard not to also purchase a froggy mate. anna will be at the upcoming perth upmarket where i might just have to snap up that little frog (if someone hasn't already beaten me to it).