Cheery's country living adventure

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, and in all the excitement I forgot - we won £25 on the premium bonds! 😂 Slightly less than the required million, but better than nothing 😂

Next lot of covid study vouchers have arrived too, so once I've sorted and printed them I'll add them to the pot.

Colleagues IT issue has thankfully been sorted (nothing that I did!)

Chickens are roaming free, and I've put some washing on since it looks like we might be able to hang it out later. 

Right, best get on.

Baileys_Babe

Congratulations on your win, another little addition to the kitchen fund?

The weather is bright and beautiful here as well, I am also putting on some laundry to make the most of it.

rtandon27

Lovely to hear of your win Cheery!  You will be most probably be sensible with the winnings & put it straight into the kitchen fund - but a little cake & tea never hurt!

Cheery_Daff

Definitely going into the kitchen fund. Our normal tea and cake fund is well stocked anyway! 

Completely forgot about the washing. Had assessed presentations so far all day, and at lunchtime i spotted a FOX out if the bathroom window 😮😮😮😮😮 Broad daylight - aarrrrggghhh! I screamed at it and it ran off, and then Mr Cheery ran off down the field being menacing, and I shut the chickens in the run (it wasn't near them, but still too close for comfort).

We're really cautious about only letting them out in broad daylight, but it seems that's not good enough. Nothing we can do really, but still, quite shocking. 

Karmacat

Yikes ... you're so isolated there, aren't you there aren't many humans disturbing the four footed ones   Did the chickens catch a fox-smell?  Hope they're not stressed.  Is it an old wives tale that if a bloke pees around the garden a fox won't go near?  I've no idea where to read about it that I'd trust, but I've heard it mentioned  

Cheery_Daff

Yes we've heard that, and Mr Cheery does pee all round the chicken run itself 😂 But normally they free range, and we have no enclosed garden really, just space and fields and dry stone walls 🙄 Not sure what we'll do, I guess the risk was always there, just feels different when it's waved in your face! 

They will stay safe in the run today - jt appears to have started snowing anyway - I'm pretty sure it was sunny last time I looked up from the computer 😮

rtandon27

Cheery_Daff said:

Yes we've heard that, and Mr Cheery does pee all round the chicken run itself 😂 ...

Wonder if that works for other animals as well?  We have a lovely wandering Tom-cat who knows there are baby bunnies at the top of our garden.  He keeps sniffing around their hidey hole & I have to warn him off almost every morning.  Wonder if a perimeter of liquid male hormones might keep him at bay?

Cheery_Daff

Got to be worth a try - it's not like it's a scarce resource! I've suggested that Mr Cheery collect his throughout the day/night to distribute in appropriate places 😁

themadvix

Cheery_Daff said:

Got to be worth a try - it's not like it's a scarce resource! I've suggested that Mr Cheery collect his throughout the day/night to distribute in appropriate places 😁

Don’t forget the compost heap too! 😂

South_coast

Cheery_Daff said:

Mr Cheery does pee all round the chicken run itself 😂 But normally they free range, and we have no enclosed garden really, just space and fields and dry stone walls 🙄 Not sure what we'll do....

Make Mr Cheery a LOT of cups of tea 👍🤣