Projects | The Lattimore Acre

Chook chook chook!!

Ben and Hugo had a lovely time with Honda and Penny Penny yesterday. We can’t believe how quiet the hens are. They didn’t seem to mind two not so gentle little boys playing with them.

Welcome home Honda and Penny-Penny

Since we live on a “property” now, we thought that we ought to put on some “stock”. We now have two chickens named Honda and Penny Penny.

First we had to assemble the chook pen. All hands on deck – thanks to Grandad George and Nanny. We also purchased our feed and water containers.

Second job was site preparation. We fenced off a corner about 20m x 10m. Thanks to Grandad and Gamma for lending a hand.

Then, we just added chickens. Buying chickens is apparently like buying eggs, prepackaged in a convenience box. We got our red hens from Stocks Produce, just around the corner from our place and the chook pen from Risson Produce in Ipswich. We are also going to add four Silkies when we can find some.

Now with a little love and care we wait for the magical first egg. Ben checks everyday. So far the reports have been “No Eggs Mum, just poo!”

Farewell Favourite First Home

In a mad rush starting on the 30th December 2009, we:
1. stumbled upon a new(er) bigger home (even though we weren’t looking),
2. looked,
3. made an offer and signed a contract to buy (oh my god, nerve racking),
4. same day showed our home to a prospective buyer,
5. next day signed a contract to sell

We are now past the craziness and into the new house. We will not be forgetting our first home, as it was a little ripper (and was right next door to the best neighbours in the world). We have posted a lot of stories and photos in the past, but here is the last batch we (Belinda) took for use on the interweb real estate site.