Invaded by birds

We had a really good hatch from our Golden giant quails,

which has resulted in us have brooder after brooder full of these sweet little birdies.

On top of the quails, we've also had the arrival of our second batch of dinner chickens.

The hatchlings are thrilled.

Look at them all! 

And all these birds.

A sum total of nearly a hundred birds are currently under heat lamps in my sitting room. 

Seriously.

The smell, yeah, it is enough to make me heave.

Which is why, they really must go out into an outbuilding tomorrow. 

Regardless, of how much fun it is to have so many birdies to play with.

Whole lot of stuff...

A whole lot of stuff has happened since our move. 

Stuff like a significant injury which landed me in hospital...

Hence the total lack of blogging.

It has been a really tough couple of weeks.

But we are starting to get back up on our feet. 

Nothing like a sharp dose of hurting to make you really appreciate the wonderfulness of a normal day.

We had big plans for the spring, but needing to recover physically, had not been on the to do list.

Thankfully, I have lots of trusty helpers.

One of our plans did work out. 

Which made for five very happy hatchlings.

We adopted a pair of rescue cats. 

This docile, blue eyed sweetie is Samson. The black guy is Puss, and despite never having had children before, they have adopted the hatchlings with a level of patience I didn't know a feline could possess. 

This little guy (standing next to a chicken egg)... awe!... is another of this spring's plans.

And here are a few of his/ her buddies.

Baby quails!

Hatchling no4 put his hands on his checks and exclaimed, 'Oh my d'oodness! Those are the cutest things I ever did see!'

Hopefully life will allow us time to recover, and adventure, with a few less bumps and bruises, and I shall blog more regularly. Really.

I love the look on his face - 'I am tolerating the tiny humans...' 

Wishing you a very happy weekend.