Friday 19 November 2010

Archie Archer Chick-tastic

I've just cleaned Archie (who is now twelve days old,) and Mummy Hen's coop and run. I transferred them to a holding run while I worked; a perfect opportunity to snuggle Archie. He's gorgeously warm and peeps loudly when I take him from mum even for just a few seconds but is blissfully happy when I deposit mum back beside him again.

He has a new game, he hops up on to her back and she gives him little rides around the run before tipping him off again. Hilarious to watch, hope you can see him from my kitchen window.








My own chicks are at a sleepover tonight, the 6yo's first. He's blasé and therefore I'm OK too, happy that he's happy.

To take our minds off the abandoned nest we, the parentals, are off for a Chinese meal. Freedom for one night is so sweet, but then I want my babies back please...... Dinner with hubby is so rare these days, I'm so looking forward to it.

Running a few errands in Ludlow today was wonderful. The town was Dickensian, cloaked in a gentle fog. I thought I'd stepped back in time passing the book binder store front with its panelled bay windows and ancient machinery within. Sometimes I draw up in the car at the traffic lights, often for longer than I should, just so I can watch these craftsmen and women, busy repairing leather-bound volumes.

All the butchers have their game hanging in the street now too; cock pheasants hang their heads, vibrant feathers wasted on shoppers. If I didn't know how good they tasted, I might feel sorry for them. I ordered a good sized turkey for next week, my nod to Thanksgiving, I've a lot to feel thankful for.

9 comments:

  1. loved the stats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. We are just going to have turkey bits and pretend its a whole turkey.

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  3. Archie is too cute for words. Can't wait to meet him in person. Are you close to Ludlow - would LOVE to see that press!

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  4. That has brought back happy memories of visiting my parents in law in Suffolk and having game pie - pheasant, rabbit, basically anything that they had hit with the car or which the Toddy the black labrador had brought back from a run in the hedgerows. Luvveryly. Ooh the delights of country life.

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  5. Antoinette: Weight Watchers for me next month I think..... Oh no can't s'Christmas... time to be jolly (and fat)

    Joanna St James: Turkey's bits - how rude!

    'Cross the Pond: He is cute. Wait till you see.

    Apple Island Wife: Oh yes, nothing tastier than road kill [!!] We were in a chinese last Friday night and a dodgy-looking bloke was trying to sell a big deer he'd 'come across' to the owner of the restaurant. I'm sure I ordered chicken!

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  6. 'Cross the Pond: The book binder, ah yes, I'll check if they're open on Saturday. I have an ancient bible that might need some TLC.... Holy me...

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  7. Oh your video is DARLING! you know me, chicken freak... LOL.

    I'll probably incubate a load of eggs this spring, why not :0)

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  9. Technodoll: Blimey we've got the snow now, poor Archie is under his mum in the bedroom chamber, except when eating or drinking. Roll on Spring.

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