Rain, what rain?

Hello Dear Friends. 

What an exciting weekend this has been.  We had lots of visitors in our garden as the local history group were hosting a weekend looking for  a medieval fishery and a manor house that disappeared over 200 years ago and they were all based at our Mums house.  Everyone thought we were beautiful.  

Olwen's 'Black Dotty Things' on her back

Now what have I to tell you..  Rhiannon has decided that she rather likes having sleepovers and  2 or 3 times now she has gone to sleep with the Buffs rather than with us and she has even laid eggs in their nest box!  She is getting quite adventurous. 

  Olwen came to see me yesterday to tell me she has some 'black dotty things' on her back and did I know what they were.  I was able to show her my 'black dotty things' and how they are growing into feathers.  She was a bit worried about having feathers as she hasn't had any for so long and has been totally bald for so long it will be a new experience for her.  No sign of feathers coming yet on Rhiannon and Brigid though, but they will. Our Mum looks after us and gives us loads of love and good food and plenty of water that I know we will all feather up soon.  The feathers on my chest are doing very well but I still have a very bald bottom and underside. 

Rhiannon and Me enjoying looking for worms

I hear that some parts of the country are having torrential rain.  Before we went to bed last night our Mum sat with us and told us not to worry if we heard huge rumbling noises and saw bright flashes.  It would be something called a thunder storm and it wouldn't hurt us and not to be afraid. We all had a very good sleep and didn't hear anything at all.  Then when our Mum came to feed us this morning she said it hadn't rained and the thunder had missed us. I expect it means we will see her out with the hosepipe again today.  I just love it when she sprays our run very gently. It makes us so cool and takes some of the heat out of the soil.  It also makes the worms come up to the top and we can have great fun scrabbling around and catching them. Some of our Mums friends in Birmingham have put photos on their Facebook pages showing floods.  I do hope they are all safe and looking after their hens to make sure they don't get too frightened.  

 But now for some good news.  A lovely lady saw the first pictures of us when we arrived 3 weeks ago and was so shocked she asked our Mum if she could do some drawings of us to show how we are progressing. This is the first drawing.  It is of Rhiannon on the day she arrived. Her name is Lesley Ann Cooper and she is very good at doing pictures of animals.  In fact she is brilliant at drawing anything.   Our Mum is so chuffed and will hang the picture on her wall so everyone can see it.  

Last week I told you about some lovely girls that are looking for Forever Homes and how to contact the people who had them.  I heard yesterday that the British Hen Welfare Trust, the lovely people who rescued us, will have some more girls needing Forever Homes in the next couple of weeks.  On 28th July they will have hens  ready in Northants, Oxford, Coventry, York and North Lincs, on 3rd August they will have girls in Bristol, Dorset and Monmouthshire, on 4th August in Devon, Hampshire and here in Cornwall.  If you go to the Cornwall one you will meet Michelle who looked after all of us  after we left our cages and went to our Forever Homes.  If anyone can find a space in their hearts and gardens then please contact them as soon as you can.  This is their website   http://www.bhwt.org.uk/

Well, I feel an egg coming on and think it's time I went and had a little sit in the nest box.  Talk to you all again very soon.  

Much love, Little Maeve.