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Mouse Mansion!
A few months ago I scored a fish tank for next to nothing. The glass was badly scratched so it wasn’t much use as an aquarium, but has proved perfect for furry little rodents.
And so, after a few small Trademe purchases, a visit to various DIY shops, some kiwi ingenuity, and about a day’s leasurely work… I present to you ‘The Mouse Mansion’!
(It’s for the kids, of course
Chicken coop 2: Country Cottage
A couple of weeks ago Daisy (our Blue Australorp for those who care), became broody for the first time. So broody, in fact, that she started sitting on ‘pretend eggs’, and when she wasn’t doing that, she horded Buttercup and Cornflower’s eggs to sit on!
So, thanks to Trademe, I visited one of Northland’s top chicken breeders (nice Christian lady) and acquired 8 fertile eggs.
Daisy thought all her Christmas’s had come at once! But I reminded her not to count her chickens before they hatch.
A couple of hours ago, a day’s work and $50 later, I finished Riverside’s very first chicken maternity ward (with some help from ‘daddy’s little helper’). DW and I are going to transport Daisy and her eggs to their new accomodation very soon while she’s asleep (Daisy that is, not DW).
Photos below (I think Barney thinks he’s a chicken… You become like those you hang out with the most). Stay tuned as the continuing saga unfolds.

Chicken Coop 1: Upmarket Bungalow


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