We’ve had quite a few new arrivals at Cowiemuir since my last blog and they are all of the feathered kind.

Daisybell, one of our hens, has always been prone to broodiness, especially in the summer and this year was no exception. We don’t have a cockrell so she could have sat on our girls’ eggs for ever and they wouldn’t have hatched out. Anyway, feeling sorry for old Daisybell we managed to obtain some fertile eggs from neighbouring folk and we placed these under Daisybell in her own ‘Broody Palace’

Three weeks later, the day before we were due to go on holiday, we were delighted to see Daisybell and her five new baby chicks.

She has turned out to be a really good mother and is as proud as punch with her new family. They are coming on fine although sadly, we did lose one. They are now 4 weeks old and we think we have one male and three females. I will post some more pics of the new chicks soon.

As well as the new chicks we have also welcomed 4 young Indian Runner Ducks into the family. Just 6 weeks old when we got them, they are really cute and have taken to their new enclosure like, well, ducks to water.

This is a pic of the girls on their first day with us. They were hatched in an incubator so don’t have a mummy to teach them all those ‘ducky ‘things but they are learning fast. In the 3 weeks we have had them they have trebled in size (more pics later) and we are looking forward to gathering our first duck eggs towards the end of the summer

And finally, I have already told you about my new Granduaghter, Lily. Well. she is now 4 months old and is really blossoming. We visited Lily and mum, Vicky at the end of June and they are both fine. This is my favourite pic of Lily.

 

And finally, finally! We managed to get about 80lb of honey from the Oilseed Rape fields and are just making final preparations for moving the bees to the heather.

The vegetable garden is bursting with crops (and weeds!) and it looks like we will get a good harvest this year.

We are sticking close to Jesus, living each day as it comes and trusting in Him to provide for all our needs – it’s so simple this way and stress free. And you know what – Jesus never lets us down!