All Quiet on the Western Front
This is the calm before the storm at Rose Cottage Cattery, with Christmas and new year bookings coming thick and fast (like the snow up North) it’s good to have a chance to spruce up the chalets.
Weatherproofing the wooden buildings was a timely job as it seems to have been typical Somerset weather since we finished. Seeing the droplets of rain bouncing off the wood, instead of being sucked into the grain, gives me some piece of mind.
We have invested in some beechwood step-stools for the double chalets, when two cats are sharing we felt both cats needed somewhere to sit and watch the world go by - or me struggling up and down with mops and buckets. They have proved very popular so we may have to buy some more.
The four ducklings are 3 weeks old now and making an awful mess, they are much too young to go outdoors, especially in this weather but everything in their enclosure has to be changed daily.
The young chickens are still small enough to sneak through the fence into our neighbour’s garden where the grass is greener, well there actually is grass next door, our field is a quagmire with the occasional island of greeny-brown.
Five ducks are still laying every day, the Khaki Campbells are good layers and as this is their first year, I am expecting eggs all winter, which is good for my egg customers. I might pop some more eggs into the incubator after christmas ready for spring.
Joy