WOW What a day we had at Birmingham National champ show, In Tervs, Coral ( Belsharose Chardonnay who belongs to pat Cashmore) had a very good 2nd in a strong class, especially as we have been having a few problems with her she is now coming on great, then Giorgia won limit bitch and to our utmost surprise then went on to win the bitch CC, we were over the moon. We have put a lot of hard work into Giorgia the last 2 years, she is what you may call temperamental, but it all paid off on Saturday, we always new if we could overcome her shyness she would do well as she is such a quality girl. We then went on to have a somewhat rushed but successful day with the Laekenois, with Best dog, best bitch, reserve best bitch and best of breed.
Thursday we had a new addition to the herd with a colt foal being born in the early hours, not planned but gratefully received although i had hoped he may have been a coloured but still.
I went to the chicken sales again this week after an unsuccessful trip there last week to acquire a new cockerel after the fox managed to kill my last one. Last week i bid up to £20 for a Welsummer cock but failed to get him, this week i had more luck and got a beautiful welsummer, he soon settled in but boy does he like to crow.
We managed to hatch out 8 chicks from 15 eggs last week, not a great percentage but you have to start somewhere, they are doing well as are the chicks we brought from the sales, they have now gone outside in the ark until they get bigger.
Strange but chickens are very addictive once you get into them, you get some beautiful marked colours on them and can become quite attached!
The geese have settled in well as well and they seem friendly, not like the ones we used to have , they would chase us out the field.
