For those who remember, a few months ago BYP member Flogs found Matilda (above 9 Jan) for us and so we got our first muscovy. They make great broodies and mums, so the plan is to have a few muzzie girls who will hatch aylesbury eggs and be good mums to the bubs. Matilda was a bit young for that this season but makes a great auntie to the ducklings even so and is about the cheekiest bird around. Well the other day I'd been told about another girl who was very sweet and in need of a home and so Magnolia (aka Maggie) came here yesterday...

Some muzzies can apparently be quite showy when first introduced but she is much like Matilda a calm and easy going girl who takes it all pretty much in stride.

Like Matilda, also ruled by her tummy. (Hunting for scattered wheat, Matilda left and Maggie right.)

The two look a good bit different, albeit both are white and DH confuses the two terribly so far. Among the differences are Maggie's big crest!

Pretty comical eh?

And because I've been a bit slack and not posted these previously... one of Laurent with one of my Wyandotte roosters

A better picture of Lucky (foreground) pleasingly coming along on 11 Jan 09

Younger duckies taking a late afternoon siesta

Last but not least - the picture of pathetic... poor girl is MOULTING... rather seriously!

Okay, now I've bagged the poor Faverolle time and again as being rather feather-brained and they're gone now but I do have to admit they're incredibly tollerant of 2 year olds hauling them all around the garden. Even when he walks away it sits in the last spot he ploinked it.

I pick a 'mah-to for you chookie. 'Ere oo go!

Mumma chookie ate a MAH-TO!!! *hysterical giggle fits*

*MU-WAH* Kissed da chookie mum!

This started out with me trying to take more recent "look at how they've grown" pictures of my silkies! Of course I had my "helpful helper" and so it quickly degenerated into a series of cute photo ops! Ah well!

"Look chook, a geen WEAF!" (green leaf)

Blossom gets a cuddle.

It's all about your Point of View

A different sort of chicken tractor! LOL Blossom goes for a ride on Bubby L's "geen tac-tah"

But quickly gets distracted with pats.

I did manage to grab two semi-decent and bubba free shots...

Petal (above) and Blossom (below), with Basil not pictured as he was being a gobbleguts on the grass - head down and bum up busy inhailing bugs!