One of the surprises we encountered upon commencing our work for Dingwall was that we were to inherit a lot of animals. We ended up with 7 chickens, 2 bunnies (brother and sister -- and you know what that means), and 1 cat with her 5 kittens! Dan and I have never cared for chickens, bunnies or kittens. So, as you can imagine, we were in for a bit of a lesson.
Of course -- because that is the way things seem to go on this property - the chickens roamed freely (even into the house leaving little poopy treasures behind them) and were terrified of humans. So, first on the agenda was to clip their wings and contain them so we wouldn't walk into the house and find them sorting through our rubbish!
Tom escorting "whitie" to her wing clipping.
Me with "whitie"
We decided quickly that caring for the chickens would be manageable because of what they give us every day! Very funny sized eggs - that one on front right is just a bit smaller than my fist!
The kittens were about 2 weeks old when we moved in. This one we ended up keeping, her name is Puma she is still pretty adorable!
Me with three tiny kittens!!!
Chickens hanging out in their coop - finally contained and getting more friendly with us.
Sleepy kittens - there are 5 in there ;)
Me with the bunnies that I didn't particularly care for. We got rid of them because we didn't want hundreds running about.
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