Tryst Inn Update
May. 18th, 2009 09:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
trystinnA few of your favorite things~
Ms. Martha (the big Mafia bunny) has decided, in her typically bossy way, that she'd like to hang out in the duck enclosure (Duckgard). Which caught us completely by surprise, she's never gotten out before now she's slipping easily back and forth between the two pens at her leisure. Martha apparently has two main objectives for doing this: 1) she can eat their cracked corn feed & s) she gets to chase Libby out of the duck's pen.
Which, predictably, is driving the other rabbits nuts. Why does Martha get to eat the ducks' corn and they don't? Cue the mass disapproval. Even my darlings Mufasa & Nod are avoiding eye contact! Frankly, we're just surprised that the Khaki Campbells are allowing this thievery, likely they will attend to this post haste. The Campbells adult feathers have mostly grown in, a few still have downy tufts of down on their heads making them look a bit bewildered and balding. Their new feathers are gorgeous - glossy, beautifully marked with just enough individuality to help us tell them apart. Bernard, in particular, has gorgeous almost vibrant silvery embossing on each feather.
Our little mixed duck flock (Rouens & Runners) are getting big. The Rouens in particular have really begun to put on some decent heft. So much so that during a supervised mingling of the flocks, one of the Rouens (Brutus) chased off a Campbell some 4 times his size! Unfortunately, one of the Runners is the Runt, so we have to take particular care to ensure she gets ample food and isn't bullied too much by the Campbells. We're only allowing supervised mingling at this point, which ensures both flocks are joined in their contempt & complaining of my herding skills. I hear far less gossip when Gracie herds them, which she's getting remarkably skilled at. Brutus and Nero (Rouens) I don't really worry about, they will hold their own. The Runners (Beatrix & Luca) are my main concern, they haven't the padding or body weight and easily get knocked over like the bowling pins they resemble.
Picy goodness this afternoon!
Ms. Martha (the big Mafia bunny) has decided, in her typically bossy way, that she'd like to hang out in the duck enclosure (Duckgard). Which caught us completely by surprise, she's never gotten out before now she's slipping easily back and forth between the two pens at her leisure. Martha apparently has two main objectives for doing this: 1) she can eat their cracked corn feed & s) she gets to chase Libby out of the duck's pen.
Which, predictably, is driving the other rabbits nuts. Why does Martha get to eat the ducks' corn and they don't? Cue the mass disapproval. Even my darlings Mufasa & Nod are avoiding eye contact! Frankly, we're just surprised that the Khaki Campbells are allowing this thievery, likely they will attend to this post haste. The Campbells adult feathers have mostly grown in, a few still have downy tufts of down on their heads making them look a bit bewildered and balding. Their new feathers are gorgeous - glossy, beautifully marked with just enough individuality to help us tell them apart. Bernard, in particular, has gorgeous almost vibrant silvery embossing on each feather.
Our little mixed duck flock (Rouens & Runners) are getting big. The Rouens in particular have really begun to put on some decent heft. So much so that during a supervised mingling of the flocks, one of the Rouens (Brutus) chased off a Campbell some 4 times his size! Unfortunately, one of the Runners is the Runt, so we have to take particular care to ensure she gets ample food and isn't bullied too much by the Campbells. We're only allowing supervised mingling at this point, which ensures both flocks are joined in their contempt & complaining of my herding skills. I hear far less gossip when Gracie herds them, which she's getting remarkably skilled at. Brutus and Nero (Rouens) I don't really worry about, they will hold their own. The Runners (Beatrix & Luca) are my main concern, they haven't the padding or body weight and easily get knocked over like the bowling pins they resemble.
Picy goodness this afternoon!
