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15th January 2007 |
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Berit on some
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Here are some pictures of the young hen Berit - one of the black
chickens who were hatched her in Humlekärr last spring- who has
been disappeared for more than 2 weeks. Now I finally caught her
red handed underneath the stable - brooding 12 eggs! I put her
and all the eggs in a basket, and home we went to the hen-house
again. Now she’s lying there like a very good girl, still
brooding. |
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Later Report from the
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Here come 2 pictures of some newborn chickens. The
little mother Berit was such a good girl and let me touch the
chicks and take pictures of them. |
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15.1.7 I even attach some new pictures of the cats! Let me
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Charlie Posing |
Charlie resting |
Frasse in the bag! |
Frasse having fun |
Liss |
Liss once more |
Mansen meditating |
Nassen |
Mishcan for all Seasons |
Mischan asleep
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Nassen ending the Show! |
CATS, CATS CATS! |
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16.1.7
Chicks update
- Here comes a big bunch of new pictures from the hen-house
today !!!
Can you hear them !
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17.1.7
Today I found out that the chickens are 12!!! When I counted
them yesterday they were only 9 - Berit has fooled me once
again! But I don’t understand how. There were no unhatched eggs
left yesterday, so 3 of
them must have been clinging tight to Berit's feathers while I
lifted her up for counting the chicks.
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I have spoken with some experienced fowl-owners and they say
it’s just amazing that a hen can manage to hatch all of her eggs
to alive chicks, especially when she is so young, and the eggs
are as many as 12. And in the middle of the winter!!! They say
Berit is a real miracle-mum - that’s why the local newspaper
already has reported TWICE about her and her chicks!!!
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17.1.7 MAGPIE RESCUE |
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While I was in
Katrineholm
shopping, I rescued a magpie from being killed by some other
magpies. I’ve never seen such a cruel fight. Some other magpies
were picking hard on it’s chest while it was lying on it’s back.
I of course chased the mob away and stayed there for half an
hour to see if it was all right, while the mob was hanging
around waiting for going to a new attack. Of course I could not
leave it there. I asked by passing people to help me caching it,
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But I succeeded to catch it by my self and took it home to
Humlekärr. It is now recovering here, and it is eating and
drinking. It is really thin and need to eat much before it can
be released.
I think I will keep it indoors until spring, and release it here
in Humlekärr. |
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22.1.7
BEARS WINTER QUARTERS - I thought you would just like to have a
look at this - a bear hibernating.
check out this site
www.panoraama.com/live/maakotka
it could be of any interest to viewers of the ivyvilla website
they
have put the camera in a bears winter quarters!
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23.1.7 REPORT
FROM COLD
Humlekärr
It's 14 degrees of frost
today !
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26.1.7
SUNRISE
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Humlekärr |
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Signe, above, just loves it since she originates from Lapland,
and is now patrolling the Humlekärr surroundings even more
assiduous than usual (protecting cats, rabbits and fowls from
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The
rabbits think snow and cold weather is OK as long as they are
being feed. Mucklan is asking for an apple on the picture.
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The wild birds have been very lucky so far this winter since it
has been snow-free and mild, but today they are very grateful
for the free meals we serve them outside the kitchen-window. |
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Most of the fowls stay indoors when it is cold and snowy, but
some of the former factory-hens love life too much for not going
out for a quick scratch even though it is as cold as today. 50
of our 55 hens and 4 of our 12 roosters (eluded the
mass-slaughter of rooster-chickens) who lived their first 15
months in a cruel egg-factory. When the time was in for them to
be sent to the slaughter-house we bought them for 10 kronor (
about 1 pound) each. Life really feels meaningful when you can
rescue animals from cruelties like that and give them a
wonderful life instead! |
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mid
winter at
Humlekärr
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Sunset
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26.1.7 Chicks' progress |
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With so many babies Berit will very soon be unable to warm them
all under her wings, and it can still turn to be a cold winter.
Therefore I bought them a heating-lamp today.
......aren’t they just gorgeous!!!!!
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29.1.7 rare bird seen
PhalacrocoraxCarbo |
This was a very rare sighting
and very exciting!!! |
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PhalacrocoraxCarbo |
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Other winter birds sighted by me at the end of January are |
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Blue tit |
Winter Blackbird |
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Sparrows |
Emberiza Cirtonella (yellow sparrow) |
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Despite
the winter cold the birds give a wonderful display of colour and
courage |
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Bullfinch couple |
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