seit 4 wochen haben wir 3 laufenten. lange, lange haben wir gesucht. and found the ducks at a farm fair close to perugia. 1 male and 2 girls. they were sooooo frightened when we got them. all stiff and straight up like a stick. the italians call them pinguini. but our neighbors have not really seen any of this strange looking creatures. the duckies know now their place and explore every day new territory around the house. we had t
o get a fence to keep them from going on the road, what would not be a problem, until a dog comes by......
i expected to get some easter-eggs from them. and the ratings for their egg-production is (depending who you ask) from 30 to 300 eggs a year. we want the eggs and their immense hunger for snails and bugs. i got worried about our fresh eggs, but today it happened: in the morning when i let them out i found 2 eggs laying in the straw, no real nest, just laying there. another first time for me: picking up fresh laid eggs from my own happy little feathered friends. how wonderful.
but the B I G family we got last weekend. they say 5000, who knows, no way to count them, they go normally by weight.....
we drove to st maddalena and got our 1. familia di api. in a travel box and we will move them (unbelievable - after it stops RAINING) to their new orange painted box. Jon had a hard time to explain the way he wanted to keep the bees, a more logic and easier way for the bees and for us. but the italians have just one system and stick with that.
there is one more winged friend we have.
a little blue-headed-chickadee. i saw him the first time flying in front of the living-room window and thought he is looking for little flies. but no, he is just coming back and again, again and pick on the window. i realized he is picking at that proud male in the reflection. that was too cute. but we do have a really nice place for a little bird to see himself/the other guy: 2 mirrors on the car!
good we love birds more than cars. he is also using it for a bathroom ....
o get a fence to keep them from going on the road, what would not be a problem, until a dog comes by......i expected to get some easter-eggs from them. and the ratings for their egg-production is (depending who you ask) from 30 to 300 eggs a year. we want the eggs and their immense hunger for snails and bugs. i got worried about our fresh eggs, but today it happened: in the morning when i let them out i found 2 eggs laying in the straw, no real nest, just laying there. another first time for me: picking up fresh laid eggs from my own happy little feathered friends. how wonderful.
but the B I G family we got last weekend. they say 5000, who knows, no way to count them, they go normally by weight.....
we drove to st maddalena and got our 1. familia di api. in a travel box and we will move them (unbelievable - after it stops RAINING) to their new orange painted box. Jon had a hard time to explain the way he wanted to keep the bees, a more logic and easier way for the bees and for us. but the italians have just one system and stick with that.
there is one more winged friend we have.
a little blue-headed-chickadee. i saw him the first time flying in front of the living-room window and thought he is looking for little flies. but no, he is just coming back and again, again and pick on the window. i realized he is picking at that proud male in the reflection. that was too cute. but we do have a really nice place for a little bird to see himself/the other guy: 2 mirrors on the car!good we love birds more than cars. he is also using it for a bathroom ....
