I went to buy newspapers at the corner shop (when I say corner shop it’s not actually just around the corner as I do have to drive there) and when I got back to my mom’s house, there was a commotion at the back of the house. Nora has released the chicks from their sleeping basket!

My mom was laughing and I told Nora to put the chicks back into the basket. So she picked up the chicks by the tail, head, wings etc. and threw them back into the basket. Poor little things.

After two weeks, Nora is now brave enough to pick the chicks… and I also saw her pick up the momma hen by the tail!

Mom took the chicks out for their morning feed and when she was picking them up again to put in the basket, there were only 10 of them instead of 11. Oh dear… I hope it has nothing to do with Nora throwing the chicks about… there are cobras, lizards and eagles about… maybe one of them had a nice hearty breakfast of freerange organic chicken.