Gill Fraser s Hen Reporting from the War zone(Anstruther): Sorry for missing last weeks hen of the week post Monday was a bit of a battle to be honest and Im afraid this Kate Adie couldnt get to her computer . 0700 a.m. patrol - all present and correct in barracks - Butterfly 4 chicks , Marjie 7 chicks , Julie 5 chicks check ! rations distributed . 0900 Meet supreme commander at pre arranged rendezvous to deliver prisoner codename Herr Appenzeller to be detained at a secret location due to disruptive behaviour at camp , exchange completed return to base. ( meet Jocelyn at Morrisons to swap over aforementioned noisy cockerel ) 1030 The watch tower observes skirmishing in the broody encampment - Gulls spotted in the area ( son Harry looks out of his window overlooking our garden ) 1035 Watchtower contacts Bomber command who emails base camp to report enemy activity ( Harry phones Donna at her work- Oh if only Harry had been at Pearl Harbour ! ) 1036 Message relayed from watchtower , recon team scrambled (ok I rush to put my wellies on ) 1045 Gulls sited overhead in attack formation , headcount reveals Marjie down to 6 - Black Chick Down ,repeat, we have a Black Chick Down !. 1100 telephone call to Quartermaster , supply of camouflage netting unavailable until at least 1800 (thats if they have any in B&Q at all ) 1120 - 1900 regular patrols of the perimeter and increased activity in the vicinity of the broody encampment plus extra surveillance from the watchtower - means despite regular sightings of the enemy (oh I really dont like them now ! ) no further losses are sustained . 1900 - 2230 members of the engineering corps (Duncan) work late into the night to secure the perimeter , extensive overhead netting goes up , take that Johnny Seagull ! Hoorah ! I am pleased to report that Operation Strawberry Netting has been a complete success and although the garden now resembles Camp Bastion and I have to attend to the Broody coops commando style ( I mean crawling forward , not without panties ! ) no other chicks have been lost to the Evil Menace in the sky . I know that its just nature doing its thing but Im not inclined to stand by and be a David Attenburgh and let it happen , this isnt Springwatch - This is WAR ! See photos: Marjie keeps an eye on the sky and Julie introduces her brood to the neighbours before she moves out of the kitchen .
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 10:41:33 +0000
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