Inside the chicken coop: World Animal Day

Monday 4 October 2010

World Animal Day

It's World Animal Day today and a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the relationship we have with our beautiful animals all over the world.

This fantastic organisation also supports decent conditions for all animals to live in.

Check out the World Animal Day website at www.worldanimalday.org.uk/

My hens are enjoying a sunny coop today but yesterday when it rained constantly, I went out and bought two very cheap shower curtains to cover the exposed areas. It rained so hard that the roof had started to leak and they looked very miserable, but after a while they were soon snuggling down in the straw and enjoying some boiled rice!

Whether you keep animals or not, it's great day to think about all the wonderful and amazing animals that share our planet.

8 comments:

Unknown4 October 2010 at 11:07
Happy World Animal Day, Di! We celebrated by handing over our collection of scraps to our farmer son - no not for him! he has some new piggies... Hugs..
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Diane Perry4 October 2010 at 11:32
How lovely Carole, I bet they are enjoying those scraps, bless their little hearts!
If only I had acres of land, I would have so many animals roaming around, including some pigs!
xx
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klahanie4 October 2010 at 14:59
Hi Diane,
A beautiful sentiment and, of course, I totally agree it's a great day to think about and appreciate all the wonders of the animal kingdom.
Have a lovely week.
Kind wishes, Gary x
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Denise6 October 2010 at 00:26
Hurrah for World Animal Day, Di! Because let's face it, they are a darn sight more agreeble than human beings sometimes.

I've never thought of using shower curtains as outdoor shelters - what a fab idea. My three girls are all moulting at the moments, and what with the incessant rain, the grounds of Cluckinghen Palace are a sorry mess of feathers and mud.

A large chicken gazebo is called for, I think.

All the best

Denise
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Diane Perry6 October 2010 at 10:26
Hello Gary
Yes, our animals are so special, I love to hear about your lovely little Penny who looks like a very much loved friend.
Hope you are getting on alright after your previous posts
Best wishes
Di
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Diane Perry6 October 2010 at 10:31
Hi Denise
Oh yes the shower curtains are brilliant - I got them from Wilkinsons (£3) It made an instant difference as it was leaking through the arc and because I bought white ones it is still nice and light for them. But I suppose you could be quite creative as I guess Mrs Pumphrey would not approve of anything too cheap and nasty!
Best wishes to you all
Di x
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Simon Whaley7 October 2010 at 08:22
For some of us - without animals, we wouldn't be published :-)
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Diane Perry7 October 2010 at 22:16
Oh you are so right Simon, I have a lot to thank my little chucks for!
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Inside (and out) of the chicken coop

Hello and welcome to my blog. I hope you have fun viewing some of the photos and stories, a lot of them are aimed at the younger generation, but hope will appeal to anyone who loves keeping chickens as pets. I have been keeping chickens for several years now, they really inspire my writing as they are very comical. My original hens inspired me to write my book 'One Hundred Ways For A Chicken To Train Its Human' which was published by Hodder and Stoughton in March 2007. Now this little clan keep me blogging about them.

Apart from my hens, I do write other stuff too, I am trying to get my Novel - Red Kite, Published but it's so difficult without an agent, and trying to find an agent is equally as hard. However I shall not give up - that's the one thing I am certain of. In the meantime I am writing freelance magazine articles and children's stories.

Gentlemen of the River - Phyllis Blakemore

I am very proud to announce that my Mother has just had her book published. ' Gentlemen of the River - The last Coracle men of the Severn Gorge' is a lovely book about the lives of the coracle men who spent most of their lives around the River Severn in Ironbridge. It spans the generations of the Rogers family who had a long history of coracle making. My Mom knew Eusty very well as she grew up in Ironbridge. He was the very last of the coracle men of that time. I lived there for some time too and he was a wonderful character. It was very sad when he died on January 31 2003 as a lot of skill and a huge amount of memories went with him.

The photographs show a glimpse of what life was like in Ironbridge before it was a major tourist attraction and helps to tell the story of an ancient craft which is still going strong with the modern day coracle makers of today.

It is published by Stenlake Publishing Ltd and priced at a very reasonable £7.99.

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We recently took my Mom to Barmouth for a weekend break and had hours of fun on the beach by drawing animals in the sand. We had limited time to create our sand art, as the sea was fast on our heels. My Mom really surprised me when she drew a perfect Micky Mouse, which I feel was good enough for any comic of today. Our chickens were not so good, and they were soon to be washed away by the tide, but the memories of that time on a deserted beach as three adults being children again will remain as a lovely end to the summer of 2009.