Tuesday 8 July 2008

Ovvy the Egg Nanny



Ever wonder what happens to the eggs when a bird wants a break from laying it? Well that's where Ovvy comes in. Just the other day, we walked into our chicken coop and found this little creature handing an egg back to one of our broody chicken. We wondered what was going on and started to question it.


"I'm Ovvy and I'm the Egg Nanny. If you got a fertilized egg that you need taking care of for a short while then you can give it to me and I'll take it for a walk for a couple of hours, I'll even give it a polish if you want!"


And with that she took another egg popped it in her mouth, rolled it around and spat out a brightly polished egg and gave it back to the chicken.


"Now excuse me" she said. "I've got a blue tit clutch to attend to."


Tuesday 1 July 2008

Blink



Another of the Octopi Jardinus, we think, but with a little snake thrown in with the snail and octopus parts for good measure. We were having a walk after talking to Octo, and suddenly we came across this one attempting to hide behind a far too small rock and as we neared it, it jumped out, waved its arms and mouthed boo! It almost looked scary but we were laughing too much although very quietly because we saw the same antenae on its head as Octo has.

It couldn't speak but it was trying to communicate vigorously with us but we couldn't understand it. So all it could do was stare at us and blink so we called it Blink.

Then it wandered off, found a place on its own and started dancing to silent music. We still don't know much about it except that it likes to play games and party!