Chickens!

Exciting stuff is happening from beside the railway lines!  I have started to keep chickens again!

Tommy was always excellent with the chickens we had at our old place, but when they got caught by a fox, I decided that I wasn't going to get any more until we'd moved.  Nearly a year later, I have finally purchased my three hens and their groovy new house!

Not the best picture I agree, but this is Tommy's blog! 

He has been happily laying in the sun with the ladies, carefully watching over them, sniffing the air for foxes.  I have missed keeping hens.

Dog attacks

Bit worried that the attack on a young boy down at Southend could be linked to this?
Could it be the same dog?  I now feel bad about not reporting the incident.

I think the picture the Evening Echo has used is a bit over the top....

Tommy got bitten again by another dog last night.  It was a playful nip by an enthusiastic toy poddle as they were playing.  He has bite marks round his muzzle.

Rat Boy

'You here for fat boy?' Emma said to me when I picked Tommy up on Friday.
'Fat boy?  I didn't think he was fat.  Is he fat?' I replied, worried because I'm paranoid enough about me being fat, but a fat dog, no way!
Not fat!  Rat!  Rat boy.  That's what we call him over the stables.  We're not long back.'  She turned around to get his lead and I stood there with a shocked expression on my face.  I must have looked at Emma as if she was mad because when she turned round she giggled and explained that 'Tommy is the best ratter we have over there.  He loves to chase the rats and rarely a week goes by when he doesn't catch  at least one'.
'Really?' I replied 'and he kills them?'
'Yeah' said Emma, now looking at me like I'm the mad one 'he can spend ages on the chase and then shakes them more than any stuffie I've ever seen him play with.  He loves it.'

Taking Tommy to Emma's is like taking him to another world...no wonder he loves it over there so much!