Collecting Birds

Well, we now have three chickens, as well as the coop, food and so on.

We kept them in the coop overnight, so we’ll be letting them out properly for the first time this morning, introducing them to their new home. Oh, and introducing Hound (and perhaps Psycho Cat) to them to see how they all react. That should be amusing, if nothing else.

Collecting the birds went fine – I’d rented a long wheel-base Ford Transit for the day, so we went over, got everything in, and came home. Pulling into our own drive, I managed to put a scratch down the side of the van, so we’ll see how much that’s going to cost me when I talk to the rental company today. Ah well.

All the same though, driving the van was fun, and (other than that one minor interaction with the gatepost) no real problem at all. The change in driving position was weird to start off with, as was the difference in the gearshift – seriously long throw with it still being floor-mounted, rather than the dashboard-mounted shift you see on most transit-type vans now. (Turns out that it’s on the new ones, just not the one I was driving, which was an ’04 plate) Still, it was fun to drive.

So there we are. I’ve turned thirty-six today, and we’ve got new chickens. Funny the way things work out.