Maid's rooms upstairs



Maid's room 1 with wall




Maid's room 1 without wall



We engaged Lain Hellrich of "High Country Carpentry" in Fairlie to manage and do all the renovations.
Lain organised Cliff Trotter of "Cliff Hanger" in Timaru to design and do all the architectural drawings for the renovation. Before we start on all of this and publish the plans, etc, we will post a whole heap of photos of the work we did prior to the builders moving in. Nick was in his element trashing walls and taking out a chimney, while I was a little nervous that he was taking out too much before Lain got there....thinking the walls would come tumbling down.

The fun begins.....

It's been so long since our last post and so much has happened over the Spring and Summer that it is difficult to know where to start. We will just keep the story going from where we last signed off. Unfortunately though, in case you had become attached to the little chickens, we had better inform you early that they were eaten by a weasel. However the weasel met his maker under the tyre of the builder's ute. Brian the proud and handsome rooster also went with the weasel...not under the tyre but by the paws and jaws of one of the worker's dogs.

Chicken in a box...

We have been keeping an eye on Harriet and I was getting a little nervous everytime she left the nest. I guess I should be trusting her animal instincts for hatching eggs but I would rush to the eggs and feel to see if they were still warm. I didn't think they were warm enough and thought she was being neglectful, but still hoped that all was well. She was sitting in a different way the other day and a little higher than usual. Next day when we checked there were two wee chickens chirping away....yes...she did it! They are now rushing every where with Mum, always seem to be busy and in a hurry.