Spotty - the daughter of the White Leghorn "Elke" and the New Hampshire rooster "Jo Cocker", hatched by the Bantam Leghorn "Anna Teresa" in January started to lay eggs. The colours are a mixture between brown (New Hampshire) and white (Leghorn) and the sizes are like the eggs of the foster mum!

On the left the eggs of my Isa Brown hen (above average, I acknowledge), on the right the eggs of Spotty. She really has to improve to keep up with the other ladies.

"Icy dawn greets South Australians
Friday July 6, 2012 - 12:00 EST


Frosty start for most South Australians -
The day has had an icy start across many areas of South Australia...

...The mercury dipped to -4.9 at Renmark in the Riverland and temperatures also went below zero in the state's south-east, across the Barossa Valley and in the mid-north.

Adelaide saw an icy start, below 1 degree in the northern suburbs and 1.7 at the airport, where there were several morning flight delays.

Airport officials said aircraft needed ice removed from the wings, a process Adelaide was less prepared for than some other capital cities.

Olivia Wirth, from Qantas, said it was a very unusual problem to have faced in Adelaide..."

... the next day sick! Miss Piggy refused to eat - this has never happened before. Diarrhea and vomiting. Poor thing. It started on Sunday and on Monday I decided to call the Mobile Veterinary Service of the University (http://dlyons01.web-prod.development.adelaide.edu.au/vetsci/centres/pahc/pahc_staff/). Thankfully Mandi and a bunch of students were able to examine her properly (after she stopped screaming for her life) and left some medication. Now the pig is healthy again, talking to me when I bring the food and is eating, eating, eating ....



Thank you, Mandi. Good job.