Is it coming?

The Noisy Miners are collecting cobwebs from under the eaves.

The Wood Ducks are looking for tree hollows.

The Kookaburras are doing likewise (it’s apparently an uproariously funny process).

My tomato seeds are coming up:

And I found this under the trees, all ready to fry for tonight’s dinner:

Even the solar panels are producing above 4 kWh a day, highest they’ve been since May.

Yesterday Molly went into the nest and looked around… and my heart leapt. She came right out again… and my heart resumed its normal beat. But the signs are promising.

Spring must be coming!

I haven’t had any eggs since that hot week we had way back in January, when they stopped laying and moulted. I’ve been noticing that Molly’s wattles and comb are becoming a brighter red each week (Cheeky’s are so small, they’re almost not there). They’re both looking exceptionally handsome and healthy in their shiny new coats and I’m topping up the food containers more often, so they’re eating more. It’s time to start the daily treats of grated carrot and yoghurt again. I’m convinced the carrot is what makes their yolks so orange and the yoghurt helps with calcium intake.

They’re chatting to one another more, too. Normally they don’t vocalise much, only after laying. It’s a sort of querulous… “why am I feeling so funny inside at the moment?”  It’s hormones Girls! Let ’em rip!

I will be so glad to see the end of this cold, wet winter.

Roll on spring!