IS THIS NORMAL FOR A CHICKEN?

As I am very new to chicken raising, I am not sure what is classified as 'normal' behaviour or not.

For the last day or so I have been noticing a hole dug in their enclosure. Today when we went up, the white girl was laying in the hole. At first I thought she was struggling to get up, so I reaching in to check on her. She then got up fine.

But it was then I saw that she had been laying on a largish round rock. Does this mean she thinks it is an egg? The white girl is twelve months old and she is a Leghorn Chicken.

We are used to weird animals, Tira is the weirdest cat I have ever known.

Does this mean we will get eggs soon? Or is she just playing surrogate mother to a rock?

 Tira likes to hang out in the cubby house

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My final catch up in the 52 series!! Tamika adopted a new kitten, so thought he should make the family portrait. We are actually babysitting? Catsitting the kitten this week-end, I am serious worried for it near our cat. Hmmm any hints on how to keep the kitten and Tira in the same house without fighting? 

Jodi over at Che and Fidel has inspired me to pick up my camera and turn the focus inward. Since I already take 100s of photos of my children each week, so I thought I would twist the idea a little. What I never seem to get is group shots, images of the family together, whether it is my two children, Tamika and Jarvis, or me with the kids, or shots of Justin and I. So I am going to challenge myself to get one image of "my family" per week.

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I am never sure who follows who, but some how Jarvis and Tira always mange to spend most of the day side by side.

There are a few, Portrait a Week options out there. A lot involve taking a portrait of your children each week. Jodi over at Che and Fidel has inspired me to pick up my camera and turn the focus inward. Since I already take 100s of photos of my children each week, so I thought I would twist the idea a little. What I never seem to get is group shots, images of the family together, whether it is my two children, Tamika and Jarvis, or me with the kids, or shots of Justin and I. So I am going to challenge myself to get one image of "my family" per week.

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I know I have mentioned it previously; however, Tira and Jarvis share a special bond. Tira will watch over Jarvis. She is ultra protective of him, this includes bath time. Tira will come in a ‘supervise’ Jarvis’s bath. He will splash and throw water at the cat. But strange cat that she is, Tira just sits there and takes it from him.

I even joke sometime that Tira acts a bit motherly towards Jarvis, watching over him, as if none of us humans can do it well enough.

There are a few, Portrait a Week options out there. A lot involve taking a portrait of your children each week. Jodi over at Che andFidel has inspired me to pick up my camera and turn the focus inward. Since I already take 100s of photos of my children each week, so I thought I would twist the idea a little. What I never seem to get is group shots, images of the family together. Whether it is my two children, Tamika and Jarvis. Or me with the kids. Or shots of Justin and I. So I am going to challenge myself to get one image of "my family" per week. 

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Tiramisu and Jarvis.

 Tira is a crazy cat; she had a rough beginning, and has never been ‘normal’. She is the oddest cat I have ever known. Tira is such a complicated cat she could have a blog of her own, after all she does have her own Facebook page. I have never known any other cat that likes to play in the rain or wants to shower with me.  She likes to play with the dogs in the house behind us, but fights with the three legged cat next door.

She either hates people, for example will poo on the rug when Tamika’s best friend comes around, or scratch my Mother in-law every time she comes to visit. Or Tira adores you, she is all over my brother-in-law, attempting to sleep on him and cuddle him all of the time. 

With Jarvis, for Tira, it was love before he was even out of my tummy. From the moment I was pregnant (before I even knew I was) Tira slept on my tummy every night.

I was worried how Tira would be with Jarvis once he was born, but she protects him. If anyone is playing chasey with Jarvis she will attack that person. She allows Jarvis to bonk her on the head regularly with toys and never reacts. If Jarvis is having a sleep, Tira will sleep near by, as if she is guarding him. If Jarvis cries, Tira will come and head butt me in the shins, as if to let me know.

And Jarvis loves Tira, after all, his second word was cat. He even attempted to learn to walk by hanging on to Tira. 

Tira was my cat, but now she is Jarvis’s

There are a few, Portrait a Week options out there. A lot involve taking a portrait of your children each week. I already take 100s of photos of my children each week, so I thought I would twist the idea a little. What I never seem to get is group shots, images of the family together. Whether it is my two children, Tamika and Jarvis. Or me with the kids. Or shots of Justin and I. So I am going to challenge myself to get one image of "my family" per week.