Today is here at last...

We started off meeting in Ngarauahia (have I got that spelling right?) and the kids had a play at the playground. It was FUN.

Then we went off home to set our eggs. I'd already put my first 6 from Appletons under Wendy before we left, then when we got home, we got her out of her house for her 2 daily ablutions/water and food, giving us the chance to sneak in the remaining eggs.

Here she is getting out of the nesting box. We'd already popped all the eggs in when she was in the grass area. Look at how many there are!

First stop is off under the orange tree to do 'number 2's' in the grass, and look for bugs to eat (funnily enough this is where Blah and her chicks loved to go too).

Then it was off to Matt's garden to have her dirt bath. She LOVES this. It's her spot. Matt refuses to plant anything else here for the moment as it's Wendy's dirt bath.

Check out the dirt flying through the air.

I feed her some pellets while she's there. It allows me to get close enough to pick her up when the time is right, and also lets her feed while bathing.

Then it was back into her house to sit on the eggs some more.

She comfortably sits on all 14. I must admit today before we got the 8 from Poultry Valley, I was nervous. What if she couldn't take them all? I didn't realise she was already sitting on 12. I thought she had 9. I think the kids snuck some in? So when we added in today's lot, it was only another 2. She coped admirably.

I've kept going back to check on her and she's been doing this all day. Grin. How on earth am I going to get through the next 3 weeks? I'm so excited.