Daphne's New Digs

I know I said Daphne would write the next blog, but I wanted to show off her playpen that I set up for her.

 I bought the playpen at a garage sale for ten bucks.  It is a standard Graco Playpen, Winnie-the-Pooh one at that, but they didn't put Pooh and friends on anything visible.  I love the elephant, it is so cute.  I need to find a better water dish, but for now (while she isn't here) it will do pretty well. 

My intent isn't to keep her in the pen much of the time.  It will be her room for when we go away and can't supervise her.  We don't want our current flock to take advantage of her size and innocence.  They can be a little bullyish.  It remains to be seen where she will sleep, it will either be in here, if she desires, or I'm thinking it will be with one of us, probably Paula. 

Here are some toys I pulled out of storage to help keep her company when we are gone.  We had a duck that just LOVED stuffed animals, and it will be interesting to see if Daphne shows any affinity towards them.  The Teddy Bear on the left is a bear Paula got for her son, Daphne's adult brother, when he was just a little kid, so there is a little bit of hand me down going on. 

An exciting question we wonder about is how is our eldest cat Dan-Dan going to react to Daphne.  When our duck Lili was a baby and when our other chickens, Flower and the Spice Girls, were babies Dan-Dan spent as much time as possible with them.  When the were in there carrier we were using as a brooder, he would be right next to them the whole time.  And when they were out and about, he kept an eye on them and made sure they had plenty of cuddles.  He would let them climb all over him.  It was really cute, and Dan-Dan proved to be the best babysitter.  However, they were a day old when we got them, Daphne will be eight weeks old when we get her.  Will Dan-Dan show the same affection? 

In less then 48 hours, we will be on our way South on I-5, going to Velvet's house to meet Daphne for the very first time! 

Kevin