Saturday, January 31, 2009

Nest

The nest arrived today for the Doves (which I've called Richard + Judy) and within 5 minutes of putting it in their cage, they started using it.
I've given them some hay to use as nesting material and they seem to like it :D

Monday, January 26, 2009

25 Random Things About Me

Rules: Once you've been tagged, you are supposed to write a note with 25 random things, facts, habits, or goals about you. At the end, choose 25 people to be tagged. You have to tag the person who tagged you. If I tagged you, it's because I want to know more about you.

1.I WANT TO BECOME A VET (it had to come first :D)
2.My first fish were called Sam and Ella
3.I'm pround of the fact that I've had my arm up a sheep and have the photos to prove it
4.I've read the first half of "looking for jj" two and a half times
5.I've had 2 pet lambs - Greg + Bluebelle
6.I don't like the texture of flour - gives me goosebumps!
7. ...is my favourite number
8.I try to get up at 7.47 most days
9.I want some chickens that lay blue eggs
10.I like the colour blue
11.Sarah is like my big sister, Evie + Rose are like my little sisters :P
12.I have a really cheesy smile :D
13.I met Tony! (Simon Cowells bodyguard)
14.Lewis sometimes speaks in the 3rd person, I don't know why it just sounds funny to say me, me, me. I, I, I
15.Lewis has a blog, which no one reads, but it helps me remember things to do with work experience :)
16.Lewis is listening to Wicked (its on shuffle!) which he has seen Chicago
17.Lewis wants to go to London in the Summer to go see a show
18.Tango day (Argentina) is on my birthday
19.Mother was born 2 days after me (obviously not in years, just the date)
20.Now I'm listening to Banana Pancakes
21.Can't sing
22.I've been to Hawaii, it's not what I expected, there are a lot more hotels, the other quieter side where there are less tourists was better. We saw turtles
23.Theatre stuff is a good hobby (Y)
24.I have tried to play Cello (year 2), Oboe (year 5), Guitar (year 7) and now Piano
25.I have lots of pets (20 I think), and I want to hatch some more Quail :)

Saturday, January 24, 2009

Britains Got Talent

Today me + my friends got free tickets to go to watch the Britains Got Talent auditions in Birmingham.
We queued for a few hours, and we got quite good seats upstairs in the circle.
There was a warm up man, who was really funny, who introduced the judges - Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan - aswell as Ant & Dec. He explained how it all worked, and then we had to record clapping, standing ovations, boos etc.
Some of the acts were really good, and others weren't so :P! It started at 1ish and we got out at about 7.
Afterwards we walked past the Stage Door, and Tony - Simon Cowell's bodyguard was there, so I had my photo taken with him :D

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Diamond Doves - 2nd Egg

The doves have layed another egg, the second one. I went to 2 pet shops and couldn't see anything suitable They've also got more small grit so that they have enough calcium.
It was on the bottom of the cage cracked open. There was a bowl in the cage on the bottom with hay in it, but they didn't use it so I've been trying to find them a nest. I've been to 2 pet shops and couldn't see anything so I've ordered a proper nest for the off the internet (from Portugal of all places!)Hopefully they'll use the new nest and we may have a baby dove in a few weeks time :D

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Diamond Doves

I got a pair of Diamond Doves for Christmas and when I got home today there was an egg in the bottom of the cage. It has cracked so they won't try to hatch it, but I'm going to have to get them a nest and then hopefully they will lay more eggs and try to incubate them themselves.

They don't have names yet, but the male is the one with the bigger orange ring around his eye, and the female has a browner chest.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

New Candler

I've bought a new pen-candler.
It was only £5 off the internet. You use it to look inside eggs while they're hatching so you can tell if the egg is fertile and if there is an embryo developing inside it.
If the egg is fertile, when it's candled you can see the blood vessels inside the egg.
It's a lot smaller than the one I made, so it's easier to use.