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Hole characters to welcome you!
"The Welcoming Committee"
Holly
There are plenty of animal characters at the Hole to welcome new and returning guests...'Head of Security' is Holly, our brown and white 'Sprolly' (Springer Spaniel cross Collie). She likes all the other animals to know she is next in authority (after the human residents), but she adores people.
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Ethelfritha
Often you will find a Hole resident where you dont expect to find them...
Flower pots are a regular hidey hole for the chickens. They only give their location away by peeking over the edge of their newly acquired residence.
This young lady is 'Ethelfritha'. All the chickens and cockerels enjoy a dust bath in a flower pot or in the wood shavings in the Pole Barn, so expect to see dust and dirt pitched into the air by a seemingly invisible host!
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Albert
Albert is a hen despite her name, and Caracatacus's daughter - though neither of them seem aware of that! ( We hope you're following this, you will be tested you know!)
Albert is 'Head Egg Layer', 'Egg Quality Control Supervisor' and 'Chief Scrounger'. Dont be too surprised if you see this chicken wearing a bobble hat as in the picture.
As a symbol of her authority over the other chickens, Albert will particularly in the colder months wear her bobble hat to keep the chill off! Albert's curiosity will ensure that if a window or door is open, she is likely to be in looking for any crumbs to hoover up.
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Florence, Maisy and Jemima
Our newest additions are 3 pedigree Dexter calves - 2 of the 3 seen here.
They will only grow waist height, and enjoy being fed and stroked.
All 3 were born in spring 2008, and if you had thought before that all cattle are huge and a little physically intimidating, meeting these 3 youngsters will change your view.
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Gwendoline and Gertrude
Gwendoline & Gertrude make a lot of honking noise when you first arrive, sharing security duties with Holly.
They think they are guard dogs and fashion critics, but are in fact Chinese Geese and lay very large eggs.
Once they recognise you're no longer a stranger, they should stop honking!
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Some of the other members of the welcoming committee:
Barny & Bernie Barn Owl - as seen left, have had babies this year in the tractor shed in an old tea chest, and Barny flies out hunting at dusk.
We also have a family of deer in the lower fields that can regularly be seen early and late in the day.
Lambert & Mathilda are our two resident mouse catchers - although they seem to spend most of their time asleep, and always find the warmest of sunspots!
And then there's the one and only Horace....oh dear oh dear....its best you find out about Horace and his 'peculiar choice of girlfriends' yourself!
Also there's Beowulf, Arnold, Athelfreda, Tiny, Little Albert, Togamus IVth..& so on......
A very warm welcome to you, from all of us!!
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