Eggs and pumpkins

The eggs have been coming slowly but surely. We've been having usually one a day. We're not sure how many are laying. We do believe that some of them are being stolen, because we put an egg in a nest and watched it, and after three days it disappeared. No yolk, no shell pieces, just completely gone. We're suspecting a snake. The internet suggests putting golf balls in the nests for the snake to swallow and eventually die. However, the internet also warns that killing the snake will allow the rats and mine population to grow.


The eggs are pretty fantastic. The shells are really tough and the yolk is really thick. It's like pudding.

We carved pumpkins last night. We used a tracing kit for the first time. Roger's came out looking just like the pattern. Mine was... a bit improvised.