No Internet! hen's toilet parts and shopping

I am writing this blog entry on my netbook's notepad, as our Internet connection is down at the present time.......which is a bit of a worry.....can I cope without my daily blog "fix"?...perhaps not, which is more worrying, I think I am more addicted to my daily diary than I would ever admit
.....Yesterday was dominated by one of the buff Orphinton's gynaecological type of problems....by luck I noticed that she was a little quiet and on impulse as I walked past her I reached out and lifted her up. on inspection I saw that she had prolapsed her vent and was dragging a medium sized egg around with her. To explain this to any "non hen" owners. The immature hen had tried to lay her first egg and it had got suck in her"tuppence!", after straining, she had managed to expel the egg but had prolapsed her "bits" as it were with it!......are you still with me readers???? anyhow very gently I removed the egg and cleaned her bottom with antiseptic and tea tree oil. The prolapse was more than I could deal with at home ( I am baffled with any female nether regions) so I sat her carefully on the passenger seat of the Berlingo and took her up to the vets.Luckily hen expert Zoe was on duty and deftly she sewed the prolapse back in place (with me acting as scrub nurse) and then dusted the ripped membranes with antibiotic powder.She gave the poor girl an injection of antibiotic with instructions for me to give her a further 2 injections at home and then to remove the sutures in 24 hours. I placed her into the spare cage in the shed with the guinea fowl and left her to settle in the dark.Time will tell if she pulls through, but I suspect a peritonitis may claim her in the end.
Today everything is "stable", Chris was up at 6am, having a lively conversation with the BT internet technical team, as the broadband still was not working!, whilst I hid under the duvet with the dogs desperate for some more sleep. I took him to the station at 8am, returned home, checked all the phone plugs and hey presto! broadband working!!!!
I am so excited, I treated myself to a blog and an extra strong cup of coffee!
I think I may need the caffeine! Taking sutures out of a chicken's bum, is something I have never done before, and I think I may need some fortification. Please forgive me if I don't photograph the "operation" for the blog!
As for Christmas! I only have Chris' main gifts to get, which will be the job for tomorrow. Of course there are a couple of smaller gifts I have forgotten.....the "secret santa" gift at work; a small "thank you" pressie for the sister that has allowed me to come in work late on Christmas Night and a couple of others.
Today is cold and frosty.......it is starting to feel like Christmas