MJ's little flock

[Shadrach]

So did she get a bit?

Of course. I'm a complete pushover.

 

[LozzyR]

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Chickens - master manipulators!

 

[BY Bob]

Tap has turned out to be the most precocious hen I've met!
She has all her mothers (Mel) attitude and none of Cillins mellowness.
This is her this morning. At the house on her own demanding breakfast.
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You have to respect that!

 

[BY Bob]

That's the strange thing, I think she's only two. But who knows whether that nasty chicken breeder was telling the truth about her age. She was full sized but gawky when I brought her home.

That does not seem right. I agree. Are they known as good laying hens?

 

[BY Bob]

She knows I've got peanut butter on toast.

Maleficent would fly right up me for peanutbutter toast! No one else gets that excited by it anymore.

 

[BY Bob]

I've just had a very careful look at Mary while she was preening and it was clear some of her feathers haven't finished growing.

But then I remembered there's no causality between feathers and eggs. So she doesn't get laying sympathy after all.

Certainly the amount of daylight buys her a little bit of leeway, doesn't it?

 

[MaryJanet]

There was a lot of fussing around the nest this morning and now I know why!

I had to use the egg basket! An extremely rare occurrence.

Not enough pockets you see.

Anyway, after all that effort the ladies were feeling rather hungry so they tucked into the breakfast leftovers with gusto.

 

[MaryJanet]

Certainly the amount of daylight buys her a little bit of leeway, doesn't it?

Any suggestion, however tenuous, gets her a little bit of leeway

 

[BY Bob]

Well deserved! Great job ladies.

 

[MaryJanet]

That does not seem right. I agree. Are they known as good laying hens?

Yes they are. And she once laid 9 eggs in 9 days. She continues to hold the title of Flock Laying Champion.