Wednesday 20 November 2019

Locked Out Of The Coop

Five year old Chickadee has gone broody again for the 14th time!
A recent 5 day heatwave has taken its toll on the Rhode 
Island Red hen who's overheated and gone broody!
Chickadee (left) was cranky this morning that Lydia removed
her from sitting in the nesting box in the coop.
Chickadee likes to go broody around the time
when the local 'pet of the year' competition is on!
Speckles (right) pecks the ground and stays close to Chickadee.
Broody Chickadee decides to sit in the dirt in front
of the hens' "Dine-a-Chook" feeding station.
Chickadee stands up and gets ready to make a move.
Chickadee walks into the ground floor of the Taj Mahal coop.
Chickadee is not impressed that the entry to the nesting boxes is closed!
Chickadee looks at the closed door at the top of the ramp.
The broody hen walks up the ramp.
Let me in! Let me in! Open the door!
I want to sit in my nesting box!
Chickadee is not impressed that she's been locked out of the coop.
Chickadee gives up and turns around to walk down the ramp.

Tuesday 12 November 2019

Crazy Chicken Lady

'The girls' are waiting for their morning feed.
Big Chickadee (right) looks like she's in a hurry
for breakfast after waking up at the crack of dawn.
Lydia received a custom-made storage container as a birthday gift
from her friend Stephanie. Lydia thinks the wonderful gift is very
thoughtful and useful. The container fits perfectly in the fridge to store fresh
food scraps for the hens. Speckles inspects the new box placed on the ground.
Chickadee and Frenchy can be seen approaching from the right
to check out the strange box they have never seen before.
Speckles wants to know what's in the 'Crazy Chicken Lady' box!
Speckles is such a curious little hen.
The opened box reveals lots of fresh lettuce leaves inside.
The girls love lettuce and they eat heaps of it every day.
Frenchy takes the first bite.
Speckles sticks her head in the container to pick out the lettuce leaves.
The girls are happily feeding.
Frenchy and Chickadee have their fluffy butts
facing the camera during the feeding frenzy.
Three 'lettuce monsters'.
Nom, nom, nom.
Stephanie handmade this appropriately themed birthday card for Lydia.
Pretty cool, hey?!