Buffy Goes Broody

 

13 month old Buffy went Broody for the first time in early December.

Lydia kicked Buffy off the nesting box and closed the A-frame coop.

Buffy was forced to run around and play in the grapevine.

Broody Buffy couldn't help herself and made a

nest in between the A-frame coop and the fence.

Buffy the Buff Leghorn has similar feather colouring as the straw.

Buffy has a big comb.

It's summer time hot weather in Australia so Buffy was placed

in a basket lined with a ice pack wrapped in a tea towel.

Bianco has an egg coming so the coop door is opened, much to Buffy's delight.

Bianco sits in the nesting box next to broody Buffy.

Frenchy and Speckles inspect the A-frame coop with the two

occupied nesting boxes. Frenchy does not look impressed!

Buffy the Christmas Chicken

 

Buffy looks cute sitting in a basket next to the Christmas tree.

Buffy looks surreal in the Christmas photo shoot.

Buffy is quite content sitting in the Christmas basket.

She's actually broody and sitting on an ice pack!

Buffy looks at the Christmas tree decorations.

Merry Christmas from Buffy 

(and Speckles, Frenchy and Bianco who are absent from the photo shoot!)

Buffy and Bianco Turn 1

Bianco and Buffy are in the nesting boxes in the A-frame coop.
Both little hens are approximately one year old this month.

Bianco and Buffy are so small that they can fit in one nesting box together.

Bianco sits behind Buffy.
Bianco has a characteristic upright white tail when she sits down.

Two in the nest.

Bianco stands up as she starts to lay an egg.

Buffy's wing catches Bianco's body as the egg is laid.

Buffy sits on Bianco's egg whilst Bianco perches overhead.

Frenchy comes for an inspection in the A-frame coop.

Frenchy decides to leave the one year old hens alone.

Buffy likes to sit on eggs.

Buffy has a characteristic big floppy red comb.

 

In the Greenery

Bianco and Buffy stand in the greenery.
Bianco is a white leghorn hen and Buffy is
a buff leghorn hen from the same breeder.

Bianco walks among the greenery which she likes to eat.

Bianco's tail looks like a shark fin!

Buffy's tail also looks like a shark fin!

Buffy pokes her head out of the greenery.

Lydia loves this cute photo of Buffy's face.

Buffy stands tall in the greenery.

Buffy likes to play in the greenery and eat it too.

Buffy laid a white egg on the ground.

Buffy is sometimes tempted to lay eggs in the
garden rather than her nesting box in the coop.

Frenchy finds Buffy's egg on the ground.

Lucky Lydia didn't step on Buffy's secret stash of eggs hidden in the greenery!

Frenchy walks through the greenery.

Frenchy is a French Wheaten Maran hen with a diva personality.

Here comes Speckles with little Buffy closely watching in the background.

 

The Gas Meter Box

One morning, Speckles and Frenchy decided to make

themselves comfortable on top of the gas meter box.

The 2 Happy Hens look content.

Speckles (left) has a dirty beak.

I hope the gas meter reader person doesn't come today!

Buffy's Secret Stash

Miss Buffy looks cute and innocent standing under a bush.

On Lydia's way to work after returning from a long weekend away,

she found a 'secret stash' of eggs in the carport.

Buffy found a hole in the fence and laid two white eggs in the grass.

The hole in the fence has now been blocked up and the grass has been

removed to deter egg laying in places other than the hen house!

Frenchy on Bastille Day

Our friend Brad is a whiz at Adobe Photoshop software.

Brad created this picture of Frenchy on Bastille Day, 14th July 2020.

Frenchy, the French Wheaten Maran hen on Bastille Day, how appropriate!

Lydia supplied Brad with two photos of Frenchy

for the Bastille Day picture collage. 

Frenchy is a 2.5 year old diva.

Buffy's First Egg

Buffy (on right) was noisy and unsettled on Sunday

morning 14th June 2020. Buffy kept going in and out of

her nesting box, so we knew her first egg was coming.

Buffy sits in the nesting box in the A-frame coop,

preparing to lay her first egg. Meanwhile, Frenchy's fluffy butt

faces the camera whilst timid Bianco stands in the background.

Buffy is in the nesting box lined with fresh straw.

Buffy laid her first egg 8 days after Bianco's first egg.

Buffy laid a 39 gram, ivory coloured, oval shaped egg.

Buffy sun-bakes in a dirt bath after laying her first egg.