Buffy (pictured left) came to live with us in early March 2020,
just before the COVID pandemic really started to affect Australia.
Buffy was a bantam buff leghorn bred on a farm in
Salmon Gums in Esperance, Western Australia.
Buffy and Bianco were bantam hens who
looked so cute sitting in the nesting box together.
Bianco (the bantam white leghorn) was Buffy's little
buddy who came to live with us at the same time.
Buffy was known for her 'secret stashes' of eggs.
Lydia sometimes found a 'Buffy egg' laid in
the garden or a random location in the yard.
Buffy was on the bottom of the pecking order.
She was a little hen weighing about 950 grams.
Gerard's favourite memory is Buffy being blown over sideways on the
ground on an extremely windy day. Buffy had a very surprised look on her face.
Hello Buffy.
Like all our happy hens, Buffy liked to have a dust bath and lay in the sun.
She only had quick dirt baths as the other hens often bullied her
out of the way or stole her dirt bath hole. Bianco liked to peck
and eat the dirt off Buffy's back when Buffy was dust bathing.
In late 2020, Buffy went broody which is uncharacteristic for a leghorn hen.
Broody Buffy made a nest in the straw outside the coop.
She was broody for over 50 days which is unusual!
We didn't put fertile eggs under Buffy so she was never a mum.
Buffy had a very big comb for a little hen.
Buffy the Christmas chicken!
She looks surreal sitting in a basket under the Christmas tree!
This is one of our favourite photos of Buffy.
Buffy died suddenly on 5th October 2021 from unknown causes.
The 23 month old hen had a happy life and she showed no signs
of illness before Lydia found her dead under a tree at home.
We miss our cute little Buffy.
May you be a happy hen forever.
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