A Bucket of Chicken

Speckles is the boss hen and she likes to stand on the upside down

bucket and watch over the other hens as they run around on the ground.

A bucket of chicken! 

Speckles is aged 8 years and 8 months old in this photo.

We love her fluffy face.

Chicken Pen Renovation

Our friends Darren and Eugene renovated the chicken pen in July.

The pen had all the wooden posts replaced with metal ones

and a new, high domed roof. This is what the finished

chicken pen looks like with the door open.

Little grey Coco pecks the ground inside the new chicken pen.

Side view of the pen.

Coco loves to sit on top of the Taj Mahal coop at sunset.

Coco sits up there on purpose so Lydia will pick her up

for a cuddle before placing her inside the coop at night time.

Pot of Chicken

Pixel and Spot stand in a pot.

A pot of chicken!

Girls just want to have fun!

Relaxing in a Dirt Bath

   From left to right: Pixel, Peachy and Patty have a dirt bath in the sun.

   The girls love having dirt baths.

Patty kicks dirt everywhere.

The 3 pullets relax in the sunshine.

Speckles falls asleep in a dirt bath.

Speckles (right) has her head under Coco (left) in a dirt bath.

Coco has dirt showing under her wing after a dirt bath.

Spot and Pixel have a dirt bath together under a tree.

The 4 Young Ones

Pixel is the boss of the young hens.

Pixel is a 5.5 month old pullet 3/4 leghorn breed.

Pixel happily sits under a bush. 

 Spot is also 5.5 months old and a 3/4 leghorn breed.

Spot has a characteristic black spot on her comb.

5.5 month old Patty likes sunbaking after a dirt bath.

Peachy is younger than the other 3 pullets and we think she is about

4.5 months old. Peachy is at the bottom of the pecking order.

6 Chicks Easter 2026

The four new pullets had their first Easter earlier this month. 

The new girls were about 5.5 months old

at Easter and boy do they eat a lot of food!

The photo above shows the 6 chicks at Easter grazing on grass.

Peachy is in the foreground. In the background, from left to right,

is Patty, Coco, Spot, Speckles and Pixel.

The 6 chicks had an afternoon rest under a tree during

the Easter long weekend. Pixel likes to perch and be up high.

On ground level, from left to right, is 'The Boss" Speckles standing up,

Patty (preening), Peachy (sitting), Coco (behind the tree branches)

and Spot (standing up). The 6 hens have sorted out the pecking

order and they get along OK now.

Coco (~7 years old) and Speckles (~ 8 years and 4 months old)

perch under a wooden outdoor table. Chilling out chickens.

Coco is the second in charge and she is not impressed

that the new pullets are growing taller than her!

Four New Pullets

Our friend Ronald collected 4x 14-week old pullets from Comps Poultry

breeders and delivered them to our house on 2nd February 2026.

The new girls are three-quarter leghorns

(Leghorn crossed with a New Hampshire breed).

We have named them (left to right): Peachy, Patty, Pixel and Spot. 

Patty stands in the front of the A-frame coop door whilst the

other three girls scratch down the back near the nesting boxes.

Pixel (left) and Peachy (right).

Peachy is Lydia's favourite pullet because she is so cute

and friendly and makes baby 'cheep cheep' noises.

This is Lydia's favourite photo of the new pullets.

Front to back: Peachy, Pixel, Patty and Spot (standing in the nesting box).

Eight year old Speckles ('the boss' hen) is not impressed with the 4 new

girls locked in the A-frame coop. Coco stays away from the new additions.

The chickens will get to know each other through the wire cage for a while.