Dirty Feet, Dirty Beak

Chilli has dirty feet after digging in the wet ground.

Chilli loves playing in the water. 

 Chilli loves to hide behind the shed door when it's open.

Nestle stands on a pile of bricks with dirty feet.

Muddy footprints.

Chilli has a dirty wattle (red thing under her beak).

How did your wattle get dirty Miss Chilli? 

Nestle has a dirty beak.

Chick Sit

The 2 Happy Hens have gone clucky in spring!

Nestle was laying an egg and Chilli decided to jump

in the nesting box and push her way underneath Nestle.

Chilli also pushed Nestle's fresh egg out of the box and onto the ground!

Chilli was very comfortable in her bed with Nestle sitting on her.

 It was like Chilli was re-living her younger chick days being sat on!

Chilli had a nice sleep under Nestle for about half an hour.

Nestle was happy being boss, sitting on Chilli.

 Now that's what you call 2 Happy Hens!

Rear view of Nestle sitting on Chilli.

You can see the egg on the ground underneath the nesting box.

Spring Rose

Spring has sprung in Western Australia!

The single petal white climbing rose bush ('Macartney's Rose') flowers

every September and is about three metres high and three metres wide.

 The bees love the roses.

 A simple but stunning flower.

Chilli strikes a pose under the rose! 

Nestle stands in the dappled afternoon sunlight.

Nestle camoflagues well with the leaf litter

under the climbing rose bush.

The 2 Happy Hens scratch in the garden,

doing what they do best!

Chilli takes a rest.

We Love Meal Worms

The 2 Happy Hens absolutely love eating fresh meal worms;

it's their all time favourite food.

We buy home-grown meal worms locally from our friend Leonie.

 

Gerard feeds a handful of meal worms to Nestle and Chilli.

The cream flakes is bran which the meal worms feed off

 whilst in the storage container in the fridge.

Chilli pushes Nestle out of the way.

Peck, peck, peck. Yum, yum, yum.

Chilli has a patch of meal worms all to herself, lucky Chilli! 

The 2 Happy Hens want more meal worms!

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Please sir, I want some more!

The 2 Happy Hens look up to Gerard in anticipation.

Nestle gets impatient and jumps up to the

meal worm container in Gerard's hands.

The 2 Happy Hens eat out of Gerard's hand.

They love being hand fed.

 

We love meal worms!