Tuesday, 31 July 2018

Frenchy's First Egg

Frenchy laid her first egg on 26th July 2018 (left hand side of photo),
one month after Speckles' first egg. Frenchy's eggs are turning a darker
brown colour which is typical of her breed (French Wheaten Maran hen). 
Frenchy (front of photo) is settling in as the hen at the bottom of the
pecking order. Big boss Chickadee is slowing down her egg
production as she ages; Chickadee will turn 4 in October.

Thursday, 26 July 2018

7 Weeks Together

 Speckles and Frenchy have lived in their new home with Chickadee for 7 weeks.
Speckles has settled in quickly but Frenchy is still a timid
little hen who gets pecked by Chickadee occasionally.
Speckles and Frenchy are about 6 months old and have grown a lot.
Lettuce is their favourite food, along with small amounts of bread and tomato.
Speckles stands on top of the custom feeding station like Nestle used to.
The hens love 'Dine-a-chook' and 'Wet-a-chook'.
Frenchy copies her half-sister Speckles and stands on top of the feeding station.
Chickadee and Speckles both have an egg coming
and sit in their nesting boxes ready to lay.
Frenchy stands in front, watching....
Frenchy has grown too big to sit under Chickadee's nesting box;
she can only half fit underneath!
Poor little Frenchy is at the bottom of the pecking
order and hasn't started laying eggs yet.