It's been a hot and dry summer in Australia with
the warm weather continuing into autumn.
The 3 Happy Hens try to cool down in their favourite dirt patch.
The hens pant in the heat.
Half-sisters Frenchy and Speckles sit close together.
Speckles in fluffed up.
Frenchy sits with her tail high in the air.
Frenchy and Speckles are panting 'hot chicks'.
Chickadee copes better with the heat than Frenchy and Speckles.
Chickadee pants on a hot autumn afternoon.
Frenchy stares straight at the camera with curiosity.
The flock stays close together.
