We Love Snails

The summer storms have brought lots of rain

this week, which means snails of course!

Our friend collected lots of snails from her garden to give to 

Chickadee, Speckles and Frenchy for the perfect snail feast.

Chickadee is about the eat a live snail.

Frenchy loves snails more than Chickadee and Speckles.

Frenchy thinks it's fun to chase Chickadee when Chickadee has a snail in

her mouth, even though there's a whole container full of snails to choose from!

We expect the happy hens to consume all the snails in about 5 days.

The day after the first snail feast, Frenchy laid a tiny 13 gram dark brown egg.
This is very unusual as Frenchy normally lays large eggs in excess of 60 grams.
It's about the same size as a quail egg.
Speckles laid a speckled egg!

The 'Sleep Eat' Bush

Speckles (on the left) sits under a branch of her favourite bush.

We call it the 'sleep eat' bush as funny little Speckles

likes to sit there and snooze, waking up briefly to chomp

on the nice green leaves before going back to sleep again!

We have also seen Frenchy (in the front) do the same thing

as she sleeps close to the nice green leaves at the base of the bush,

waking up for a quick snack on the foliage, before falling asleep again.

Chickadee (in the background) is a much bigger and taller chicken

who likes to munch on the green leaves of overhanging branches.

Oh, what a life of luxury the girls have!