Birthday Secret Egg Stash

Lydia went away for a long weekend in early October and the

hens suddenly went off the lay. On Lydia's birthday, she

found a secret stash of eggs in a hideaway nest in the garden!

Frenchy laid the 4 darker brown speckled eggs

and Speckles laid the 2 creamy coloured eggs.

Speckles stands in front of the secret hideaway

nest in a ground-creeper vine in the backyard.

Coco Goes Broody in Spring

Every spring, Coco goes broody and this October was no exception.

We didn't want to give Coco fertile eggs and have baby chicks,

so we put up with her broody behaviour for a few weeks. 

Coco goes flighty when she's broody.

Here she is standing on top of the A-frame coop with Frenchy

and Lexi sitting on the ground in the background.

Coco is locked out of the Taj Mahal coop so she sits on top of the

external nesting box roof, flat as a pancake and not impressed. 

Coco is all fluffed up and broody.

Close up photo of Coco.

Coco is extra affectionate and cuddly when she's broody.

She's definitely a "mummy's girl".