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!

Fed and Watered

The 2 Happy Hens love to eat a seed mix containing

wheat, black sunflower seeds and cracked corn.

Blue ice-cream containers are recycled

and are used to store chicken feed.

Chilli eats lettuce out of Lydia's hand.

The 2 Happy Hens are very spoilt and love to be hand-fed.

Lettuce is one of their favourite foods, even if they aren't hungry!

Nestle jumps on the pink bin used to store chicken feed in the shed.

Pink for girls of course!

The orange bag is 'LIVAMOL' which is a palatable blend of proteins,

energy and polyunsaturated oil formulated to improve coat condition

 and the general appearance of all livestock, including poultry.

The 2 Happy Hens are fed a small bowl of 'LIVAMOL' mixed

with laying pallets and water for breakfast every morning.

Nestle drinks rain water from a watering can positioned under a down pipe.

Nestle camoflagues well with the brown leaf litter on the ground! 

Nestle and Chilli take a drink from their water container located in the back yard.

 Chilli likes to put her foot in the water bowl when she has a drink.

Chilli is attracted to water, especially rain, and enjoys getting wet

(sometimes we think she is a duck!)

2 hydrated hens. 

Nesting in the Pet Carrier

The 2 Happy Hens love playing and nesting in their

pet carrier stored on top of the BBQ in the shed.

Chilli looks surprised that Nestle jumped in the box before she did!

Chilli is fond of the pet carrier and feels cosy and safe in it.

  Chilli kicks Nestle out of the box.

Nestle does not look impressed!

 Nestle contemplates her next move....

 Nestle's got attitude!

 Chilli jumps out of the box with a piece

 of straw stuck under her wing.

 Nestle plays in the pet carrier in the background.

 Chilli tilts her head and listens to Nestle's clucky noises.

Chilli starts making her own clucky noises.

Double trouble! 

 Chilli wins her spot on the nest. Nestle is kicked out.

 Nestle does not look impressed!

 Chilli is very comfortable sitting in her favourite pet carrier.

Nestle looks on as Chilli has an egg coming....

 Chilli pushes an egg out.....

 Now it's Nestle's turn to lay an egg in the pet carrier.

 Nestle squints as she lays an egg.

 Nestle pushes hard to lay an egg. 

 Good effort Nestle!

Two fresh eggs from the 2 Happy Hens!

Nestle's ivory coloured egg is on the right hand side of the photo.

Nestle uses her beak to move the eggs like a good mother hen.

 Thanks for my fresh eggs girls.

They will be very yummy for my breakfast tomorrow.

Nestle proudly shows off the eggs laid in the pet carrier.