Happy Holiday Visitors

The 2 Happy Hens got lots of attention when Darren and Cally

brought their 3 kids to visit during the summer school holidays.

 Sam (in the stripey shirt), Noah and Lydia feed the

 2 Happy Hens lettuce whilst Gerard sits in the background.

Thanks to Darren for his wonderful photography.

You know what they say: never work with animals and children!

Great photos Darren!

Chilli in her natural habitat.

Chilli loves eating one of her favourite green foods: lettuce.

Chilli pigs out on lettuce like she hasn't eaten for a week! 

Lydia holds Nestle whilst Amelia feeds the hungry hen lettuce.

Amelia feeds lettuce to the 2 Happy Hens.

Noah is not too sure......

  

Lydia's 2 favourite birds: chickens and owls.

Chilli the chicken looks evil in this photo!

Darren reckons that Chilli resembles a dinosaur in this image!

 Chilli looks a bit friendlier in this photo.

 

Forget dogs, chickens are a man's best friend!

 Amelia goes to pat Nestle who's having cuddles with Gerard.

Sam the little man is near all the action.

 

Sam pats Nestle. Pat, pat, pat.

 Nestle is the biggest cuddle bunny and the biggest sook.

We are looking forward to the next visit from Darren, Cally and kids.

The 2 Happy Hens would love to see you in April for a fun Easter egg hunt!



New Year, New Egg

 Nestle sits on Chilli's egg in the nesting box in the coop.

Chilli is often the first hen to lay an egg very early in the morning.

 Nestle uses her beak to move Chilli's egg underneath her.

 Nestle can hear Chilli making noises outside the coop.

 Nesting Nestle!

"The look". Nestle looks straight at the camera.

Nestle's red comb on top of her head has a natural wave in it. 

Nestle is waiting for Lydia to leave her alone

 so she can sit down properly and lay an egg!

Two fresh eggs! Chilli's brown egg is on the left and

Nestle's lighter coloured egg is on the right. 

Jump Into 2014

Nestle jumps on the kitchen window sill.

She is a very good at flier even with her wings clipped! 

Nestle inspects the window frame. 

   Nestle looks through a gap in the wooden venetian blinds.

The naughty chicken is planning her big jump.

 Nestle sticks her head through the blinds.....

 ...and pushes her way through the kitchen window.

Nestle jumps into the kitchen!

She loves being around people so much

she will literally jump into the house!



Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas from the 2 Happy Hens!

Nestle and Chilli are allowed inside for a festive

photo shoot in front of the Christmas tree.
Chilli camouflages with the wooden pine floor!

Chilli and Nestle inspect the Christmas presents

under the tree and peck the wrapping paper.

Chilli actually ate a small piece of wrapping paper

with sticky tape on it after the gifts were opened!

Lydia is sitting on the lounge and Nestle jumps on her knee.

Lydia's patchwork friend Margie made the original,

 contemporary red poppy wall hanging in the background.

The quilt's colours blend in well with the Christmas theme.

Nestle stands tall and wants to know what is going on.

Nestle stands side on and poses for the camera.

Nestle turns around.

Connie took a good photo of Chilli standing in front of the Christmas tree.

Our favourite Christmas card from our friends Connie and Garfay.

Connie drew a funny cartoon of Lydia and Gerard with the 2 Happy Hens.

Nestle's cartoon balloon says that she wants a massage!

Chilli is depicted as a fat and round chicken who lays lots of eggs.

The snails say "help!" as they are the 2 Happy Hens favourite food!

Merry Christmas everyone!

Bathing Beauties

 Chilli and Nestle like to have dust baths, especially on sunny days.

 Chilli fluffs up and gets ready to kick some dirt.

 Nestle fluffs herself and looks like a turkey as she kicks dirt everywhere.

 Chilli loves having dust baths.

 The 2 Happy Hens take a break.

 Peck, peck, peck.

 More dust bathing in the sun.

Nestle is covered in dirt and is very relaxed in the sun.

Dirty, fluffy Chilli sun bathes.

 Chilli's feathers are covered in heaps of dirt!

The 2 Happy Hens look content sitting

in their dust bath in the sunshine. 

 Chilli is a little bit sleepy whilst Nestle remains alert.

Chilli takes a nap whilst Nestle rolls her head in the dirt. 

 Chilli wakes up whilst Nestle has a little rest.

 Chilli 'plays dead' and lays on her side with her feet in the air.

Chilli is leaning on Nestle in the sun.

 Nestle stands up....

 ...and Chilli falls over! Very funny!

 

Bathing Beauties.

Chilli and Nestle are certainly 2 Happy Hens!