Chickadee's Relatives

Chickadee's sister Ruby was recently entered in a poultry show at a local fair.

The Rhode Island Red hen is approximately 5.5 months old.

 Ruby won "Bird of Show" in the junior class.

Congratulations Ruby!

Next year you will be fully grown and you'll 

have to compete against your sister Chickadee!

The happy owner Olivia holds prize-winning Ruby.

Here's a photo of Chickadee at approximately the same age as her sister.

 Here's two of Chickadee's brothers. They are two tall roosters!

 Here's a photo of Chickadee's father - the rooster is crowing.

 Mother hen and her babies. So cute.

She might be Chickadee's mother and Chickadee might be one of the little chicks?

The flock on the farm where Chickadee was bred in Western Australia.

Chicken Selfies

Nestle came and sat next to Lydia on the bench outside.

Here is a series of Nestle's selfies.

Look at my big red comb!

Here's my impersonation of Gonzo

(character from Jim Henderson's Muppets series).

Look into my mouth!

I love being patted. Am I a chicken? Or a little dog on two legs?

zzzzzz.....nap time.....zzzzzz

Lydia photo bomb's Nestle's selfies!

Girls just want to have fun!

Dream time.

Coop Capers

Nestle has an egg coming and stands in the nesting box in the coop.

Cheeky Chickadee watches on. 

The 2 Happy Hens always lay eggs in their favourite

 nesting box located on the right hand side of the coop 

(which is Chickadee's bed at night time).

Chickadee is too young to lay eggs at the moment;

 her first egg is due Easter 2015!

Chickadee eats some food whilst Nestle settles into her nest.

 Chickadee is very cute as she sleeps with her head 

under her wing whilst Nestle gets broody.

 Chickadee takes a nap whilst Nestle starts pushing out her egg.

 Chickadee wants to be close to the fresh egg and sits

 on the edge of Nestle's nesting box. Nestle is not happy!

 Chickadee makes herself comfortable and has another sleep.

Nestle is not impressed!

Nestle abandons her nesting box and egg and walks out!

Chickadee is not sure what is going on!

Chickadee Settles in

 

The 2 Happy Hens were friends on Christmas Day 2014

even though they were still going through the 

'pecking order' after Chickadee's arrival on 7th December.

Chickadee is about 10 weeks old in this photo and Nestle is 2.5 years old.

Nestle looks very orange sitting next to brown Chickadee.

Nestle's overall colour has lightened as she's got older.

Chickadee is growing fast and is now approximately 12-13 weeks old.

She loves to hide in the bushes, especially when the weather is hot.

Chickadee stands next to Lydia's favourite owl garden ornament.

Chickadee's lovely new tail feathers are growing fast.

 Chickadee strikes a pose in the coop.

  Chickadee has yellow eyes and a pointy beak.

 Young Chickadee stands on a pile of bricks in the backyard.

Chickadee looks straight at the camera.

The sun shines on Chickadee's back showing off her plumage.

Unfortunately the grass has died in the extreme summer heat. 

The 2 Happy Hens don't go hungry for greens

 though as they get fed lettuce every day.

The grape vine is fruiting and Chickadee is very fond of home grown grapes!

The Chicken Dance

Our talented friend Connie did an original drawing of

 Lydia and Gerard with the 2 Happy Hens as a Christmas gift.

Chickadee (left) and Nestle (right) do the chicken 

dance as everyone celebrates Christmas.

We love the picture so much that we got it professionally framed.

Thanks Connie!

Intoducing Chickadee

 A new baby hen came to join Nestle after
Chilli passed away on 7th December 2014.
Welcome little "Chickadee" (a slang word meaning "a female"). 

 Chickadee was bred in Western Australia and is

 an 8 week old pure bred Rhode Island Red hen.

Her first egg is due Easter 2015!

 Chickadee's feathers are growing fast.

 Chickadee quickly learnt to drink water from "Wet-a-Chook"

at the custom built poultry feeding station.

Chickadee takes a quick drink whilst Nestle is not chasing her! 

 Chickadee eats the seed fallen on the ground after Nestle's messy eating.

Chickadee is a growing girl and eats heaps more food than Nestle.

Nestle was not impressed that Chickadee stole

her bed on the left hand side of the coop!

There was lots of drama at sunset as the 2 Happy Hens went to sleep

 in their nesting boxes and little Chickadee wanted Nestle to sit on her!

Chickadee watches from a distance as Nestle takes a drink

from the watering can positioned under a down pipe.

 Nestle looks very orange compared to Chickadee standing in the background.

The 2 Happy Hens strike a pose.

Choose Quality This Christmas

Choose Quality, Choose Nestle!

 

The history of Nestle

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestl%C3%A9

 

Gerard chose the name Nestle for our pet hen because:

 

1. She is a chocolate brown colour which

reminded us of Nestle chocolate and coffee.

2. Nestle is an international food company and

 chickens produce an egg (food) nearly every day.

3. The Nestle food company logo is birds on a nest.

4. Nestle has the word "nest" in it and chickens like to make a nest!