Speckles and Frenchy Turn 3

Half-sisters Frenchy (left) and Speckles (right) turned 3 years old last month.

They've been our much loved pets for over 2.5 years and have great characters.

Frenchy and Speckles both started moulting around Christmas time.

Speckles looks more rounded without her black tail.

Frenchy has half-grown a new tail.

Frenchy is off the lay whilst moulting whilst Speckles lays a few eggs a week.
It's fun having 2 Happy Hens who are 3 years old.

2020 Pet of the Year Second Place Winner

The local newspaper held their annual 'Pet of the Year' competition later than

usual in 2020 due to COVID-19. Buffy was entered on the page above. 

Speckles, Bianco and Frenchy were also entered in the competition.

Speckles won second prize in the 'Pet of the Year' competition with 132 votes.

A dog won first place with 201 votes.

Speckles also won 'Judges Choice'!

Obviously the judges fell in love with Speckles cute fluffy face!

Lydia was excited that Speckles was a 'double winner'!

The second prize was a $300 animal merchandise voucher which

is yet to be spent at the vet. The 'Judges Choice' prize was a

$100 pet pack including bags of laying pallets and feed. 

A photo of Frenchy standing in the greenery was entered in the competition.

Buffy sat in her nesting box for her competition entry photo.

Bianco ran like the roadrunner for her photo.

Speckles liked the dried meal worms won as

part of her 'Judges Choice' pet pack prize.

Speckles got a dirty beak from pecking the dried meal worms off the ground.

Frenchy and Speckles are looking for more meal worms to eat.

The girls in front of 'Dine-a-Chook' in the chook pen,

looking keen for more meal worm protein snacks!

Buffy Goes Broody

 

13 month old Buffy went Broody for the first time in early December.

Lydia kicked Buffy off the nesting box and closed the A-frame coop.

Buffy was forced to run around and play in the grapevine.

Broody Buffy couldn't help herself and made a

nest in between the A-frame coop and the fence.

Buffy the Buff Leghorn has similar feather colouring as the straw.

Buffy has a big comb.

It's summer time hot weather in Australia so Buffy was placed

in a basket lined with a ice pack wrapped in a tea towel.

Bianco has an egg coming so the coop door is opened, much to Buffy's delight.

Bianco sits in the nesting box next to broody Buffy.

Frenchy and Speckles inspect the A-frame coop with the two

occupied nesting boxes. Frenchy does not look impressed!

Buffy the Christmas Chicken

 

Buffy looks cute sitting in a basket next to the Christmas tree.

Buffy looks surreal in the Christmas photo shoot.

Buffy is quite content sitting in the Christmas basket.

She's actually broody and sitting on an ice pack!

Buffy looks at the Christmas tree decorations.

Merry Christmas from Buffy 

(and Speckles, Frenchy and Bianco who are absent from the photo shoot!)

Buffy and Bianco Turn 1

Bianco and Buffy are in the nesting boxes in the A-frame coop.
Both little hens are approximately one year old this month.

Bianco and Buffy are so small that they can fit in one nesting box together.

Bianco sits behind Buffy.
Bianco has a characteristic upright white tail when she sits down.

Two in the nest.

Bianco stands up as she starts to lay an egg.

Buffy's wing catches Bianco's body as the egg is laid.

Buffy sits on Bianco's egg whilst Bianco perches overhead.

Frenchy comes for an inspection in the A-frame coop.

Frenchy decides to leave the one year old hens alone.

Buffy likes to sit on eggs.

Buffy has a characteristic big floppy red comb.

 

In the Greenery

Bianco and Buffy stand in the greenery.
Bianco is a white leghorn hen and Buffy is
a buff leghorn hen from the same breeder.

Bianco walks among the greenery which she likes to eat.

Bianco's tail looks like a shark fin!

Buffy's tail also looks like a shark fin!

Buffy pokes her head out of the greenery.

Lydia loves this cute photo of Buffy's face.

Buffy stands tall in the greenery.

Buffy likes to play in the greenery and eat it too.

Buffy laid a white egg on the ground.

Buffy is sometimes tempted to lay eggs in the
garden rather than her nesting box in the coop.

Frenchy finds Buffy's egg on the ground.

Lucky Lydia didn't step on Buffy's secret stash of eggs hidden in the greenery!

Frenchy walks through the greenery.

Frenchy is a French Wheaten Maran hen with a diva personality.

Here comes Speckles with little Buffy closely watching in the background.