Chicken

When Little Miss was at Kindy she got to experience the hatching of eggs and cute little fluffy chicks. This was a wonderful learning exercise that B also showed a lot of interest in. But little chicks quickly turn into big feathered birds that need more space so the kindy had the task of rehousing the chicks into the wider kindy community. We ended up with four of them.



Rosie - happy to follow the group, is always last to join in

Snowy - very friendly, loves a cuddle and pet so much that closes eyes with pleasure



























Jessica - also known as Jumping Jessica, as will jump up to peck leaves in pot plants




























and Cupcake, bold, brave, inquisitive and friendly. Will investigate your buttons and shoelaces.

Everything went swimmingly at first. The chickens lived in their borrowed Kindy run during the daytime and came inside with a heat lamp at night. Yes it was a bit messy and quite smelly, but all that was solved a few weeks later with a homemade chicken coup.

Things got really interesting when Cupcake, Snowy and Jessica decided to fight. B particularly hated the fights and would say, "Mum you have to do something!" But chickens like to sort out the pecking order, so there wasn't much I could do.

It was when the crowing started that I really had to step in. Semaphore Fodder deserve a plug as they  took our Snowy, Jessica and Cupcake into their rooster wing and gave us Princess in return. It was a very sad day to say goodbye to the boys.

B and Snowy having their last cuddle

However Rosie seems much happier now (is always first for the treats) and Princess and her can start to think about eggs.

Its been an emotional roller-coaster, but I can highly recommend chickens as pets.