Welcome to the Nut House!

Yesterday we picked up the girls! Things don't always go to plan though and instead of coming home with two, we've now got three chickens! We drove to Moira to pick them up from Nut House Hen Rescue and brought them home to meet their furry sister Mary. Mary doesn't know what to make of them, intrigued, a little scared even, but doesn't seem to mind too much, then there's the matter of a certain Seymour, we may have finally found something he's scared of! We sat yesterday for ages just watching them, making chicken noises (us) and getting to know there personalities...Let me tell you about them, Betty seems to be the motherhen, she's the one to show the other two the ways of the coop, she's cool, calm and collected and has the most feathers, then there's Ethel, quite nervy but has been sticking to Betty for guidance, she's lost a few features in her troubled life but hopefully they'll grow back soon and finally Beryl, the renegade, the naughty one! She seems highly strung, she's been bullying the other two but Betty won't be standing for it! And boy does she love to eat! Maybe she's comfort eating due to stress, I'm not too sure, but I'm hoping she'll calm down soon! Definitely a learning curve, but a fun one!
 "Saving one hen may not change the world, but it will change the world for that one hen"

The girls

Like Christmas morning! Two eggs! One with a hard shell one with a squishy one! It makes getting up in the morning even more eggciting (Sorry)

The glamorous Ethel, enjoying a peck of fresh rocket

Beautiful Betty!

Unfortunately Beryl wouldn't stand still for a picture! it's extremely difficult to take a good picture of hens!

We've just put the girls to bed, so it's all quiet on the city farm, so it's night night from me and a buckaaahh buck buck from them xx
Hope you've all had a lovely day, and have a great week xx