Yes - they are named after the 'Ab Fab girls'
Strangely enough they even seem to have the personalities of their namesakes! Saffy is much smaller, hardworking (lays every day) and is picked on by Eddie and Patsy. Patsy and Eddie are too busy having a good time and picking on Saffy to bother...
Well she doesn't sound very happy when I go and check on her and ask her what she's doing, so yeah, I suppose you could call it growling, lol! What do I do if she won't get off the egg? Because she nests and lays in a vase - there's no way I could get her out!
I have 3 gorgeous Australorps. Edwina, Patsy and Saffy are 7 months old. They started laying when they were 18 weeks old. Edwina and Patsy are often too busy partying and will pop out an egg mostly only every second day. Saffy (the smallest one by at least a third) has been popping out an...