Have some photos showing rooster dignity:
He sat in there while she pushed him for a while.
I'm reasonably sure most children use puppies for the whole 'pretending I have a baby' thing!
In other news, I have to look into a no-crow collar - we live in a rural area, but the neighbour is annoyed by the crowing and wants it to stop. Not sure if it'll work, but it might help. When we get the coop finished, it will be insulated, which will help a lot with sound proofing!

I missed lots again, which is nice catching up, but I miss out on commenting.
appps, good to hear about the cooked rice. Between the rice & a few sardines she's bound to plump up again. : )
Fancy, beautiful frost pics. I look forward to vicariously enjoying the daffodil pics in spring
I noticed a heap of black feathers in the coop this morning so it looks like my austrolorps have started their moult. It's very considerate of them to spread it out as I'm still getting 2 eggs a day. I think that Pearl may have started laying - & laying blue eggs, because I'm getting more than one a day occassionally. I have found a few in odd places so have had to start playing hunt the egg but that may change as Pearl gets more assertive now that she can see. Sadly, with my exams looming I can't spend as much time stalking her as I'd like to see if she is laying, but it will be a nice treat once I can.