Companihens chickens

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Estella, Minnie and Toenails are still faithful layers. Percy is showing lots of attention to Polka and Prue and mating them several times a day now. And I've also seen polka and prue checking out the eglu house where the others lay. So I wonder if they'll start again soon.

Cleopatra is molting, she doesn't look terrible but doesn't leave the run much and goes up to bed before 3. Percy tries to stay with her but when she goes to roost he dashes out into the garden to enjoy a bit of ranging!

Everyone else is looking pretty healthy atm and enjoying the garden when it's not raining. They mainly stay with Armand and Percy is up in the run with Cleopatra. Pepin and Pinch of course so entirely their own thing and follow nobodies rules.

 

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Taking scraps up and opening them to the garden this morning. Cleopatra dust bathing and wasnt interested in scraps. Everyone else lively. Worried about a possible pussy sore on Toenails foot. And but of selling near it between 2 toes. Couldn't get a picture as she wasn't still but ill have a look properly when she comes to the back door. no limping at all but pinch was pecking it at one point

 

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Toenails feet are fine, just the usual bent backwards toes... must have just been some dirt or something!

Armand leading the polish where they shouldn't be.

Little cleopatra just sitting, with Percy nearby.

And black who is molting.

 

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Either Pepin or Pinch (the white polish hens) laid today. Lovely to see their small very white eggs in the mix again. 6 eggs today, Minnie, Estelle and Toenails lay the brown, then it's Grey's egg, then Esmereldas and then either Pepin or Pinch's

 

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Gardening with my assistants today! Percy really does not escort the hens or have much to do with them at all atm. He seems to leave it all to Armand who looks after them around the garden and walks them to and from the run. Not sure why this is. Percy doesn't appear unwell or injured but he looks very much second in command to Armand. No aminosity between them and no fighting either.

Nice to see grey and Minnie enjoying... or enduring each other's company today. Armand has such a messy tail he should be ashamed. Percy's is very smart atm, should have taken a picture today, the green was very iridescent in the sunlight.

All 14 were in the garden but these stayed near me, the others were over the other side of the garden.