We have chicken issues ~ & I thought the cats were bad!
Cat issues mean the lads fighting over my body & who gets to sleep on me when ~ none of which is particularly convenient though it did mean I fell warmly asleep to the thunk of a cricket ball last night. Any other Aussies suffering from *the Ashes*?
Anyway, the girls are now vying for my attentions & it is causing issues. The Favorelles are *people chickens.* Any time I am out & about they are pressed up against the fence talking to me & trying their best to reach me ~ which is kinda sweet but having them underfoot means nothing gets done & hence we have fences! The fence is disintegrating fast & so their free time has been restricted to when I can be outside with them because if I am there butter wouldn't melt & everyone is as good as gold. If I disappear it is only a matter of time until Pebbles or Suyin did a hole & go under & the Campines go over!
Then we play chicken round up ~ though these days all I have to do is show the meal worm cup & everyone hurtles back over the fence to where they belong. Can't miss out!!
Yesterday Ha'penny was eyeing me off as she scrambled onto the roof of the little pen. She knows I'll get up & scold her but yesterday I was unravelling Tunisian [I'm still trying to figure out how one looses so many stitches in the course of just one row!
] & trying to figure out where to pick up again with the yarn @ the right end of the needle...
I swear, I'm directions dyslexic! So I wasn't paying her all that much attention. I know when I'm being had. So over she comes. Waits till I get up then squats & lets me pick her up!
Next it was Pebbles. Under the fence, waits to be noticed, squats & lets me pick her up. Thankfully Suyin couldn't get through the hole!
The girls know the sound of the food bin being opened & congregate @ the end of the run to issue all sorts of advice on how much food actually needs to be doled out, then hurtle frantically down to the gate to prevent easy access into the run. Ha'penny & Suyin have both taken to flying up & attempting to land in the food container while I wrestle with the gate. Yesterday I dropped the tub. *sigh*
I then grab my small container & settle with Lottie, who waits expectantly. She knows I will get to her & she can eat in peace. Lottie gets special treatment for one reason ~ & one reason only: she is tiny. Everyone else is of a size & disposition to fight for their share of the food but Lottie can't compete. If I sit with her I know she is getting a full crop of good tucker, not just the leftover dregs but Suyin is peeved about this & has taken to terrorising Lottie around the run. Lottie is quick so no damage has been done but the special treatment is not sitting well with that girl.
I am still putting out multiple feed stations ~ @ least 2 ~ sometimes 3...but the Favorelles & Campines, Lavender, Lottie & Pebbles would all rather eat out of my hands ~ & now Lavender, who is just starting to lay regularly, is starting to assert herself & the pecking order is shifting. Watching her face of with Suyin is a sight to behold!
... aren’t they such a complicated bunch.. !? You can go from this 
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she produced her first egg since March yesterday and another one today! So you guys were right all along: she wasn't retired, just on long service leave. Her's is the "white" one. 
We told you so! 
