The Secret Life of My Flock

[MegsEggsx]

So I have been reading some threads of people that have started a thread about their chickens and update it everyday or so and share their stories about their chickens. And I thought to myself, why don’t I do that? So, here it is!

During the COVID lockdown my dad said that as a doomsday preparation we were going to get chickens so we could have an unlimited supply of eggs. So we bought 4 langshan bantams from a local breeder, built our own chicken coop and well embarked upon the wonderful journey of chicken hood. Now we have 10 chickens, I will post their profiles soon!

 

[ChloeSilkie08]

So I have been reading some threads of people that have started a thread about their chickens and update it everyday or so and share their stories about their chickens. And I thought to myself, why don’t I do that? So, here it is!

During the COVID lockdown my dad said that as a doomsday preparation we were going to get chickens so we could have an unlimited supply of eggs. So we bought 4 langshan bantams from a local breeder, built our own chicken coop and well embarked upon the wonderful journey of chicken hood. Now we have 10 chickens, I will post their profiles soon!

LOVE THESE!

 

[MegsEggsx]

Meg

Breed: Langshan Bantam
Age: Approximately 1 year
Gender: Female
Colour: Black
Eggs per week: 2-4

Pecking order rank: #1
Friendships: Her best friend is Hay-Hay, but she gets on well with Cauliflower too.
Favourite food: Some strange vine leaves that grow in our backyard
Favourite saying: Brrr brrr brrkk
Personality: Meg is one of my original 4. She’s a little skiddish when you try to pick her up when she doesn’t want to, but most of the time she will crouch down and allow you to hold you for a while. Meg went broody about 2 months ago with her best friend Hay-Hay and it took forever to break them because I’m a newby!

 

[MegsEggsx]

Hay-Hay

Breed: Langshan Bantam
Age: Approximately 1 year
Gender: Female
Colour: Black
Eggs per week: 2-4

Pecking order rank: #2
Friendships: Her best friend is Meg, but she gets on well with Cauliflower too.
Favourite food: Some strange vine leaves that grow in our backyard
Favourite saying: Brrr brrr
Personality: Hay-Hay is one of my original 4. Hay-Hay is the smallest of all the hens but she stands up for herself well and makes sure she gets what she wants! Hay-Hay and Meg went broody about 2 months ago, but their eggs were not fertile because we have no rooster, so we had to break them.

 

[MegsEggsx]

Cauliflower

Breed: Langshan Bantam
Age: Approximately 1 year
Gender: Female
Colour: White with some grey feathers
Eggs per week: 2-3. I don’t think she gets enough calcium because her eggs always look a little strange.

Pecking order rank: #3
Friendships: Cauliflower has always been a little lonely since her sister and bestie Asparagus died, but she gets along with Meg and Hay-Hay just fine
Favourite food: This is a little tricky because she is very cautious when she eats and is always the last one to get to the food and water, so I don’t really know what her favourite food is.
Favourite saying: Iarrr iarrhh
Personality: Cauliflower is one of my original 4. She is very shy and often spends the whole day chilling in her favourite spot (in a pot plant) with a few passing bys from Meg and Hay-Hay.

 

[MegsEggsx]

Asparagus

Asparagus was the 4th one of the Langshan sisters. She was grey and her and Cauliflower were best friends. We had only had them for about a month when my dog decided she wanted the spotlight again and attacked Asparagus while I was putting them away one afternoon. The dog either broke her neck or she died of shock, either way I hope it wasn’t too painful. My dog got the silent treatment for a week, but it was very traumatic for me and my sisters. But the worst thing was that she had layed her very first egg that day.

 

[MegsEggsx]

A couple of weeks after Asparagus died, we expanded our flock by buying 4, 5 week old chicks.

 

[MegsEggsx]

Lily jr - LJ

Breed: Red Sex-Link
Age: Approximately 9 months
Gender: Female
Colour: Orangey Red
Eggs per week: 5-7

Pecking order rank: #4
Friendships: Her bestie is her full sister Roxy. But she is part of what I call ‘The Big Chicken Gang’ which includes: LJ, Roxy, AJ, Comical
Favourite food: Grubs and worms
Favourite saying: Burrrr brrrrr barrr
Personality: LJ is quite cuddly and enjoys being picked up and stroked. She is probably one of my best layers.

 

[MegsEggsx]

Roxy

Breed: Red Sex-Link
Age: Approximately 9 months
Gender: Female
Colour: Orangey Red
Eggs per week: 5-7

Pecking order rank: #6
Friendships: Her bestie is her full sister LJ. But she is part of what I call ‘The Big Chicken Gang’ which includes: LJ, Roxy, AJ, Comical
Favourite food: Grubs an
Favourite saying: Buurrrrk buurrrrk burk burk
Personality: Roxy is definitely the most talkative chicken I have. She thinks that I can understand her, when I speak she always responds back to me! She gets jealous whenever I am cuddling another chicken and will come up to me and hop onto my lap! She is also my most photogenic chicken and loves posing for photos, so if anyone needs a chicken model I’ve got you covered!

 

[MegsEggsx]

Asparagus jr - AJ

Breed: Black Sex-Link
Age: Approximately 9 months
Gender: Female
Colour: Black
Eggs per week: 5-7

Pecking order rank: #5
Friendships: Her bestie is her full sister Comical. But she is part of what I call ‘The Big Chicken Gang’ which includes: LJ, Roxy, AJ, Comical. They all come from the same dad (a RIR) but they have different mums.
Favourite food: Yogurt
Favourite saying: Arr arr
Personality: She is much flightier than the others but quite bold still. She is named after Asparagus, a chicken that was killed by our dog.