Long Time No Blog

Having chickens sure keeps one busy!

Hi my name's Nancy and It's been over a year since I last blogged :o)

Needless to say, much has happened. I'll continue from the first blog - alas, Sam is no more. Why, do you ask? Because he grew up into a beautiful male chicken who loved to strut around and crow. Crow a lot. The neighbour wasn't a fan, especially being woken at 5am. So he called the council on us - two guys in a car who were parked outside our house for a while, then introduced themselves as Council workers who just so happened to be 'driving around' when they noticed the chickens in the yard. Sure.

After that visit, Dad decided Sam had to go. So into the pot he went, later that year in 2009.

Flitter didn't seem to miss him too much - I rather suspect she was glad she wasn't getting mounted 24/7!





And it meant she was getting twice the attention and being spoilt rotten!

It was just me and her for a while, but one day in March of this year, that changed...Because a stranger came knocking on our door saying she'd found a chicken in the alleyway, and did it belong to us?

May: 'We have a black chicken'
Stranger: 'It was a white chicken and it's been in the alley way a couple of days now.'
May: 'Hmm..can you show me?'
Stranger: 'Ok, sure, jump into my car'
May: 'Sure!'

Long story short, they tracked the chicken down and caught this gorgeous snowy hen. She was terrified of humans and cringed when you went too close.

For the first 2 weeks, she perched in the laundry and refused to eat when we were in the room. At first Flitter ignored her. Then when White Chicken (for that is her name) got braver and finally left her perch to walk around, Flitter would bully her mercilessly.

But they're the best of friends now, so all is well!