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The sun is shining again and so I've taken advantage of the beautiful spring weather
to finally get some photos of my girls.......
We bought a variety of hens. A Wellsummer, a Wyandotte, Two Bantam Buff
Sussex, a Barnevelder & a Plymoth Rock......that way we get different sized &
coloured eggs.
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| Miss Maple |
Miss Maple is the leader of the group. The first to dive into the corn or whatever
treat I give them....She is bossy & greedy and will often come up to the back deck
always looking for more. But she looks after her group very well chasing away
crows & other birds.
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| Lady Cluckington |
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Lady Cluckington, or Lady as we call her for short (my son named her) lays the
largest eggs, I don't know how she does it! Her double yolkers weigh nearly 100gms....
She is a Plymoth Rock and has the most beautiful grey feathers. Lady also loves to
eat my herbs especially mint.
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| Daphne & Daisy, Luna & Lady |
The twins are the most curious of the group. Like two little old ladies they
poke their beaks into everything that is going on. Daisy is 'broody' at the moment
which means she is not laying and continually sits on the nest. She is very quick to
acquire the other girls eggs as her own. She had an adorable clutch of four eggs
underneath her the other day. She has been this way for a couple of weeks now and
I think it is time to quarantine her to break the broodiness.
Luna is our most reliable layer. Every day she gives us a beautiful medium
pinky brown egg. She is also the loudest! She likes her privacy to lay,
if the other girls are in the boxes she will squark to let everyone
know she is not happy.
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| Miss Ruby |
And finally Miss Ruby.....the quietest most placid beautiful girl. She is a dutch
Barnevelder and lays lovely brown eggs.
The girls free range in our yard all day.......enjoying their dust baths underneath
my roses! And every evening at dusk they waddle along into the coop to bed.
The abundance of eggs everyday ensures my neighbours are happy and I have
baked some amazing recipes to use up the eggs. Poached eggs on Sundays,
mayonnaise, creme anglaise, meringues, but our favourite would be a French
basque custard cake.....it takes 14 eggs, very rich but delicious!
A beautiful sunny morning will find me sitting on our deck with a coffee, watching
the girls as they meander through the garden.........would you like to join me?
