Who laid an egg like this?

My Girls all lay a pale brown egg except Doreen whose egg is a slightly speckled brown egg but last week a white egg appeared!?!? 

 

I don’t think I’ve introduced you to my hens – only hens no cockerels.  They are all Orpingtons of different colours: two buff, two lemon cuckoo and one gold lace; they lay about 200 eggs each year, are a large heavy bird with very frilly knickers.

Minnie - the boss, the top hen, the cleverest

Peg (Minnies sister) – partially sighted and has a gammy leg, is protective of her food gives anyone who get too near a good peck.  She gets special attention to ensure that she eats enough; all the food bowls are placed in the same place each time so she knows where to find food.

Betty - she likes to think she’s the boss but Minnie reminds her of her place.

Linda – (Bettys sister) – timid, shadows her sister, if she can’t see Betty she gets worried.

Doreen – bottom of the pecking order, very timid

 

 

MummyHen X

Bloggy Blanket…

Will be on its way to a new home tomorrow.

JuliaB from Peacock Blue has offered to add a few squares to the Bloggers blanket.  Looking at the crochet Julia has on her blog I can’t wait to see what lovely squares get added.

If you want to get involved let Mum know at Mums Simple Living Blog

Like with most places in South East of England we have snow – my five hens still need to be cleaned out, fed and watered but they are not happy.  They have the option of free ranging in the garden but in this weather they just say in their run which is dry.

 

 

This robin seems to be happy and are even braving the cold for a dip in the waterfall. I need to work out how to take photos through the snow!!

MummyHen

Friday in the coop

DaddyHen does the main supermarket shop on a Friday morning.  I try and ensure I finish work early or at a minimum limit the number of meetings – I need the time to wind down after a hectic week.

I popped into the CoOp first thing to see if they had any bargains; oh yes they didn’t let me down– chicken kebabs marked down from £3.00 to £1.45 and asparagus down from £2.10 to £0.99p.

SonnyHen has been asking me for ages to make cheesy bread – so his wish is my command; - after trying to look for a suitable recipe I decided to adapt my regular white bread recipe and add a couple of cups of grated strong cheddar cheese, 2 tbls caraway seeds and 2 tbls of tarragon – I will let you know how I get on – it’s in the oven at the moment proving.

Two of my girls - yes, I keep five hens (well I’d didn’t get the name MummyHen for nothing) are broody again.  They are Lemon Cuckoo Orpingtons named Linda (after my Mum) and Betty (my aunt; mums sister).  I don’t have a cockerel so no point in them sitting on eggs – they'll go into the broody cage for 48hrs

 

Not sure what the weekend offers – nothing planned except perhaps some Olympic viewing and some crochet

MummyHen X