and we shall call her "Fernanda"......this isn't actually a photo of Fernanda...it's her stunt double. I picked her up late this afternoon ...popped to Hungerford to meet the girlfriend of one of my customers who had kindly brought her down with her from Bristol ( Abby was going to a meeting with her new employer in Hungerford...it wasn't a special journey for 1 chicken) I wore a red anorak so as to be easily recognisable and the exchange was done in the library carpark...yup...those are the sort of deals we're doing in carparks here on the Berkshire/Wiltshire borders - none of your shady shennanigans here LOL.
Yolko and Mo weren't wildly impressed with their new roomie...well Yolko wasn't anyway (Mo is such a softy she wasn't all that worried ) but all were distracted and played nicely once I'd thrown in a couple of handfuls of mealworms :-) They only had half an hour before bedtime so no time for fistycuffs (or enough light for a real photo)...hopefully they'll all be fine in the morning and I'll take a photo of the real Fernanda :-) She is alledgedly the illicit love child of an Araucana and mystery partner so probably an olive egger.
Maybe she'll lay an egg and Mo & Yolko will feel guilty about their "pet" status and decide to join in and earn their keep :-) haha...I live in hope.
I look forward to seeing the real Fernanda. I'd love to keep chickens but the time isn't right at the moment. I love the name Yolko.
ReplyDeletethanks Jo...chickens are such fun and easy too...here's hoping that chicken days come to you too :-)
DeleteYup - a handful of mealworms does it everytime !
ReplyDeleteI have a small space at the side of the house where I could keep a chuck or two, trouble is I'd have to take up the slabs and I don't think the landlord would be too impressed.
I used to take two dozen rescue girls at a time when I had the space.
Shhhssshh...I'll come round and help you lift the paving slabs, we'll stash them somewhere safe (so that they can be put back later) and we'll install a couple of chooks...starting knitting the balaclavas now :-) LOL
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