After a busy day keeping everyone safe and in line, it’s time for a dunk in the duck pool. We lost 10 birds to Mrs Fox a few months ago, none since these guys moved in. Oscar on the left, and Olive on the right.

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Every morning I go to let the girls out, every morning ginger follows me back into the house, hops in the dog bed and lays a huge egg then runs over to the dog and clucks in her face

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Hi guys meet George. George retired from his life in television work today and has come to live with me. Isn't he a beauty!

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Hi guys, meet Valarie! She is a disabled hen who can only properly use one side of her body. I left her downstairs in the back room this afternoon whilst I took a nap and woke up to find her in bed with me. She’s already making a great addition to my weird and wonderful flock

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Update on Lillian the ex bat I got last week with barely any feathers. In under a week she has grown all these pin feathers. It’s quite unbelievable how fast they are growing. They change from one day to the next. Here’s hoping she’s got some fluff on her before the snow!

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In addition to my own menagerie, this week I’m babysitting my neighbours hens too. They’re also all ex-bats. Ain’t they a beautiful bunch? (Not pictured : the other half of the flock who are sulking because I don’t bring treats every time I check on them)

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I’m so glade we have an outdoor toilet so I can pee in peace and quiet. I’m really glad they can’t all get into the house

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When I got George he came with he two best friends who are mother and daughter. The silver one is the black ones mum. What breed is the black one? She’s got a green tint in the right light

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Duck babies waiting for their chicken momma to finish having a bedding bath. Only 4 and a half weeks and they are nearly the size of her!

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Somebody is moulting and lost all their tail feathers so now walks around looking like a big fluffy ball

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It’s raining like crazy today, so while the ducks run around the yard, the girls are sitting in their lovely warm, waterproof greenhouse snacking on some scratch!

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We added 12 more ex-production birds to the flock today. Most are okay but this little girl, Lillian, only has about 15% of her body covered in feathers, is there anything besides getting her a chicken jumper I can do to keep her warm?

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UPDATE- on yesterday’s ‘what is my hen’ post. I managed to get a photo of violet and precious together (George has to take up most of every photo I take- it’s his thing)

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Somebody thinks because he's the biggest chicken (I know, he's having an identity crisis) he's allowed to sleep outside in the cold now. I don't know if you've ever had to carry a very big very stubborn turkey back to their roost but it makes for very hard work!

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Help needed with this little girl please. I’ll put details in the comments if anyone has any ideas.

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