new chickens.....

Back in April we bought some very cute little chickens, in the hope to have organic free range eggs!

they were very cute!

we looked after them and kept them warm in
the shower cubicle, until they were ready to go outside

the girls even taught them 

how to play wii!!!!

they had a nice big house

and nice, if not nosy neighbours!

and they were complete duds!

Not one egg in 6 months!

And, sadly, they kept dying .. for no particular reason!

So when only "Wheelchair", so named for his seriously deformed feet, remained, we decided it was time to donate him to the malis and we found some new chooks.  Wheelchair might have been deformed, but he was at least 5kgs ... never has anyone seen a chicken THAT big round these here parts!  He would have made quite a meal!  
RIP Wheelchair!

 So meet their replacements, who by the way are guaranteed to lay (and if not, then we have been assured that can have them injected to make sure they do ... HUH?).

our gorgeous girls .....Redcrest, Bitters, Nutella & Whoopsie

Emmy's a natural with birds

So that was back in November .. and on Boxing Day .. we had our very first egg!  Here it is next to my cauliflower, which weighed in at a staggering 2.116kg!

Only Redcrest is laying at the moment but she's laid one every day, like clockwork for the last 6 days!!!  And they are delicious with bright orange yolks .. a little small yet, only 42g but I'm hoping as Redcrest gets bigger so will her eggs!